Chatra Lok Sabha constituency

Chatra Lok Sabha constituency (Template:Lang-hi) is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. It covers the entire Chatra and Latehar districts and part of Palamu district

Assembly segments

Presently, Chatra Lok Sabha smallestconstituency in jharkhandcomprises the following five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
27	Chatra	SC	Chatra
26	Simaria	SC	Chatra
74	Latehar	SC	Latehar
75	Panki	None	Palamu
73	Manika	ST	Latehar

Until 1977, Chatra was one of the vasted Parliamentary constituencies with parts of Gaya, Hazaribag and Palamu districts. The districts of Chatra and Latehar came into being much later. Sans Panki, all the assembly segments namely Chatra, Simaria, Latehar and Manika are reserved seats, whereas Chatra continues to be an unreserved Parliamentary constituency.

Members of Parliament

• 1957: Vijaya Raje, CNSPJP (Janata Party)
• 1962: Vijaya Raje, Swatantra
• 1967: V.Raje (Vijaya Raje), Independent
• 1971: Shankar Dayal Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Sukhdeo Verma, Janata Party
• 1980: Ranjit Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1989: Upendra Nath Verma, Janata Dal
• 1991: Upendra Nath Verma, Janata Dal
• 1996: Dhirendra Agarwal, Bharatiya Janta Party
• 1998: Dhirendra Agarwal, Bharatiya Janta Party
• 1999: Nagmani Kushwaha, Rashtriya Janata Dal
• 2004: Dhirendra Agarwal, Rashtriya Janata Dal
• 2009: Inder Singh Namdhari, Independent
• 2014: Sunil Kumar Singh, Bharatiya Janta Party
• 2019: Sunil Kumar Singh, Bharatiya Janta Party

Election results

2019 Indian general elections: Chatra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sunil Kumar Singh	5,28,077	57.03
	INC	Manoj Kumar Yadav	1,50,206	16.22
	RJD	Subhash Yadav	83,425	9.01
	CPI	Arjun Kumar	22,577	2.44
	BSP	Nageshwar Ganjhu	18,888	2.04
Majority			3,77,871	40.81
Turnout			9,25,956	64.97
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Chatra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sunil Kumar Singh	2,95,862	41.50
	INC	Dhiraj Prasad Sahu	1,17,836	16.53
	JVM(P)	Nilam Devi	1,04,176	14.61
	AJSU	Nagmani	35,674	5.00
Majority			1,78,026	24.97
Turnout			7,12,980	54.32
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

2009 Indian general elections: Chatra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Inder Singh Namdhari	1,08,336	22.86
	INC	Dhiraj Prasad Sahu	92,158	19.44
	RJD	Nagmani Kushwaha	68,764	14.51
	CPI(ML)	Keshwar Yadav	63,846	13.47
	JD(U)	Arun Kumar Yadav	46,088	9.72
Majority			16,178	3.41
Turnout			4,73,941	45.67
	Independent gain from RJD		Swing

See also

• Chatra district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha