# Simaria Assembly constituency

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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Jharkhand}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = SLA
| reservation = SC
| name = Simaria
| map_image = Simaria constituency map.svg
| state = [Jharkhand](/source/Jharkhand)
| loksabha_cons = [Chatra](/source/Chatra_Lok_Sabha_constituency)
| established = 1977
| district = [Chatra](/source/Chatra_district)
| latest_election_year = [2024](/source/2024_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election)
| mla = [Kumar Ujjwal](/source/Kumar_Ujjwal)
| party = [BJP](/source/BJP)
| electors = {{formatnum:329361}}
| constituency_no = 26
}}
'''Simaria Assembly constituency''' is an [assembly](/source/Vidhan_Sabha) constituency in  the [India](/source/India)n [state](/source/States_and_territories_of_India) of [Jharkhand](/source/Jharkhand).<ref name=jhceo>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.150.3/ceoweb_bk/ACPCList.htm |title=AC & PC List- Jharkhand |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218152343/http://164.100.150.3/ceoweb_bk/ACPCList.htm |archive-date=18 December 2019}}</ref><ref>Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the [Election Commission of India](/source/Election_Commission_of_India) [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf]</ref> The seat was created ahead of the [1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election](/source/1977_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election), being carved out of the [Hazaribagh seat](/source/Hazaribagh_Assembly_constituency).<ref name="a">''The Telegraph''. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150514004638/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141205/jsp/jharkhand/story_2137.jsp Simaria bats for young guns]''</ref> Simaria is located in the [Chatra Lok Sabha constituency](/source/Chatra_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)).<ref name="a"/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Election
! Member
! colspan=2|Party
|-
! colspan=4|[Bihar Legislative Assembly](/source/Bihar_Legislative_Assembly)
|-
| colspan="4" |{{center|''Before 1977: Constituency did not exist''}}
|-
| [1977](/source/1977_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election)	||[Upendra Nath Das](/source/Upendra_Nath_Das) || {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| [1980](/source/1980_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election)	||rowspan=2|Ishwari Ram Paswan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [1985](/source/1985_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|-
| [1990](/source/1990_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election)	||rowspan=2|[Upendra Nath Das](/source/Upendra_Nath_Das) || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [1995](/source/1995_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|-
| [2000](/source/2000_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election)	|| Yogendra Nath Baitha	|| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
! colspan=4|[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly](/source/Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly)
|-
| [2005](/source/2005_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election)	 || [Upendra Nath Das](/source/Upendra_Nath_Das)	 || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| [2009](/source/2009_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election)	|| [Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta](/source/Jay_Prakash_Singh_Bhogta)	 || {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [2014](/source/2014_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election)	|| [Ganesh Ganjhu](/source/Ganesh_Ganjhu)
|-
| [2019](/source/2019_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election)	|| [Kishun Kumar Das](/source/Kishun_Kumar_Das)|| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party |rowspan=2}}
|-
|[2024](/source/2024_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election)
|[Kumar Ujjwal](/source/Kumar_Ujjwal)
|}

===Assembly election 2024===
{{Election box begin|title=	[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election](/source/2024_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election): Simaria<ref>{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/partywisewinresult-852S27.htm |access-date=24 November 2024 |date=24 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124045445/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/partywisewinresult-852S27.htm |archive-date=24 November 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[Kumar Ujjwal](/source/Kumar_Ujjwal)	|party=Bharatiya Janata Party	|votes=1,11,906	|percentage=44.47%	|change={{increase}}14.22 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Manoj Kumar Chandra	|party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	|votes=1,07,905	|percentage=42.88%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Jitendra Kumar	|party=Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	|votes=11,164	|percentage=4.44%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Suresh Kumar	|party=Communist Party of India	|votes=3,809	|percentage=1.51%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Sadanand Bhuiyan	|party=Independent politician	|votes=3,598	|percentage=1.43%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Ramwtar Ram	|party=Bahujan Samaj Party	|votes=2,265	|percentage=0.90%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=None of the Above	|party=None of the above	|votes=6,928	|percentage=2.75%	|change={{increase}}1.94 }}
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=4,001	|percentage=1.59%	|change=	{{decrease}}3.82	}}
{{Election box turnout	|votes=2,51,640	|percentage=66.67%	|change=	{{increase}}5.00	}}
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 3,77,446	|ref =	|change=	{{increase}}14.60	}}
{{Election box hold with party link	|winner=Bharatiya Janata Party	|loser=Bharatiya Janata Party	|swing=	{{increase}}14.22	}}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly election 2019===
{{Election box begin|title=	[2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election](/source/2019_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election): Simaria<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/11813-jharkhand-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |title=Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 |publisher=[Election Commission of India](/source/Election_Commission_of_India) |access-date=9 February 2022 |date=6 February 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=Kishun Kumar Das	|party=Bharatiya Janata Party	|votes=61,438	|percentage=30.25%	|change={{increase}}2.22 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Manoj Kumar Chandra	|party=All Jharkhand Students Union	|votes=50,442	|percentage=24.84%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Ramadev Singh Bhogta	|party=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	|votes=31,346	|percentage=15.43%	|change={{decrease}}21.06 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Yogendra Nath Baitha	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=27,665	|percentage=13.62%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Niraj Kumar Niraj	|party=Independent politician	|votes=5,552	|percentage=2.73%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Kamlesh Kumar	|party=Independent politician	|votes=4,366	|percentage=2.15%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Anand Kumar Bharti	|party=Jharkhand Party	|votes=3,579	|percentage=1.76%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=None of the Above 	|party=None of the above	|votes=1,644	|percentage=0.81%	|change={{decrease}}3.32 }}
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=10,996	|percentage=5.41%	|change=	{{decrease}}3.05	}}
{{Election box turnout	|votes=2,03,104	|percentage=61.67%	|change=	{{increase}}0.01	}}
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 3,29,361	|ref =	|change=	{{increase}}9.96	}}
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Bharatiya Janata Party	|loser=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	|swing=	{{decrease}}6.25	}}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly election 2014===
{{Election box begin|title=	[2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election](/source/2014_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election): Simaria<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3787-jharkhand-2014/ |title=Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014 |publisher=[Election Commission of India](/source/Election_Commission_of_India) |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[Ganesh Ganjhu](/source/Ganesh_Ganjhu)	|party=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	|votes=67,404	|percentage=36.50%	|change={{increase}}10.67 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Sujeet Kumar Bharati	|party=Bharatiya Janata Party	|votes=51,764	|percentage=28.03%	|change={{increase}}8.58 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Manoj Kumar Chandra	|party=Rashtriya Janata Dal	|votes=26,560	|percentage=14.38%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Rajkumari Devi	|party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	|votes=6,671	|percentage=3.61%	|change={{decrease}}16.12 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Binod Bihari Paswan	|party=Communist Party of India	|votes=6,636	|percentage=3.59%	|change={{decrease}}10.03 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Sadanand Bhuiyan	|party=Jharkhand Vikas Dal	|votes=4,629	|percentage=2.51%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Sahdeo Ram	|party=Independent politician	|votes=2,466	|percentage=1.34%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=None of the Above	|party=None of the above	|votes=7,619	|percentage=4.13%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=15,640	|percentage=8.47%	|change=	{{increase}}2.37	}}
{{Election box turnout	|votes=1,84,693	|percentage=61.66%	|change=	{{increase}}7.91	}}
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 2,99,532	|ref =	|change=	{{increase}}22.26	}}
{{Election box hold with party link	|winner=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	|loser=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	|swing=	{{increase}}10.67	}}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly election 2009===
{{Election box begin|title=	[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election](/source/2009_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election): Simaria<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3786-jharkhand-2009/ |title=Jharkhand 2009 |publisher=[Election Commission of India](/source/Election_Commission_of_India) |date=20 August 2018 |access-date= 23 May 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta](/source/Jay_Prakash_Singh_Bhogta)	|party=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	|votes=34,007	|percentage=25.82%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=[Ganesh Ganjhu](/source/Ganesh_Ganjhu)	|party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	|votes=25,982	|percentage=19.73%	|change={{increase}}15.98 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Satyanand Bhogta	|party=Bharatiya Janata Party	|votes=25,613	|percentage=19.45%	|change={{decrease}}10.74 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Manoj Kumar Chandra	|party=Communist Party of India	|votes=17,938	|percentage=13.62%	|change={{decrease}}9.54 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Yogendra Nath Baitha	|party=Independent politician	|votes=11,687	|percentage=8.88%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Shanker Rajak	|party=Independent politician	|votes=4,378	|percentage=3.32%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Kuldeep Ganjhu	|party=All Jharkhand Students Union	|votes=2,940	|percentage=2.23%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=8,025	|percentage=6.09%	|change=	{{decrease}}0.94	}}
{{Election box turnout	|votes=1,31,684	|percentage=53.75%	|change=	{{increase}}9.03	}}
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 2,45,001	|ref =	|change=	{{increase}}3.82	}}
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	|loser=Bharatiya Janata Party	|swing=	{{decrease}}4.37	}}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly election 2005===
{{Election box begin|title=	[2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election](/source/2005_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election): Simaria<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3785-jharkhand-2005/ |title=Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005 |publisher=[Election Commission of India](/source/Election_Commission_of_India) |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=[Upendra Nath Das](/source/Upendra_Nath_Das)	|party=Bharatiya Janata Party	|votes=31,858	|percentage=30.19%	|change={{increase}}0.42 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=[Ram Chandra Ram](/source/Ram_Chandra_Ram)	|party=Communist Party of India	|votes=24,438	|percentage=23.16%	|change={{decrease}}0.95 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Yogendra Nath Baitha	|party=Rashtriya Janata Dal	|votes=17,859	|percentage=16.92%	|change={{decrease}}24.45 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Dineshwar Ram	|party=Bahujan Samaj Party	|votes=7,769	|percentage=7.36%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Ishwari Ram Paswan	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=5,010	|percentage=4.75%	|change={{increase}}0.53 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Ramtahal Turi	|party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	|votes=3,953	|percentage=3.75%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Alias Jai Prakash Singh Bhogta	|party=Independent politician	|votes=3,086	|percentage=2.92%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=7,420	|percentage=7.03%	|change=	{{decrease}}4.57	}}
{{Election box turnout	|votes=1,05,525	|percentage=44.71%	|change=	{{increase}}18.67	}}
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 2,35,995	|ref =	|change=	{{increase}}28.52	}}
{{Election box gain with party link	|winner=Bharatiya Janata Party	|loser=Rashtriya Janata Dal	|swing=	{{decrease}}11.19	}}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly election 2000===
{{Election box begin|title=	[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election](/source/2000_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election): Simaria<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ceobihar.nic.in/BiharElection/Statistical%20Report/2000.pdf |title = Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar|access-date = 16 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005142035/https://ceobihar.nic.in/BiharElection/Statistical%20Report/2000.pdf |archive-date= 5 October 2023 |website=ceobihar.nic.in |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|	|candidate=Yogendra Nath Baitha	|party=Rashtriya Janata Dal	|votes=19,788	|percentage=41.38%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=[Upendra Nath Das](/source/Upendra_Nath_Das)	|party=Bharatiya Janata Party	|votes=14,239	|percentage=29.77%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=[Ram Chandra Ram](/source/Ram_Chandra_Ram)	|party=Communist Party of India	|votes=11,532	|percentage=24.11%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|	|candidate=Dr. Nand Kishor Prasad	|party=Indian National Congress	|votes=2,018	|percentage=4.22%	|change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory	|votes=5,549	|percentage=11.60%	|change=	 	}}
{{Election box turnout	|votes=47,824	|percentage=26.55%	|change=	 	}}
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 1,83,625	|ref =	|change=	 	}}
{{Election box new seat win	|winner=Rashtriya Janata Dal	|loser=	|swing=	 	}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
*[Vidhan Sabha](/source/Vidhan_Sabha)
*[List of states of India by type of legislature](/source/List_of_states_of_India_by_type_of_legislature)

==References==
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{{Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand}}

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Category:Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand
Category:Chatra district
Category:Politics of Jharkhand
Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1977

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