BJP's Prakash Leading By 434 Votes Over JMM’s Baidyanath In Latehar Nailbiter

A high-stakes rivalry between JMM’s Baidyanath Ram and BJP's Prakash Ram is keeping the intrest alive among people in Latehar assembly constituency.

Latehar:Jharkhand Election Result 2024 signalled a lead of JMM’s Baidyanath Ram as early trends showed him gaining a lead of 848 votes over BJP's Prakash Ram in Latehar. In a reversal, the BJP candidate took a slender lead of 434 votes as counting progressed in final rounds.

Latehar, one of the 81 Assembly constituencies in Jharkhand falls under the district of the same name, covering an area of 3,660 square kilometers and has a population of approximately 727,000.

This constituency is located in the North Jharkhand region that is located in the East region of the state. This seat can be classified as: Semi-Urban and and the reservation status of this constituency is Scheduled Caste.

A high-stakes rivalry between JMM’s Baidyanath Ram and BJP's Prakash Ram is expected in Latehar assembly constituency. Earlier, Baidyanath had left BJP and joined JMM which gave him ticket.Voters here have traditionally changed their MLA every election cycle. The question remains whether Baidyanath can break this pattern and secure consecutive wins.

Electorates size

There are a total of 3,03,913 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2024 Assembly election in Latehar Assembly constituency. Out of that number, 1,53,769 persons are male, while 1,50,137 are females and 7 are of the third gender. Latehar registered 73.32% polling this time.

Who won last time?

In the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly elections, Baidyanath Ram from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) won the Latehar (SC) seat with 76,507 votes. His closest competitor, Prakash Ram from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), received 60,179 votes, while independent candidate Santosh Kumar Paswan garnered 15,985 votes.