# Ramgarh, Jharkhand Assembly constituency

Ramgarh Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Election | Name | Party |
| Bihar Legislative Assembly ||||
| Before 1957: see Ramgarh cum Hazaribagh constituency ||||
| 1957 | Tara Prasad Bakshi | Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party |
| 1957 | Rameshwar Manjhi | Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party |
| 1962 | Tara Prasad Bakshi | Swatantra Party |
| 1967 | Tara Prasad Bakshi | Jan Kranti Dal |
| 1969 | Badulal Agarwal | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Manzurul Hassan Khan | Communist Party of India |
| 1973^ | Shahdun Nisha | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Bishwanath Choudhary | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Arjun Ram | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
| 1985 | Jamuna Prasad Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Arjun Ram | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
| 1995 | Shankar Choudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2000 | Sabir Ahmed Quaresi | Communist Party of India |
| Jharkhand Legislative Assembly ||||
| 2001^ | Babulal Marandi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2005 | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | All Jharkhand Students Union |
| 2009 | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | All Jharkhand Students Union |
| 2014 | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | All Jharkhand Students Union |
| 2019 | Mamta Devi | Indian National Congress |
| 2023^ | Sunita Choudhary | All Jharkhand Students Union |
| 2024 | Mamta Devi | Indian National Congress |
^by-election

## Election results
### Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Mamta Devi | 89,818 | 34.51% | 6.65 |
| | AJSU | Sunita Choudhary | 83,028 | 31.90% | 18.91 |
| | JLKM | Paneshwar Kumar | 70,979 | 27.27% | New |
| | Bhartiya Rashtriya Jagsewa Party | Nitesh Kumar Sinha | 2,264 | 0.87% | New |
| | Independent | Gautam Kumar Panda | 1,760 | 0.68% | New |
| | Independent | Pankaj Kumar | 1,710 | 0.66% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,450 | 0.56% | 0.29 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,790 | 2.61% | 7.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,60,291 | 72.91% | 5.10 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,56,993 | | 6.33 |
| | INC gain from AJSU | INC gain from AJSU | Swing | 16.30 | |

### Assembly by-election 2023

2023 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Ramgarh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AJSU | Sunita Choudhary | 115,669 | 50.81% | 18.95 |
| | INC | Bajrang Mahto | 93,699 | 41.16% | 3.55 |
| | Independent | Dhananjay Kumar Putush | 2,794 | 1.23% | New |
| | Independent | Ramawtar Mahto | 2,697 | 1.18% | New |
| | Independent | Ajit Kumar | 2,100 | 0.92% | New |
| | Independent | Ranjit Mahto | 1,860 | 0.82% | New |
| | NOTA | Nota | 616 | 0.27% | 0.11 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,970 | 9.65% | 3.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,27,664 | 68.00% | 3.55 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,35,734 | | 7.16 |
| | AJSU gain from INC | AJSU gain from INC | Swing | 6.10 | |

### Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Mamta Devi | 99,944 | 44.70% | 22.31 |
| | AJSU | Sunita Choudhary | 71,226 | 31.86% | 17.21 |
| | BJP | Rananjay Kumar @ Kuntu Babu | 31,874 | 14.26% | New |
| | Independent | Ajit Kumar @ Bablu Kushwaha | 3,271 | 1.46% | New |
| | CPI | Khurshid Ahmad Quraishi | 2,084 | 0.93% | 1.36 |
| | JD(U) | Sudit Kumar Singh | 1,813 | 0.81% | New |
| | BSP | Md Moin Uddin Ahmad | 1,184 | 0.53% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 862 | 0.39% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 28,718 | 12.84% | 13.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,23,577 | 71.36% | 0.64 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,13,312 | | 9.82 |
| | INC gain from AJSU | INC gain from AJSU | Swing | 4.36 | |

### Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AJSU | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | 98,987 | 49.06% | 9.44 |
| | INC | Shahzada Anwar | 45,169 | 22.39% | 0.94 |
| | JMM | Binod Kisku | 25,721 | 12.75% | 9.17 |
| | Independent | Shankar Chowdhury | 7,888 | 3.91% | New |
| | CPI | Bhognath Ohdar | 4,627 | 2.29% | 0.22 |
| | CPI(ML)L | Devki Nandan Bediya | 3,381 | 1.68% | New |
| | Independent | Dharmendra Prasad | 3,042 | 1.51% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,331 | 0.66% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 53,818 | 26.67% | 10.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,01,755 | 70.72% | 3.09 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,85,285 | | 23.40 |
| | AJSU hold | AJSU hold | Swing | 9.44 | |

### Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AJSU | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | 61,947 | 39.62% | 5.77 |
| | INC | Shahzada Anwar | 36,472 | 23.33% | New |
| | BJP | Arjun Ram | 30,166 | 19.29% | 10.38 |
| | JMM | Rananjay Kumar | 5,589 | 3.57% | 6.88 |
| | CPI | Mangal Ohdar | 3,927 | 2.51% | 16.62 |
| | BSP | Rajendra Nayak | 3,291 | 2.10% | New |
| | AITC | Mohd. Alam | 2,583 | 1.65% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 25,475 | 16.29% | 1.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,56,343 | 67.63% | 3.06 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,31,188 | | 1.41 |
| | AJSU hold | AJSU hold | Swing | 5.77 | |

### Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AJSU | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | 51,249 | 33.85% | New |
| | CPI | Nadra Bagum | 28,970 | 19.14% | 8.79 |
| | JMM | Chhedi Mahto | 15,821 | 10.45% | 14.85 |
| | Independent | Shankar Chowdhury | 13,931 | 9.20% | New |
| | BJP | Rakesh Prasad | 13,493 | 8.91% | 34.48 |
| | Independent | Arjun Ram | 7,975 | 5.27% | New |
| | CPI(ML)L | Devki Nandan Bediya | 4,822 | 3.19% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,279 | 14.72% | 0.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,51,390 | 64.56% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,34,487 | | |
| | AJSU gain from BJP | AJSU gain from BJP | Swing | 9.54 | |

### Assembly by-election 2001

2001 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election: Ramgarh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Babulal Marandi | 55,884 | 43.40% | 16.19 |
| | CPI | Nadra Begum | 35,966 | 27.93% | 12.82 |
| | JMM | Arjun Ram | 32,584 | 25.30% | 3.41 |
| | INC | Jamuna Prasad Sharma | 3,576 | 2.78% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,918 | 15.47% | 9.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,28,774 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 197086 | | |
| | BJP gain from RJD | BJP gain from RJD | Swing | 3.32 | |

### Assembly election 2000

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Ramgarh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RJD | Jagdanand Singh | 48,840 | 46.72% | New |
| | CPI | Sabir Ahmed Quaresi Alias Bhera Singh | 42,599 | 40.75% | New |
| | JMM | Arjun Ram | 30,013 | 28.71% | New |
| | BJP | Shankar Chowdhury | 28,442 | 27.21% | New |
| | BSP | Malti Devi | 24,299 | 23.24% | New |
| | Samata Party | Prabhawati Devi | 20,919 | 20.01% | New |
| | RJD | Shahzada Anwar | 7,427 | 7.10% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,241 | 5.97% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,04,538 | 61.83% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,70,872 | | |
| | RJD win (new seat) | RJD win (new seat) | RJD win (new seat) | RJD win (new seat) | RJD win (new seat) |