Torpa Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Jharkhand}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | type =SLA | reservation =ST | name =Torpa | map_image =Torpa constituency map.svg | state =Jharkhand | loksabha_cons =Khunti | established = 2000 | district =Khunti | latest_election_year = 2024 | mla = Sudeep Gudhiya | party = {{Party index link|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} | alliance = {{Party index link|Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)}} | electors = {{formatnum:181744}} | constituency_no =59}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''Torpa Assembly constituency''' is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of 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 name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |title=Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies |publisher=Election Commission of India |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005180821/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |archive-date=5 October 2010 |access-date=13 October 2021 }}</ref> Paulus Surin of JMM defeated Koche Munda of BJP by just 43 votes in 2014 Assembly Election. {{Pie chart|caption=Most successful parties after separate Jharkhand state.|label1=JMM|value1=60|color1={{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}|label2=BJP|value2=40|color2={{party color|Bharatiya Janta Party}}}}

==Members of Legislative Assembly== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Election ! Member ! colspan=2|Party |- ! colspan=4|Bihar Legislative Assembly |- | colspan="4" |{{center|''Before 1957: Constituency did not exist''}} |- | 1957 ||Julius Munda || {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Party}} |- | 1962 ||Samuel Munda || {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- | 1967 ||S. Pahan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 1969 ||Niral Enem Horo || {{Full party name with color|Independent}} |- | colspan="4" |{{center|''1972-77: Constituency did not exist''}} |- | 1977 ||Niral Enem Horo || {{Full party name with color|Jan Kranti Dal}} |- | 1980 ||Leyandar Tiru || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 1985 ||rowspan="3"|Niral Enem Horo || {{Full party name with color|Independent}} |- | 1990 || {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Party}} |- | 1995 ||{{Full party name with color|All India Jharkhand Party}} |- | 2000 ||Koche Munda || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- ! colspan=4|Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |- | 2005 ||Koche Munda || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- | 2009 || rowspan=2 | Paulus Surin || {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|rowspan=2}} |- | 2014 |- | 2019 || Koche Munda || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |2024 |Sudeep Gudhiya |{{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} |}

== Election results == ===Assembly election 2024=== {{Election box begin|title= 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Torpa<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=Sudeep Gudhiya |party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |votes=80,887 |percentage=59.76 |change={{increase}}30.82 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Koche Munda |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=40,240 |percentage=29.73 |change={{decrease}}7.44 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Wilson Bhengra |party=Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha |votes=2,832 |percentage=2.09 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Brajendra Hemrom |party=Independent politician |votes=2,356 |percentage=1.74 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Savitri Devi |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=1,278 |percentage=0.94 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kulan Patras Aind |party=Jharkhand Party |votes=1,202 |percentage=0.89 |change={{decrease}}4.40 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Anita Surin |party=Independent politician |votes=940 |percentage=0.69 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=3,046 |percentage=2.25 |change={{decrease}}0.09 }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes=40,647 |percentage=30.03 |change= {{increase}}21.80 }} {{Election box turnout |votes=1,35,354 |percentage=67.92 |change= {{increase}}3.55 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,99,272 |ref = |change= {{increase}}9.64 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |loser=Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{increase}}22.59 }} {{Election box end}}

===Assembly election 2019=== {{Election box begin|title= 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Torpa<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 |access-date=9 February 2022 |date=6 February 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Koche Munda |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=43,482 |percentage=37.17 |change={{increase}}6.44 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sudeep Guria |party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |votes=33,852 |percentage=28.94 |change={{decrease}}1.83 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Paulus Surin |party=Independent politician |votes=19,234 |percentage=16.44 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Subhas Kongari |party=Jharkhand Party |votes=6,190 |percentage=5.29 |change={{decrease}}12.94 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ishwardutt Marshal Mundu |party=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) |votes=4,910 |percentage=4.20 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sudhir Dang |party=Janata Dal (United) |votes=3,560 |percentage=3.04 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sahdev Chik Badaik |party=Independent politician |votes=1,907 |percentage=1.63 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=2,737 |percentage=2.34 |change={{decrease}}1.34 }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes=9,630 |percentage=8.23 |change= {{increase}}8.19 }} {{Election box turnout |votes=1,16,993 |percentage=64.37 |change= {{increase}}3.30 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,81,744 |ref = |change= {{increase}}6.70 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Bharatiya Janata Party |loser=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |swing= {{increase}}6.40 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly election 2014=== {{Election box begin|title= 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Torpa<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3787-jharkhand-2014/ |title=Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Paulus Surin |party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |votes=32,003 |percentage=30.76 |change={{decrease}}10.02 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Koche Munda |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=31,960 |percentage=30.72 |change={{increase}}8.59 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Suman Bhengra |party=Jharkhand Party |votes=18,966 |percentage=18.23 |change={{increase}}15.37 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Puneet Hemrom |party=Indian National Congress |votes=8,242 |percentage=7.92 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate| |candidate=Samrom Topno |party=ABJP |votes=3,191 |percentage=3.07 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Clementia Hemrom |party=All India Trinamool Congress |votes=2,324 |percentage=2.23 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Vijay Aind |party=Independent politician |votes=1,959 |percentage=1.88 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=3,828 |percentage=3.68 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box margin of victory |votes=43 |percentage=0.04 |change= {{decrease}}18.61 }} {{Election box turnout |votes=1,04,031 |percentage=61.08 |change= {{increase}}1.39 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,70,330 |ref = |change= {{increase}}19.99 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |loser=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |swing= {{decrease}}10.02 }} {{Election box end}}

===Assembly election 2009=== {{Election box begin|title= 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Torpa<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3786-jharkhand-2009/ |title=Jharkhand 2009 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=20 August 2018 |access-date= 23 May 2022}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Paulus Surin |party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |votes=34,551 |percentage=40.78 |change={{increase}}27.05 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Koche Munda |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=18,752 |percentage=22.13 |change={{decrease}}13.07 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Vijay Mundu |party=Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) |votes=16,779 |percentage=19.81 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Monren Topno |party=Independent politician |votes=3,899 |percentage=4.60 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Stanislas Kindo |party=Independent politician |votes=2,911 |percentage=3.44 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kulan Patras Aind |party=Jharkhand Party |votes=2,420 |percentage=2.86 |change={{decrease}}22.47 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Shanti Hemrom |party=Independent politician |votes=1,355 |percentage=1.60 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box margin of victory |votes=15,799 |percentage=18.65 |change= {{increase}}8.76 }} {{Election box turnout |votes=84,721 |percentage=59.68 |change= {{increase}}0.23 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,41,953 |ref = |change= {{increase}}2.57 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |loser=Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{increase}}5.58 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly election 2005=== {{Election box begin|title= 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Torpa<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3785-jharkhand-2005/ |title=Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Koche Munda |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=28,965 |percentage=35.21 |change={{decrease}}2.02 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Niral Enem Horo |party=Jharkhand Party |votes=20,833 |percentage=25.32 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Peter Bage |party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |votes=11,300 |percentage=13.73 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Vijay Mundu |party=Independent politician |votes=9,078 |percentage=11.03 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rajni Kandulna |party=Independent politician |votes=4,239 |percentage=5.15 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Nirmal Hemrom |party=Independent politician |votes=2,858 |percentage=3.47 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Vayalet Kachchhap |party=Rashtriya Janata Dal |votes=1,876 |percentage=2.28 |change={{decrease}}1.96 }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes=8,132 |percentage=9.88 |change= {{increase}}5.27 }} {{Election box turnout |votes=82,273 |percentage=59.45 |change= {{increase}}4.82 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,38,394 |ref = |change= {{increase}}12.65 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Bharatiya Janata Party |loser=Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{decrease}}2.02 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly election 2000=== {{Election box begin|title= 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Torpa<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ceobihar.nic.in/BiharElection/Statistical20Report/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/Statistical20Report/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=Koche Munda |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=24,986 |percentage=37.23 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Niral Enem Horo |party=Independent politician |votes=21,889 |percentage=32.62 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Dolly Kandulna |party=Indian National Congress |votes=13,674 |percentage=20.37 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=S. Topno |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes=3,546 |percentage=5.28 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=David Manjar |party=Rashtriya Janata Dal |votes=2,847 |percentage=4.24 |change= ''New''}} {{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,097 |percentage=4.61 |change= }} {{Election box turnout |votes=67,113 |percentage=55.74 |change= }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,22,854 |ref = |change= }} {{Election box new seat win |winner=Bharatiya Janata Party |loser= |swing= }} {{Election box end}}

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Category:Assembly constituencies of Jharkhand Category:Khunti district Category:Politics of Jharkhand Category:2000 establishments in Jharkhand Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2000