LOHARDAGA
Assembly seat no. 315 in Bihar · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1962.
Bihar also has a Lok Sabha constituency called LOHARDAGA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 11 results.
Winner, 1977
INDRANATH BHAGAT
INC
Elections held
10
1962–2000
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 10
Margin, 1977
10,249
27.17% of valid votes
Result, 1977
Runner-up
JNPKHADAG SINGH EKKA
- Votes
- 9,858
- Vote share
- 26.14%
- Behind by
- 10,249
Electors
86,930
Total votes polled
37,716
Valid votes
37,716
NOTA votes
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Turnout
43.4%
Full result, 1977
9 candidates · 37,716 valid votes
INDRANATH BHAGATINCwon
20,107
53.3%
KHADAG SINGH EKKAJNP
9,858
26.1%
SADHNU BHAGATIND
2,432
6.5%
JATRU ORAONIND
1,851
4.9%
MAHABIR ORAONIND
944
2.5%
BHUKHLA BHAGATIND
780
2.1%
CHHATHU ORAONIND
744
2.0%
PAIKAN PANNAJKD
629
1.7%
ARUN ORAONIND
371
1.0%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | SADHANU BHAGAT | BJP | 16,979 | 35.20% | INDRA NATH BHAGAT | 848 |
| 1995 | SADHNU BHAGAT | BJP | 28,084 | 31.00% | INDRA NATH BHAGAT | 2,558 |
| 1990 | INDRANATH BHAGAT | INC | 19,878 | 32.76% | CHANDRA KISHORE ORAON | 5,040 |
| 1985 | INDRA NATH BHAGAT | INC | 27,847 | 71.59% | LALU ORAON | 21,761 |
| 1980 | INDRA NATH BHAGAT | INC(I) | 25,448 | 70.32% | ARUN ORAON | 18,270 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
