Singhbhum is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South Jharkhand of Jharkhand and is located in East India. Singhbhum Lok Sabha is reserved for Scheduled Tribe.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 62.38%. There are 11,52,632 voters of which 5,83,330 are male and 5,69,300 are female and 2 voters of the third gender.
Laxman Giluwa of BJP (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating JBSP. BJP polled 3,03,131 of the total of 7,95,286 votes polled. IND won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Singhbhum goes to the polls in the 6st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Sunday, May 12, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 69.00%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 10 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | Scheduled Tribe |
| Number of Voters | 11,52,632 |
| Number of Male Voters | 5,83,330 |
| Number of Female Voters | 5,69,300 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | IND |
| Turnout % | 69.00% | 60.77% |
| Margin of Victory | 87,524 | 89,673 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.01% | 15.41% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | IND |
| Turnout % | 69.00% | 60.77% |
| Margin of Victory | 87,524 | 89,673 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.01% | 15.41% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 431815 | 49.11% | Geeta KoraWinner |
| BJP | 359660 | 40.90% | Laxman Giluwa |
| Nota | 24270 | 2.76% | Nota |
| IND | 15224 | 1.73% | Pushpa Sinku |
| APOI | 11298 | 1.28% | Pratap Singh Banara |
| BSP | 9491 | 1.08% | Pardeshi Lal Munda |
| IND | 9154 | 1.04% | Anil Soren |
| JMM (U) | 8672 | 0.99% | Krishna Mardi |
| KLS | 5647 | 0.64% | Hari Orawn |
| SUCI | 4098 | 0.47% | Chandra Mohan Hembrom |
