Simdega Constituency Result: Congress' Bhushan Bara wins by 285 votes
Simdega Constituency Result: As the counting of votes in Simdega constituency came to an end, Bhushan Bara of the Congress Party has defeated BJP's Shradhanand Besra by 285 votes.
Bhushan Bara was trailing with only a margin of 565 votes against Besra. Earier in the day, Shradhanand Besra was leading with 3853 votes. Simdega district has a high density of Scheduled Tribe population making it 70.78 percent of the district's total population of 5,99,578, as per the Census 2011. Simdega is also part of the dreaded Red Corridor and is one of the 18 districts facing Maoist challenge in Jharkhand.
In the 2014 election, BJP's Gangotri Kujur had won the seat receiving 54,200 votes. Kujur had defeated Bandhu Tirkey of the All India Trinamool Congress, who got 46,595 votes. In the 2009 election, Bandhu Tirkey, then with the Jharkhand Jan Morcha (JHJAM), had defeated Deo Kumar Dhan of the Congress.
Polling in Jharkhand Assembly elections 2019 was held in 6 phases between November 30 and December 20, 2019 to elect the 81 members of the Legislative Assembly.
|
Coalition |
Parties |
Number of candidates |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
UPA (81) |
Congress |
31 |
|
|
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
43 |
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|
Rashtriya Janata Dal |
7 |
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|
NDA |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
79 |
|
|
All Jharkhand Students Union |
52 |
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Jharkhand Vikas Morcha |
81 |
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Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2014 Result
In Jharkhand Assembly elections 2014, BJP swept 37 out of the 81 seats and with its allies AJSU party (5) and JVM(6) formed the government with 48 seats in the alliance. Raghubar Das was sworn in as the 10th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014.
Six Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) MLAs on 11 February 2015 joined the BJP, a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside ruling BJP-led coalition members in the state Assembly.
| Party | Flag or symbol | Seats on | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 37 | 31.26% | |
| All Jharkhand Students Union |  |
5 | 3.68% |
| JVM(P) MLA's joined BJP (11 feb 2015) | 6 | ||
| Jharkhand Vikas Morcha |  |
8-6=2 | 9.99% |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |  |
19 | 20.43% |
| Congress |  |
6 | 10.46% |
| Bahujan Samaj Party |
 |
1 | 1.82% |
| CPI(M) |
 |
1 | 1.52% |
| Jharkhand Party | 1 | 1.11% | |
| Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 1 | 1.02% | |
| Jai Bharat Samanta Party | 1 | 0.79% | |
| Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha | 1 | 0.49% | |
| Left Parties | 0 | 1.66% | |
| Nominated | 1 |
