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Jharkhand · Assembly Constituency 22 · 2024

Barkagaon

Winner — 2024

ROSHAN LAL CHOUDHARY
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 46.8%INC 35.0%25 others 18.2%
Votes
1,24,468
46.9% share
Winning margin
31,393
11.8% of votes
Total candidates
26
Turnout
68.8%
of 3,86,652

A clear win with a 11.8% margin.

Seat history

7 of 26 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.28 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

27 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ROSHAN LAL CHOUDHARY
NDA (NDA)
1,24,46846.9%
2
AMBA PRASAD
93,07535.0%
3
BALESHWAR KUMAR
JLKM
26,86710.1%
4
AMAN KUMAR
IND
2,6681.0%
5
ANIRUDDH KUMAR
2,3850.9%
6
MD SHAMIM MIYAN
1,6430.6%
7
SOHAR MAHTO
JMM(U)
1,6380.6%
8
MD. GAYASUDDIN ANSARI
IND
1,5910.6%
9
KAMESHWAR KUMAR DAS
1,3300.5%
10
JHAMAN PRASAD
IND
1,1880.5%
NOTA
NOTA
1,1790.4%
12
GOVIND BEDIA
8760.3%
13
PRABHU ORAON
IND
6840.3%
14
JHARI MUNDA
IND
6500.2%
15
MD. HASAN
AAS
6010.2%
16
DURGA CHARAN PRASAD
IND
5870.2%
17
BITTU KUMAR SINGH
5670.2%
18
RAJ KISHOR CHOUDHARY
IND
5080.2%
19
MUKHTAR ANSARI
JKP
4610.2%
20
LALDEW MUNDA
IND
4610.2%
21
VIKASH KUMAR
RSMD
4230.2%
22
FULESHWAR MAHTO
LKHAP
4020.1%
23
JAGTAR SINGH
IND
3750.1%
24
RANJAN SONI
ABASP
3010.1%
25
PRAKASH SONI
BHAZS
2860.1%
26
SUNIL KUMAR BEDIA SUNDARNATH BEDIA
IND
2440.1%
27
BHOLA NATH PRASAD
IND
2220.1%

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

Average turnout (47th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
11.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.4% · min 0.2% · max 14.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
47th of 81

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.83
fewer partiesmore parties
28th of 81

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
69th of 81

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
81 seats · 41 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.83EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 46.9%INC 35.0%JLKM 10.1%OTH 7.6%NOTA 0.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
7/26

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.28 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,34,495
Density
488 / km²
Sex ratio
947 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,555 km²
SC population17.5%
ST population7.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 80.6%Muslim 16.2%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.1%
Electricity58.7%
Sanitation19.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births82.0%
Children fully vaccinated70.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.8%
Children underweight (under 5)32.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.1%
Women literate67.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.6%
Clean cooking fuel36.8%
Health insurance55.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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