Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Election Commission
25-April-2019 12:28 IST
Chatra, Lohardaga and Palamau Parliamentary Constituencies in Jharkhand to go to Polls in Phase IV of General Elections 2019
11.01% increase in Electors in these three PCs since last General Elections 76,835 electors in 18-19 years age group in Phase IV in Jharkhand 26 Candidates contesting from Chatra, 14 from Lohardaga and 19 from Palamau
In the Fourth phase of General Elections 2019, Chatra, Lohardaga and Palmau Parliamentary Constituencies (PC) in Jharkhand would be going to polls on 29th April. Chatra (PC No. 4) is a General seat, Lohardaga (PC No. 12) is ST and Palamau (PC No. 13) is an SC seat.
As per the data sourced from CEO (Jharkhand) website, there are a total of 45,26,693 electors in the three PCs, out of which 23,85,932 are male electors, 21,40,750 female electors and 11 third gender electors. There are 76,835 electors in the age group of 18-19 years in Phase IV in Jharkhand. The details pertaining to electors in the above three PCs in Jharkhand are as below:
|
Phase
|
PC Name
|
District
|
Male Electors
|
Female Electors
|
Third Gender Electors
|
Total
|
Total Electors (18-19 Age Group)
|
|
IV
|
Chatra
|
Chatra
|
357962
|
318818
|
02
|
676782
|
10651
|
|
Latehar
|
252345
|
235769
|
02
|
488116
|
8520
|
||
|
Palamu
|
138288
|
119619
|
00
|
257907
|
3036
|
||
|
Total
|
748595
|
674206
|
04
|
1422805
|
22207
|
||
|
Lohardaga (ST)
|
Ranchi
|
163576
|
154992
|
00
|
318568
|
2961
|
|
|
Gumla
|
340771
|
330128
|
07
|
670906
|
9247
|
||
|
Lohardaga
|
121751
|
116285
|
00
|
238036
|
4287
|
||
|
Total
|
626098
|
601405
|
07
|
1227510
|
16495
|
||
|
Palamau (SC)
|
Palamu
|
629170
|
533976
|
00
|
1163146
|
16642
|
|
|
Garhwa
|
382069
|
331163
|
00
|
713232
|
21491
|
||
|
Total
|
1011239
|
865139
|
00
|
1876378
|
38133
|
||
|
Phase IV Total
|
2385932
|
2140750
|
11
|
4526693
|
76835
|
||
The data sourced from ECI website shows that in General Election 2014, there were a total of 40,77,663 electors in these three PCs. This number has grown to 45,26,693 during General Elections 2019, which is an increase of 4,49,030 (11.01%) electors since last General Elections.
An interesting fact for Phase IV of General Elections is that the Chatra PC is the largest PC in Jharkhand in terms of area (9163.58 Sq.Km.).
In Phase IV, from different Political Parties, 26 candidates are contesting from Chatra PC, 14 candidates from Lohardaga PC and 19 candidates from Palamau PC. The Political Party-wise list of contesting candidates in each PC is as given below:
|
Phase
|
Parliamentary Constituency
|
Political Party
|
Candidate Name
|
Symbol
|
|
IV
|
Chatra
|
Bharatiya Janta
Party
|
Sunil Kumar Singh
|
Lotus
|
|
Indian
National
Congress
|
Manoj Kumar Yadav
|
Hand
|
||
|
Communist Party of India
|
Arjun Kumar
|
Ears of Corn
And Sickle
|
||
|
Bahujan Samaj
Party
|
Nageshwar
Ganjhu
|
Elephant
|
||
|
Rashtriya Janata
Dal
|
Subhash Prasad
Yadav
|
Hurricane
Lamp
|
||
|
Purvanchal Janta
Party (Secular)
|
Ashutosh Kumar
|
Violin
|
||
|
Jharkhand
People’s Party
|
Pankaj Ranjan
|
Pot
|
||
|
Bhartiya
Sarvodaya Party
|
Ramanand Das
|
Battery Torch
|
||
|
Akhil Bharat Hindu
Mahasabha
|
Sagar Ram
|
Auto Rickshaw
|
||
|
BharatiyaMomin
Front
|
Shaukat Ali
|
Glass Tumbler
|
||
|
Other Candidates
|
||||
|
Independent
|
Abdul Rajak
Ansari
|
Diesel Pump
|
||
|
Ayub Khan
|
Almirah
|
|||
|
Arun Kumar
Yadav
|
Batsman
|
|||
|
Jaidullah Ansari
|
Scissors
|
|||
|
Duleshwar Saw
|
GannaKisan
|
|||
|
Dhananjay
Kumar
|
Bench
|
|||
|
Nandlal Prasad
|
Sewing
Machine
|
|||
|
Nand Lal Prasad
Keshari
|
Bucket
|
|||
|
Pawan Kumar
|
Air Conditioner
|
|||
|
PramodToppo
|
Bricks
|
|||
|
Bagendra Ram
|
Cup & Saucer
|
|||
|
Bhagalpuri
Yadav
|
Chakki
|
|||
|
Manoj Kumar
Pandey
|
Pan
|
|||
|
Yogendra Yadav
|
Whistle
|
|||
|
Rameshi Ram
|
Gas Cylinder
|
|||
|
RajendraSahu
|
Truck
|
|||
|
Lohardaga
|
BharatiyaJanta Party
|
Sudarshan
Bhagat
|
Lotus
|
|
|
Indian National
Congress
|
Sukhdeo
Bhagat
|
Hand
|
||
|
BahujanSamaj Party
|
Sharvan
Kumar Panna
|
Elephant
|
||
|
All India
Trinamool
Congress
|
Dinesh Oraon
|
Flowers and
Grass
|
||
|
Jharkhand Party
|
Deokumar
Dhan
|
Basket
containing
Fruits
|
||
|
Other Candidates
|
||||
|
Independent
|
Ajit Kumar
Bhagat
|
Football
|
||
|
Amber SauravKunal
|
Balloon
|
|||
|
Anand Paul
Tirkey
|
GannaKisan
|
|||
|
Alone Baxla
|
Computer
|
|||
|
EkusDhan
|
Football
Player
|
|||
|
Kalindra
Oraon
|
Jackfruit
|
|||
|
Raghunath
Mahli
|
Tractor
ChalataKisan
|
|||
|
Sanjay Oraon
|
Air
Conditioner
|
|||
|
Saniya Oraon
|
Helicopter
|
|||
|
Palamau
|
Bharatiya Janata
Party
|
Vishnu Dayal
Ram
|
Lotus
|
|
|
BahujanSamaj Party
|
Anjana
Bhuiyan
|
Elephant
|
||
|
Rashtriya Janata Dal
|
Ghuran Ram
|
Hurricane
Lamp
|
||
|
BhartiyaLokSeva
Dal
|
Amindra
Paswan
|
Tractor
ChalataKisan
|
||
|
Jan SangharshVirat
Party
|
Uday Kumar
Paswan
|
Auto- Rickshaw
|
||
|
Voters Party
International
|
Umesh Kumar
Paswan
|
Gas Cylinder
|
||
|
ProutistSarvaSamaj
|
Prayag Ram
|
Pressure
Cooker
|
||
|
Jai Prakash Janata
Dal
|
BabanBhuiya
|
Diesel Pump
|
||
|
Ambedkar National
Congress
|
Balkesh
Prasad
Paswan
|
Gramophone
|
||
|
Communist Party of
India (Marxist-
Leninist) Red Star
|
Madan Ram
|
Saw
|
||
|
BahujanMukti Party
|
Shyam
Narayan
Bhuian
|
Cot
|
||
|
Communist Party of
India (Marxist-
Leninist) (Liberation)
|
Sushma
Mehta
|
Flag with
Three Stars
|
||
|
Other Candidates
|
||||
|
Independent
|
Jorawar Ram
|
Black Board
|
||
|
Dinesh Ram
|
Cup & Saucer
|
|||
|
Ram Ji
Paswan
|
Basket
containing
Fruits
|
|||
|
Vijay Kumar
|
Belt
|
|||
|
Vijay Ram
|
Flute
|
|||
|
Shrawan
Kumar Ravi
|
Bat
|
|||
|
Satyendra
Kumar
Paswan
|
Batsman
|
|||
(Source – Website of CEO, Jharkhand)
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