Gumla Assembly constituency

Gumla
Gumla
Constituency No. 68 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
LS constituency	Lohardaga
Established	2000
Total electors	221,055
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Bhushan Tirkey
Elected year	2019

Gumla Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1]^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Earlier Gumla constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gumla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLKM	Nisha Kumari Bhagat			New

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gumla^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Bhushan Tirkey	67,416	47.95%	12.17
	BJP	Mishir Kujur	59,749	42.50%	3.61
	NOTA	Nota	3,266	2.32%	0.97
	JVM(P)	Rajneel Tigga	2,510	1.79%	New
	CPI	Bishwanath Oraon	1,501	1.07%	0.91
	Independent	Shankar Ram Kisan	1,273	0.91%	New
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Khudi Bhagat Dukhi	1,234	0.88%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Saroj Hemrom	1,228	0.87%	1.07
	Independent	Placidius Toppo	894	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			7,667	5.45%	2.35
Turnout			1,40,598	63.60%	2.88
Registered electors			2,21,055		3.42
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing	9.06

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gumla^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shivshankar Oraon	50,473	38.89%	0.61
	JMM	Bhushan Tirkey	46,441	35.78%	9.20
	INC	Binod Kispotta	12,847	9.90%	10.74
	SP	Sunil Kullu	5,231	4.03%	New
	CPI	Binod Kerketta	2,571	1.98%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Handu Bhagat	2,526	1.95%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,753	1.35%	New
	Independent	Dhaneshwar Toppo	1,493	1.15%	New
	Independent	Sunil Kerketta	1,279	0.99%	New
	BSP	Jayram Indwar	1,257	0.97%	0.13
	BMP	Kacha Bhagat	1,248	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			4,032	3.11%	8.59
Turnout			1,29,797	60.73%	2.46
Registered electors			2,13,739		20.51
	BJP hold		Swing	0.61

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gumla^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kamlesh Oraon	39,555	38.28%	*New*
	JMM	Bhushan Tirkey	27,468	26.58%	New
	INC	Joy Fredric Baxla	21,329	20.64%	New
	Independent	Brajkishore Bhagat	1,868	1.81%	New
	RJD	Ghanshyam Chandra Pahan	1,436	1.39%	New
	Independent	Salim Toppo	1,167	1.13%	New
	AJSU	Ajit Neelam Kerketta	1,021	0.99%	New
	Independent	Vincent Barla	965	0.93%	New
	Independent	Shishir Tirkey	902	0.87%	New
	BSP	Chandan Minj	869	0.84%	New
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Bhagat	845	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			12,087	11.70%
Turnout			1,03,337	58.27%	58.27
Registered electors			1,77,355		1.23
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Gumla^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Bhushan Tirkey	36,266
	BJP	Sudarshan Bhagat	35,397 #DIV/0!
	Jharkhand Party	Barnabas Hembrom	4,079 #DIV/0!
	Independent	Dheerendra Prasad Singh	3,354 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Gyanmani Ekka	3,294 #DIV/0!		New
	BSP	Drothia Tirkey	2,815 #DIV/0!
	JD(S)	Ghanshyam Chandra Pahan	1,953 #DIV/0!		New
	LJP	Mojesh Baxla	1,530 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Amrit Joy Kujur	1,294 #DIV/0!		New
	Independent	Anup William Lakra	1,092 #DIV/0!		New
	Jharkhand Vananchal Congress	Salomi Barha	968 #DIV/0!		New
Margin of victory			869
Turnout			0	61.38%	52.30
Registered electors			1,79,564		17.36
	JMM gain from BJP		Swing

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Gumla^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudarshan Bhagat	28,905	36.12%	*New*
	JMM	Bernard Minj	22,228	27.78%	New
	INC	Bairagi Oraon	15,342	19.17%	New
	RJD	Handu Bhagat	3,599	4.50%	New
	Independent	Jitbahan Baraik	2,967	3.71%	New
	SP	Anthony Lakra	2,600	3.25%	New
	Independent	Shivshankar Bhagat	1,969	2.46%	New
	BSP	Paul Kerketta	747	0.93%	New
	Jharkhand Party	Bernard Toppo	697	0.87%	New
	Independent	Jairam Oraon	493	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			6,677	8.34%
Turnout			80,025	53.23%
Registered electors			1,53,003
	BJP win (new seat)