Khunti Lok Sabha constituency

Khunti
JH-11
Khunti ; JH-11
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive map of Khunti Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
Assembly constituencies	Kharsawan ; Tamar; Torpa; Khunti; Simdega; Kolebira
Established	1952
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Kali Charan Munda
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

The Khunti Lok Sabha constituency is one of the fourteen Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to scheduled tribes. This constituency covers all of Khunti and Simdega districts and parts of Ranchi and Seraikela Kharsawan districts.

Assembly segments

The Khunti Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments, all of which are reserved for scheduled tribes:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member
57	Kharsawan (ST)	Seraikela Kharsawan	Dashrath Gagrai	JMM	INC
58	Tamar (ST)	Ranchi	Vikas Kumar Munda	JMM	INC
59	Torpa (ST)	Khunti	Koche Munda	BJP	INC
60	Khunti (ST)	Khunti	Nilkanth Singh Munda	BJP	INC
70	Simdega (ST)	Simdega	Bhushan Bara	INC	INC
71	Kolebira (ST)	Simdega	Naman Bixal Kongari	INC	INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Name
1962	Jaipal Singh Munda	Jharkhand Party
1967	Jaipal Singh Munda
1971	Niral Enem Horo
1977	Kariya Munda	Janata Party
1980	Niral Enem Horo	Jharkhand Party
1984	Simon Tigga	Indian National Congress
1989	Kariya Munda	Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004	Sushila Kerketta	Indian National Congress
2009	Kariya Munda	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Kariya Munda
2019	Arjun Munda
2024	Kali Charan Munda	Indian National Congress

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Khunti^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kali Charan Munda	511,647	54.62	8.20
	BJP	Arjun Munda	3,61,972	38.64	7.43
	NOTA	None of the above	21,919	2.34	0.25
Majority			1,49,675	15.98	15.81
Turnout			9,36,682	69.93	0.68
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Khunti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arjun Munda	382,638	45.97	+9.48
	INC	Kali Charan Munda	3,81,193	45.80	+25.87
	NOTA	None of the Above	21,245	2.55	−0.68
	IND.	Meenakshi Munda	10,989	1.32	+1.32
	Jharkhand Party	Ajay Topno	8,838	1.06	−22.93
	BSP	Indumati Mundu	7,663	0.92	N/A
Majority			1,445	0.17	−12.33
Turnout			8,32,834	69.25
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Khunti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kariya Munda	269,185	36.49
	Jharkhand Party	Anosh Ekka	1,76,937	23.99
	INC	Kalicharan Munda	1,47,017	19.93
	AJSU	Neil Tirkey	27,158	3.68
	JVM(P)	Basant Kumar Longa	24,514	3.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	23,816	3.23
Majority			92,248	12.50
Turnout			7,37,611	66.34
	BJP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Khunti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kariya Munda	210,214	41.19
	INC	Neil Tirkey	1,30,039	25.48
	Jharkhand Party	Nishikant Horo	84,025	16.46
Majority			80,175	15.71
Turnout			5,10,343	52.03
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Notes

^ "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.
^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Khunti". Retrieved 26 July 2024.

External links

Khunti lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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[1] "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Khunti-2] Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Khunti". Retrieved 26 July 2024.

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