Khunti (Lok Sabha constituency)

Khunti
Khunti
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Arjun Munda
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	ST
State	Jharkhand
Assembly Constituencies	Kharsawan ; Tamar; Torpa; Khunti; Simdega; Kolebira

Khunti Lok Sabha constituency is one of the fourteen Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in Eastern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. This constituency covers the entire Khunti and Simdega district and parts of Ranchi and Seraikela Kharsawan districts.

Assembly segments[]

Khunti Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
57	Kharsawan	ST	Seraikela Kharsawan
58	Tamar	ST	Ranchi
59	Torpa	ST	Khunti
60	Khunti	ST	Khunti
70	Simdega	ST	Simdega
71	Kolebira	ST	Simdega

Members of Parliament[]

1952: Jaipal Singh, Jharkhand Party
1957: Jaipal Singh, Jharkhand Party
1962: Jaipal Singh, Jharkhand Party
1971: Niral Enem Horo, Jharkhand Party
1977: Karia Munda, Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980: Niral Enem Horo, Jharkhand Party
1984: Simon Tigga, Indian National Congress
1989: Karia Munda, Bharatiya Janata Party
1991: Karia Munda, Bharatiya Janata Party
1996: Karia Munda, Bharatiya Janata Party
1998: Karia Munda, Bharatiya Janata Party
1999: Karia Munda, Bharatiya Janata Party
2004: Sushila Kerketta, Indian National Congress
2009: Karia Munda, Bharatiya Janata Party
2014: Karia Munda, Bharatiya Janata Party
2019: Arjun Munda, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results[]

2019 Indian general elections: Khunti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arjun Munda	3,82,638	45.97	+9.48
	INC	Kali Charan Munda	3,81,193	45.80	+25.87
	NOTA	None of the Above	21,245	2.55	-0.68
	IND.	Meenakshi Munda	10,989	1.32	+1.32
	Jharkhand Party	Ajay Topno	8,838	1.06	-22.93
	BSP	Indumati Mundu	7,663	0.92	N/A
Majority			1,445	0.17	-12.33
Turnout			8,32,834	69.25
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Khunti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kariya Munda	2,69,185	36.49
	Jharkhand Party	Anosh Ekka	1,76,937	23.99
	INC		1,47,017	19.93
	AJSU	Neil Tirkey	27,158	3.68
	JVM(P)	Basant Kumar Longa	24,514	3.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	23,816	3.23
Majority			92,248	12.50
Turnout			7,37,611	66.34
	BJP hold		Swing

2009 Indian general elections: Khunti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kariya Munda	2,10,214	41.19
	INC	Neil Tirkey	1,30,039	25.48
	Jharkhand Party	Nishikant Horo	84,025	16.46
Majority			80,175	15.71
Turnout			5,10,343	52.03
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Notes[]

^ "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.

External links[]

Khunti lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

Coordinates: 23°04′N 85°17′E / 23.07°N 85.28°E / 23.07; 85.28

[1] "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.

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