Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 45 · 2009Reserved (ST)

Ghatshila

2005 2009 2014 2019 2024

Winner — 2009

RAMDAS SOREN

JMM· UPA

JMM 30.2%INC 29.3%12 others 40.6%

Votes

38,283

30.2% share

Winning margin

1,192

0.9% of votes

Total candidates

Turnout

64.0%

of 1,98,121

Ghatshila was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 1,192 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

5 of 14 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.08 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

⚖ Compare 2005 vs 2009

All Candidates

14 total

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Flags
1	RAMDAS SOREN	JMM JMM	38,283	30.2%
2	PRADEEP KUMAR BALMUCHU	INC UPA	37,091	29.3%	Inc
3	SURYA SINGH BESRA	BJP NDA	28,561	22.5%
4	KANHU SAMANT	AJSUP	10,978	8.7%	DL
5	GANESH CHANDRA MURMU	CPI	2,925	2.3%	DL
6	SADHU MUNDA	IND	2,002	1.6%	DL
7	DUKHIRAM MARDI	IND	1,172	0.9%	DL
8	ADHIRAJ SOREN	RADP	1,148	0.9%	DL
9	PRADHAN SOREN	AITC UPA	941	0.7%	DL
10	CHUNU RAM SABAR	IND	910	0.7%	DL
11	SABIR SOREN	IND	863	0.7%	DL
12	BHAGAT HANSDA	JKP	704	0.6%	DL
13	GANESH MAJHI	BSP BSP	617	0.5%	DL
14	SUNDAR HEMBRAM	JD(S)	609	0.5%	DL

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

The Record The Place The State

High turnout (9th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT

marginal

0.9%

MORE COMPETITIVESAFER

mean 6.7% · min 0.9% · max 12.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT

76%

lowerhigher

9th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT

2.35

fewer partiesmore parties

58th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT

1.5%

lowerhigher

31st of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT

81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT

2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES

JMM 30.2%INC 29.3%BJP 22.5%AJSUP 8.7%OTH 9.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT

5/14

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.08 Cr

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011

Population

22,93,919

Density

644 / km²

Sex ratio

949 ♀/1000 ♂

Area

3,562 km²

SC population4.9%

ST population28.5%

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What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01

68%HINDU

Hindu 67.6%Other 20.3%Muslim 8.9%Other 3.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011

Tap water30.0%

Electricity81.4%

Sanitation49.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21

Institutional births94.0%

Children fully vaccinated88.8%

Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.9%

Children underweight (under 5)41.6%

Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.4%

Women literate73.8%

Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.8%

Clean cooking fuel57.6%

Health insurance50.7%

What's nearby?

1 location

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI

Known forDISTRICT

🏺Paithkar Painting

🏛️

Site of an old fort, rampart

🏛️MonumentASI

Site of an old fort,

📍Google Maps OSM

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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