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Kharsawan
Constituency No. 57 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Seraikela Kharsawan
LS constituency	Khunti
Established	2000
Total electors	209,017
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dashrath Gagrai
Party	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Elected year	2024

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

Most successful parties after seprate Jharkhand state.

Overview

As defined in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, Kharsawan Assembly constituency covers Kharsawan and Kuchai police stations and Seraikella police station (excluding Seraikella municipality and Govindpur, Para, Manik Bazar, Tangrani, Pathanmara, Jordiha Gurugudia and Badakakda gram panchayats), village 98-Dighi in Rajnagar police station, and Bhoya Keadchalam, Domra Parnia, Lota, Thakurgutu, Dopai-Gamhariya, Sarda, Matkamhatu, Khuntpani, Chiru and Rajabasa gram panchayats in Chaibasa Mufassil police station.

The constituency is reserved for members of Scheduled Tribes. Kharsawan Assembly constituency is within Khunti Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Election results

Assembly election 2024

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Kharsawan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Dashrath Gagrai	85,772	47.24%	0.91
	BJP	Sonaram Bodra	53,157	29.28%	3.91
	JLKM	Pandu Ram Haiburu	33,841	18.64%	New
	Independent	Hiralal Hembrom	1,350	0.74%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Jarika	1,182	0.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,356	1.85%	0.79
Margin of victory			32,615	17.96%	3.00
Turnout			1,81,571	79.81%	6.94
Registered electors			2,27,503		8.84
	JMM hold		Swing	0.91

Assembly election 2019

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Kharsawan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Dashrath Gagrai	73,341	48.15%	1.00
	BJP	Jawahar Lal Banra	50,546	33.19%	7.79
	AJSU	Sanjay Jarika	9,451	6.21%	New
	JVM(P)	Ram Honhaga	3,134	2.06%	0.34
	Independent	Hiralal Hembram	2,589	1.70%	New
	Independent	Bhagwat Prasad Majhi	2,498	1.64%	New
	JD(U)	Kunvar Sinh Banra	1,742	1.14%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,614	1.06%	0.81
Margin of victory			22,795	14.97%	6.80
Turnout			1,52,311	72.87%	4.89
Registered electors			2,09,017		10.94
	JMM hold		Swing	1.00

Assembly election 2014

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Kharsawan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Dashrath Gagrai	72,002	49.15%	New
	BJP	Arjun Munda	60,036	40.98%	14.36
	INC	Chhotray Kisku	4,927	3.36%	New
	JVM(P)	Pradhan Pasingh Gundua	2,523	1.72%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Mangilal Purty	1,639	1.12%	New
	JBSP	Kande Ram Kurli	993	0.68%	New
	Independent	Lalji Ram Tiu	852	0.58%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,746	1.87%	New
Margin of victory			11,966	8.17%	7.45
Turnout			1,46,499	77.76%	5.66
Registered electors			1,88,397		21.64
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	6.19

Assembly by-election 2011

2011 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly by-election : Kharsawan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arjun Munda	61,801	55.34%	8.33
		Dashrath Gagrai	44,355	39.72%	New
	Independent	Hari Orawn	1,843	1.65%	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation	Bahadur Oraon	1,177	1.05%	New
	Independent	K. Ram Kurli	1,057	0.95%	New
	Independent	M. S. Hembram	849	0.76%	New
	Independent	M. S. Jamuda	589	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			17,446	15.62%	8.68
Turnout			1,11,671	72.10%	0.42
Registered electors			1,54,880		0.28
	BJP hold		Swing	8.33

Assembly election 2009

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Kharsawan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mangal Singh Soy	52,661	47.02%	21.41
	INC	Basko Besra	25,442	22.71%	4.92
	JBSP	Chhotray Kisku	9,906	8.84%	New
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Nitima Bodra Bari	6,035	5.39%	New
	Independent	Kande Ram Kurli	3,574	3.19%	New
	BSP	Kujuri Honhaga	2,051	1.83%	0.55
	Independent	Bhagwat Prasad Majhi	1,984	1.77%	New
Margin of victory			27,219	24.30%	26.33
Turnout			1,12,007	72.52%	5.93
Registered electors			1,54,453		5.91
	BJP hold		Swing	21.41

Assembly election 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election : Kharsawan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arjun Munda	74,797	68.43%	17.65
	INC	Kunti Soy	19,453	17.80%	17.39
	Independent	Shiv Charan Hansda	4,841	4.43%	New
	Independent	Sagu Charan Hembram	2,569	2.35%	New
	BSP	Gora Purti	1,395	1.28%	0.10
	Jharkhand Party	Bhagwat Prasad Majhi	1,305	1.19%	New
	Independent	Shankar Bandra	783	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			55,344	50.63%	35.04
Turnout			1,09,308	66.59%	5.39
Registered electors			1,64,155		14.58
	BJP hold		Swing	17.65

Assembly election 2000

See also

• Vidhan Sabha
• List of states of India by type of legislature

References

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• Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand
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