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, 1995
SADHNU BHAGAT
BJP
Elections held
10
1962–2000
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 10
Margin, 1995
2,558
2.82% of valid votes
Result, 1995
Runner-up
INCINDRA NATH BHAGAT
- Votes
- 25,526
- Vote share
- 28.18%
- Behind by
- 2,558
Electors
1,45,610
Total votes polled
90,597
Valid votes
90,597
NOTA votes
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Turnout
62.2%
Full result, 1995
16 candidates · 90,597 valid votes
SADHNU BHAGATBJPwon
28,084
31.0%
INDRA NATH BHAGATINC
25,526
28.2%
JOKHAN BHAGATJD
20,260
22.4%
ABHAY KUJURJMM
2,522
2.8%
EKUS DHANJMMM
2,227
2.5%
AJAY KUMAR KUJURIND
2,172
2.4%
KARMA ORAONIND
1,560
1.7%
PINJU BHAGATJPP
1,521
1.7%
SHISHIR TOPPOIND
1,413
1.6%
ARUN ORAONIND
1,295
1.4%
GEORGE KUJURSAP
1,240
1.4%
BASUDEO ORAONIND
762
0.8%
Showing the top 12 of 16. The full list is in the API.
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
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the LOHARDAGA assembly constituency in 2000?
SADHANU BHAGAT (BJP) won LOHARDAGA in 2000, by a margin of 848 votes.
Which party has won LOHARDAGA the most times?
INC, with 6 of the 10 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has LOHARDAGA gone to the polls?
10 times, from 1962 to 2000.
Who has won LOHARDAGA the most times?
INDRANATH BHAGAT, with 2 wins between 1977 and 1990.
