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BJP's Sunil Singh, Congress' Manoj Kumar Yadav and RJD's Subhash Yadav were the key candidates in the fray in 2019.
Updated : May 24, 2019, 02:57 PM IST
BJP MP Sunil Kumar Singh trounced Congress candidate Manoj Kumar Yadav by a margin of 3,77,871 votes to retain Chatra seat.
BJP Sunil Kumar Singh 528,077 Votes 57% Votes
INC Manoj Kumar Yadav 150,206 Votes 16% Votes
RJD Subhash Prasad Yadav 83,425 Votes 9% Votes
CPI Arjun Kumar 22,577 Votes 2% Votes
BSP Nageshwar Ganjhu 18,888 Votes 2% Votes
IND Nandlal Prasad 15,859 Votes 2% Votes
IND Jaidula Ansari 13,090 Votes 1% Votes
Chatra Lok Sabha constituency profile
Parliamentary polls in Chatra were held on April 29, in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections. BJP's Sunil Singh, Congress' Manoj Kumar Yadav and RJD's Subhash Yadav were the key candidates in the fray in 2019. In the fourth phase, the election was held in 71 constituencies across 8 states.
Chatra constituency consists of six assembly segments — Chatra, Simaria, Latehar, Panki, Palamu and Manika. Leaving Panki, the remaining 5 constituencies have been reserved for the members representing the Scheduled Castes community.
BJP's Sunil Singh was the sitting MP who defeated Congress' Dhiraj Sahu by a margin of more than 1.78 lakh votes in 2014.
Chatra Lok Sabha election 2019 candidates
BJP: Sunil Singh
Congress: Manoj Kumar Yadav
RJD: Subhash Yadav
Chatra Lok Sabha results in 2014, 2009 and 2004
2014
Winning candidate: Sunil Kumar Singh (BJP)
Losing candidate: Dhiraj Prasad Sahu (Congress)
2009
Winning candidate: Inder Singh Namdhari (Independent)
Losing candidate: Dhiraj Prasad Sahu (Congress)
2004
Winning candidate: Dhirendra Agarwal (RJD)
Losing candidate: Inder Singh Namdhari (JDU)
Polling in 14 Jharkhand Parliamentary constituencies will be held in four phases starting from the 4th phase (April 29) of Lok Sabha election 2019.
Lok Sabha polls 4th phase, April 29: Chatra, Lohardaga, Palamu
Lok Sabha polls 5th phase, May 06: Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti, Hazaribagh
Lok Sabha polls 6th phase, May 12: Giridih, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Singhbhum
Lok Sabha polls 7th phase, May 19: Rajmahal, Dumka, Godda
BJP and Congress are the two major parties who will be up in key contest in most of the seats in the state. Lok Sabha election 2019 were held in 7 phases.