Tamar Assembly constituency

Tamar
Tamar
Constituency No. 58 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
LS constituency	Khunti
Established	2000
Total electors	206,595
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vikas Kumar Munda
Elected year	2019

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Earlier Tamar 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.

Election	Member
2005	Ramesh Singh Munda	Janata Dal
2009	Gopal Krishna Patar	Janata Dal
2009^	Gopal Krishna Patar	Jharkhand Party
2014	Vikash Kumar Munda	All Jharkhand Students Union
2019	Vikash Kumar Munda	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha^[3]

^by-election

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Tamar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Vikash Kumar Munda	55,491	39.22	37.12
	AJSU	Ram Durlav Singh Munda	24,520	17.33	25.54
	BJP	Reeta Devi	18,082	12.78	New
	NCP	Gopal Krishna Patar	16,517	11.67	New
	JVM(P)	Prem Shankar Shahi Munda	4,225	2.99	1.94
	Independent	Prakash Chandra Oraon	3,725	2.63	New
	Jharkhand Party	Kundan Pahan	2,932	2.07	0.98
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar Munda	2,488	1.76	New
	AITC	Kishor Kumar Bhagat	1,910	1.35	New
	JD(U)	Sunil Kumar Munda	1,765	1.25	New
Margin of victory			30,971	21.89	2.48
Turnout			1,41,476	68.48	2.43
Registered electors			2,06,595		9.36
	JMM gain from AJSU		Swing	3.65

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Tamar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AJSU	Vikash Kumar Munda	57,428	42.87	10.14
	Independent	Gopal Krishna Patar	31,422	23.46	New
	INC	Prakash Chandra Oraon	18,479	13.79	0.06
	JVM(P)	Mahadev Ravinath Pahan	6,605	4.93	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,034	3.01	New
	JMM	Salomi Tuti	2,821	2.11	3.94
	Independent	Mangal Singh Munda	2,398	1.79	New
	CPI(ML)L	Lakhimani Devi	2,228	1.66	0.11
	Independent	Shishir Kumar Singh Munda	2,020	1.51	New
	BSP	Shambhu Nath Munda	1,984	1.48	0.63
	Jharkhand Party	Kalicharan Munda	1,467	1.10	0.08
Margin of victory			26,006	19.41	17.76
Turnout			1,33,965	70.91	16.93
Registered electors			1,88,918		14.28
	AJSU gain from JD(U)		Swing	8.49

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Tamar^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Gopal Krishna Patar	30,678	34.38	8.85
	AJSU	Vikash Kumar Munda	29,207	32.73	New
	INC	Ram Dayal Munda	12,359	13.85	0.70
	JMM	Nishikant Oraon	5,391	6.04	New
	Independent	Sita Ram Munda	2,445	2.74	New
	CPI(ML)L	Shukdev Munda	1,390	1.56	New
	Independent	Sukhram Munda	1,150	1.29	New
	Jharkhand Party	Mohan Singh Munda	904	1.01	3.21
	AITC	Rakesh Patar	867	0.97	New
	BSP	Dinesh Singh Munda	762	0.85	New
	Independent	Burai Munda	738	0.83	New
Margin of victory			1,471	1.65	5.14
Turnout			89,240	53.98	1.21
Registered electors			1,65,315		0.35
	JD(U) hold		Swing	8.85

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Tamar^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Ramesh Singh Munda	22,195	25.53	*New*
	Independent	Gopal Krishna Patar	16,295	18.74	New
	Independent	Jagannath Singh Munda	12,944	14.89	New
	INC	Kali Charan Munda	12,647	14.55	7.71
	CPI(M)	Rajendra Singh Munda	6,262	7.20	2.15
	Jharkhand Party	Samuel Purty	3,673	4.22	2.24
	Independent	Rajendra Munda	2,007	2.31	New
	Independent	Mrityunjay Singh Munda	1,712	1.97	New
	Independent	Ajay Kumar Munda	1,703	1.96	New
	Independent	Raghu Nandan Oraon	1,578	1.81	New
	Independent	Devi Dayal Munda	1,116	1.28	New
Margin of victory			5,900	6.79	16.52
Turnout			86,944	52.78	0.32
Registered electors			1,64,740		5.85
	JD(U) gain from Samata Party		Swing	20.04

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Tamar^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Samata Party	Ramesh Singh Munda	37,196	45.56	*New*
	INC	Kalicharan Munda	18,167	22.25	New
	JMM	Lakhind Singh Munda	10,538	12.91	New
	Jharkhand Party	Mohan Lal Patar Munda	5,281	6.47	New
	CPI(M)	Budhan Lal Munda	4,128	5.06	New
	CPI(ML)L	Kaleshwar Munda	3,751	4.59	New
	Independent	Purnachandra Munda	1,298	1.59	New
	BSP	Dinesh Singh Munda	917	1.12	New
Margin of victory			19,029	23.31
Turnout			81,633	53.34
Registered electors			1,55,631
	Samata Party win (new seat)