KANKE
Assembly seat no. 65 in Jharkhand · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 5 times since 2005.
Winner, 2024
SURESH KUMAR BAITHA
INC
Elections held
5
2005–2024
Most successful party
BJP
won 4 of 5
Margin, 2024
968
0.32% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
BJPDR. JITU CHARAN RAM
- Votes
- 1,32,531
- Vote share
- 43.16%
- Behind by
- 968
Electors
4,82,834
Total votes polled
3,07,093
Valid votes
3,07,093
NOTA votes
3,588
1.17% of votes polled
Turnout
63.6%
Full result, 2024
13 candidates · 3,07,093 valid votes
SURESH KUMAR BAITHAINCwon
1,33,499
43.5%
DR. JITU CHARAN RAMBJP
1,32,531
43.2%
PHULESHWAR BAITHAJLKM
25,965
8.5%
SANTOSH KUMAR RAJAKCPI
3,157
1.0%
SEEMA RAYIND
1,536
0.5%
DEEPSHIKHA KUMARIIND
1,452
0.5%
AJIT KU RAVIRTORP
1,204
0.4%
SURENDRA MIRDHA ALIAS SUREN KUMAR KALINDISP
945
0.3%
ASHOK KUMAR NAGIND
870
0.3%
MADHUSUDAN KUMARASPKR
694
0.2%
ANIL KUMAR PASWANJKP
682
0.2%
MUKUL NAYAKLKHAP
490
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 5 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | SURESH KUMAR BAITHA | INC | 1,33,499 | 43.47% | DR. JITU CHARAN RAM | 968 |
| 2019 | SAMMARI LAL | BJP | 1,11,975 | 44.04% | SURESH KUMAR BAITHA | 22,540 |
| 2014 | DR. JITU CHARAN RAM | BJP | 1,15,702 | 55.73% | SURESH KUMAR BAITHA | 59,804 |
| 2009 | RAMCHANDRA BAITHA | BJP | 45,245 | 31.30% | SURESH BAITHA | 4,571 |
| 2005 | RAM CHANDER BAITHA | BJP | 61,502 | 40.73% | SAMARI LAL | 15,059 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above

