Simaria Assembly constituency

Simaria
Simaria
Constituency No. 26 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Lok Sabha constituency	Chatra
Established	1977
Total electors	329,361
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Kumar Ujjwal
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Simaria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The seat was created ahead of the 1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, being carved out of the Hazaribagh seat. Simaria is located in the Chatra Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1977: Constituency did not exist
1977	Upendra Nath Das	Janata Party
1980	Ishwari Ram Paswan	Indian National Congress
1985	Ishwari Ram Paswan	Indian National Congress
1990	Upendra Nath Das	Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Upendra Nath Das	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Yogendra Nath Baitha	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Upendra Nath Das	Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2014	Ganesh Ganjhu	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2019	Kishun Kumar Das	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Kumar Ujjwal	Bharatiya Janata Party

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Simaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kumar Ujjwal	111,906	44.47%	14.22
	JMM	Manoj Kumar Chandra	1,07,905	42.88%	New
	JLKM	Jitendra Kumar	11,164	4.44%	New
	CPI	Suresh Kumar	3,809	1.51%	New
	Independent	Sadanand Bhuiyan	3,598	1.43%	New
	BSP	Ramwtar Ram	2,265	0.90%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,928	2.75%	1.94
Margin of victory			4,001	1.59%	3.82
Turnout			2,51,640	66.67%	5.00
Registered electors			3,77,446		14.60
	BJP hold		Swing	14.22

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Simaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kishun Kumar Das	61,438	30.25%	2.22
	AJSU	Manoj Kumar Chandra	50,442	24.84%	New
	JVM(P)	Ramadev Singh Bhogta	31,346	15.43%	21.06
	INC	Yogendra Nath Baitha	27,665	13.62%	New
	Independent	Niraj Kumar Niraj	5,552	2.73%	New
	Independent	Kamlesh Kumar	4,366	2.15%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Anand Kumar Bharti	3,579	1.76%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,644	0.81%	3.32
Margin of victory			10,996	5.41%	3.05
Turnout			2,03,104	61.67%	0.01
Registered electors			3,29,361		9.96
	BJP gain from JVM(P)		Swing	6.25

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Simaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Ganesh Ganjhu	67,404	36.50%	10.67
	BJP	Sujeet Kumar Bharati	51,764	28.03%	8.58
	RJD	Manoj Kumar Chandra	26,560	14.38%	New
	JMM	Rajkumari Devi	6,671	3.61%	16.12
	CPI	Binod Bihari Paswan	6,636	3.59%	10.03
	Jharkhand Vikas Dal	Sadanand Bhuiyan	4,629	2.51%	New
	Independent	Sahdeo Ram	2,466	1.34%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,619	4.13%	New
Margin of victory			15,640	8.47%	2.37
Turnout			1,84,693	61.66%	7.91
Registered electors			2,99,532		22.26
	JVM(P) hold		Swing	10.67

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Simaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta	34,007	25.82%	*New*
	JMM	Ganesh Ganjhu	25,982	19.73%	15.98
	BJP	Satyanand Bhogta	25,613	19.45%	10.74
	CPI	Manoj Kumar Chandra	17,938	13.62%	9.54
	Independent	Yogendra Nath Baitha	11,687	8.88%	New
	Independent	Shanker Rajak	4,378	3.32%	New
	AJSU	Kuldeep Ganjhu	2,940	2.23%	New
Margin of victory			8,025	6.09%	0.94
Turnout			1,31,684	53.75%	9.03
Registered electors			2,45,001		3.82
	JVM(P) gain from BJP		Swing	4.37

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Simaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Upendra Nath Das	31,858	30.19%	0.42
	CPI	Ram Chandra Ram	24,438	23.16%	0.95
	RJD	Yogendra Nath Baitha	17,859	16.92%	24.45
	BSP	Dineshwar Ram	7,769	7.36%	New
	INC	Ishwari Ram Paswan	5,010	4.75%	0.53
	JMM	Ramtahal Turi	3,953	3.75%	New
	Independent	Alias Jai Prakash Singh Bhogta	3,086	2.92%	New
Margin of victory			7,420	7.03%	4.57
Turnout			1,05,525	44.71%	18.67
Registered electors			2,35,995		28.52
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	11.19

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Simaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Yogendra Nath Baitha	19,788	41.38%	*New*
	BJP	Upendra Nath Das	14,239	29.77%	New
	CPI	Ram Chandra Ram	11,532	24.11%	New
	INC	Dr. Nand Kishor Prasad	2,018	4.22%	New
Margin of victory			5,549	11.60%
Turnout			47,824	26.55%
Registered electors			1,83,625
	RJD win (new seat)

↑ "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
↑ Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India
1 2 The Telegraph. Simaria bats for young guns
↑ Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
↑ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.