Chatra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14
Lok Sabha
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(parliamentary) constituencies in
Jharkhand
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state in eastern
India
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. It covers the entire
Chatra and
Latehar districts and part of
Palamu district
Palamu district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was formed in 1892. The administrative headquarter of the district is Medininagar (formerly DaltonGanj), situated on the Koel River.
History
The Palamu district ha ...
Vidhan Sabha segments
Presently, Chatra Lok Sabha smallestconstituency in jharkhandcomprises the following five
Vidhan Sabha
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(legislative assembly) segments:
Until 1977, Chatra was one of the vast Parliamentary constituencies with parts of Gaya, Hazaribag and Palamu districts. The districts of Chatra and Latehar came into being much later.
Sans Panki, all the assembly segments namely Chatra, Simaria, Latehar and Manika are reserved seats, whereas Chatra continues to be an unreserved Parliamentary constituency.
Members of Lok Sabha
*1957:
Vijaya Raje
Vijaya Raje (16 September 1919, in Dhar – 21 December 1995) was a member of royal family from Ramgarh in Hazaribagh district of Bihar State of India.
She was member of the 1st Rajya Sabha during 1952–1957 from Bihar State of the Janta Party ...
,
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party The Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party (CNSPJP) was a political party in Bihar state in India founded by the Maharaja Bahadur of Ramgarh, Kamakhya Narain Singh.
History
In the 1951–52 general elections the party nominated six candidates. ...
*1962:
Vijaya Raje
Vijaya Raje (16 September 1919, in Dhar – 21 December 1995) was a member of royal family from Ramgarh in Hazaribagh district of Bihar State of India.
She was member of the 1st Rajya Sabha during 1952–1957 from Bihar State of the Janta Party ...
, Swatantra
*1967: V.Raje (
Vijaya Raje
Vijaya Raje (16 September 1919, in Dhar – 21 December 1995) was a member of royal family from Ramgarh in Hazaribagh district of Bihar State of India.
She was member of the 1st Rajya Sabha during 1952–1957 from Bihar State of the Janta Party ...
), Independent
*1971:
Shankar Dayal Singh
Litterateur and parliamentarian Shankar Dayal Singh (Hindi: डा० शंकर दयाल सिंह) was twice elected to the Parliament of India. He was one of the youngest members of the Fifth Lok Sabha, in which he represented the ...
,
Indian National Congress
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*1977:
Sukhdeo Verma,
Janata Party
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*1980: Ranjit Singh,
Indian National Congress
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*1984:
Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh,
Indian National Congress
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*1989:
Upendra Nath Verma
Upendra Nath Verma, known with the honorific "Lokratna", is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was elected to the lower House of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha from Chatra, Bihar , as a member of the Janata Dal. He was the Union Minister ...
,
Janata Dal
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*1991:
Upendra Nath Verma
Upendra Nath Verma, known with the honorific "Lokratna", is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was elected to the lower House of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha from Chatra, Bihar , as a member of the Janata Dal. He was the Union Minister ...
,
Janata Dal
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*1996:
Dhirendra Agarwal,
Bharatiya Janta Party
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*1998:
Dhirendra Agarwal,
Bharatiya Janta Party
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*1999:
Nagmani
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Kushwaha,
Rashtriya Janata Dal
The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The party's support base has tradit ...
*2004:
Dhirendra Agarwal,
Rashtriya Janata Dal
The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The party's support base has tradit ...
*2009:
Inder Singh Namdhari
Inder Singh Namdhari (born 11 September 1942) is an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian Parliament, and represented Chatra (Lok Sabha constituency).
He won the 2009 Indian general election as an Independent candidate, with suppo ...
,
Independent
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*2014:
Sunil Kumar Singh,
Bharatiya Janta Party
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*2019:
Sunil Kumar Singh,
Bharatiya Janta Party
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Election results
2019 Lok Sabha
1984 Lok Sabha
* Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh (INC) : 211,020 votes
* Shukdeo Prasad Verma (ICJ) : 54,478
See also
*
Chatra district
*
List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
Notes
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Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand
Chatra district
Latehar district