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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 74 · 2014Reserved (SC)

Latehar

20052009201420192024

Winner — 2014

PRAKASH RAM
JVM
JVM 44.4%BJP 27.7%8 others 27.8%
Votes
71,189
44.5% share
Winning margin
26,787
16.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
66.2%
of 2,42,068

Latehar is a safe seat — PRAKASH RAM won by 16.7%.

Seat history

1 of 9 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.37 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

⚖ Compare 2009 vs 2014

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PRAKASH RAM
JVM
71,18944.5%
2
BRAJMOHAN RAM
BJP
NDA
44,40227.7%
3
MOHAN GANJHU
JMM
UPA
23,02214.4%
4
VIJAY KUMAR
RJD
UPA
4,9163.1%
—
NOTA
NOTA
4,2702.7%
6
DIGAMBAR RAM
BSP
BSP
3,8062.4%
7
SHRAVAN KUMAR
CPI
Left
2,7511.7%
8
TULSI RAM
JBSP
2,2191.4%
9
JUGLAL MANJHI
IND
2,0001.3%
10
ASHISH KUMAR
SP
Samajwadi Party
1,5941.0%

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

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

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
16.7%
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
JVM 44.5%BJP 27.7%JMM 14.4%OTH 10.8%NOTA 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
1/9

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.37 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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