LATEHAR
Assembly seat no. 74 in Jharkhand · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 5 times since 2005.
Winner, 2024
PRAKASH RAM
BJP
Elections held
5
2005–2024
Most successful party
BJP
won 2 of 5
Margin, 2024
434
0.20% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
JMMBAIDYANATH RAM
- Votes
- 97,628
- Vote share
- 44.54%
- Behind by
- 434
Electors
3,08,621
Total votes polled
2,19,204
Valid votes
2,19,204
NOTA votes
4,518
2.06% of votes polled
Turnout
71.0%
Full result, 2024
11 candidates · 2,19,204 valid votes
PRAKASH RAMBJPwon
98,062
44.7%
BAIDYANATH RAMJMM
97,628
44.5%
SANTOSH KUMAR PASWANJLKM
4,295
2.0%
RAKESH PASWANIND
3,745
1.7%
PRAKASH KUMAR RAVIBSP
2,678
1.2%
SHRAWAN PASWANIND
2,426
1.1%
BRAHAMDEV RAMAPOI
2,386
1.1%
LALSU RAMBHRTADVSIP
1,323
0.6%
RAVI KUMAR PASWANIND
942
0.4%
BIRENDRA KUMARIND
718
0.3%
SHIVNATH RAJAKNCP
483
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 5 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | PRAKASH RAM | BJP | 98,062 | 44.73% | BAIDYANATH RAM | 434 |
| 2019 | BAIDYANATH RAM | JMM | 76,507 | 42.04% | PRAKASH RAM | 16,328 |
| 2014 | PRAKASH RAM | JVM | 71,189 | 44.45% | BRAJMOHAN RAM | 26,787 |
| 2009 | BAIDYANATH RAM | BJP | 34,522 | 32.86% | PRAKASH RAM | 438 |
| 2005 | PRAKASH RAM | RJD | 18,819 | 26.90% | RAMDEV GANJHU | 5,398 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above

