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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 74 · 2009Reserved (SC)

Latehar

Winner — 2009

BAIDYANATH RAM
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 32.9%RJD 32.4%10 others 34.7%
Votes
34,522
32.9% share
Winning margin
438
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
12
Turnout
61.2%
of 1,71,628

Latehar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 438 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

3 of 12 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.07 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

12 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BAIDYANATH RAM
NDA (NDA)
34,52232.9%
2
PRAKASH RAM
UPA
34,08432.4%
3
RAMDEO GANJHU
UPA
10,0769.6%
4
SURESH RAM
UPA
7,8657.5%
5
RAMNATH GANJHU
IND
5,9995.7%
6
RAM RATAN BASPATI
IND
3,7313.5%
7
YUGAL KISHOR RAM
BSP
3,1893.0%
8
PARDEEP GANJHU
IND
1,3861.3%
9
FULCHAND GANJHU
1,2171.2%
10
ANITA DEVI
LJVM
1,0621.0%
11
RAJU BHUIYA
NDA
9730.9%
12
RAMSEWAK BAITHA
JKP
9500.9%

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

Average turnout (35th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.8% · min 0.2% · max 16.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
35th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.50
fewer partiesmore parties
47th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.1%
lowerhigher
17th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.50EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 32.9%RJD 32.4%JMM 9.6%INC 7.5%IND 5.7%OTH 11.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/12

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.07 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,39,869
Density
442 / km²
Sex ratio
928 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,393 km²
SC population27.6%
ST population9.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 86.8%Muslim 12.3%Other 1.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.8%
Electricity19.2%
Sanitation13.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.9%
Children fully vaccinated80.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.7%
Children underweight (under 5)37.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.0%
Women literate62.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.4%
Clean cooking fuel25.4%
Health insurance55.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Pulses-Arhar

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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