Ranchi Lok Sabha Constituency Results 2019 in Jharkhand: Sanjay Seth of BJP Wins the Seat
The Ranchi Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 8) had a total of 1,625,148 voters, as per data by EC. Out of the total, 754,348 are females and 870,800 are males.
The Lok Sabha elections 2019 results of Ranchi parliamentary seat has been declared. Sanjay Seth of the BJP has defeated the Subodh Kant Sahay of the BJD. The seat went to polls on May 5 in the fifth phase of general elections. The constituency registered a total voter turnout of 69 per cent. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results: Check Tally of BJP, Congress, Other Parties.
The Ranchi constituency has remained a stronghold of the Congress, although from 1991 to 1999 the seat was in the hands of the BJP. In the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, the Trinamool Congress has given its ticket to Sanjay Pandey from this seat while the Congress has fielded Subodh Kant Sahay from the Ranchi constituency. Meanwhile, Sanjay Seth is contesting on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. Jharkhand Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Constituency Wise Dates Of Voting And Results For General Elections.
Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Ranchi Constituency:
| Issue of Notification | April 10 |
| Last date for filing nomination | April 18 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | April 20 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | April 22 |
| Date Of Poll | May 6 |
| Date of Result | May 23 |
Watch: Details of Lok Sabha Polls Phase V
List of States And Constituencies That Will Vote On May 6 In Phase V
| State (No. of seats voting in this phase) | Constituencies |
| Bihar (5) | Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur |
| Jammu and Kashmir (2) | Anantnag, Ladakh |
| Jharkhand (4) | Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti, Hazaribagh |
| Madhya Pradesh (7) | Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Betul |
| Rajasthan (12) | Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur |
| Uttar Pradesh (14) | Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Bahraich, Kaiserganj, Gonda |
| West Bengal (7) | Bangaon, Barrackpur, Howrah, Uluberia, Sreerampur, Hooghly, Arambag |
Of the 14 Jharkhand Lok Sabha constituencies, the constituencies of Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti and Hazaribagh would be voting in phase 5, scheduled on May 6. Voting in all the 14 parliamentary constituencies of Jharkhand are scheduled to take place in four phases.
According to the ECI, voting will be held in the 4th phase, 5th phase, 6th phase and 7th phases of the Lok Sabha elections. Three seats were contested on April 29; four constituencies on May 6; four Lok Sabha segments on May 12; and three seats on May 19. The results will be declared on May 23.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Ram Tahal Choudhary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won the Ranchi seat by defeating Subodh Kant Sahay of the Congress Party. The BJP candidate, who is the current MP of the constituency, had won the seat by 365,410 votes.
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