Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha
(parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand
state in eastern India
. This constituency covers the entire Ramgarh district
and part of Hazaribagh district
(legislative assembly) segments:
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
(parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
state in eastern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. This constituency covers the entire Ramgarh district
Ramgarh district
Ramgarh district is one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-Ramgarh Raj:Ramgarh was the seat of a major Zamindari in the era of the British Raj....
and part of Hazaribagh district
Hazaribagh District
Hazaribagh district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Hazaribagh town is the district headquarters. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.-Etymology:The district is named after its headquarters, the town of Hazaribagh...
Assembly segments
Presently, Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following five Vidhan SabhaVidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
(legislative assembly) segments:
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC Dalit Dalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as Untouchable. Dalits are a mixed population, consisting of numerous castes from all over South Asia; they speak a variety of languages and practice a multitude of religions... /ST Adivasi Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups claimed to be the aboriginal population of India. They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India... /None) |
District |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Barhi Barhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Barhi is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-Extent:Barhi police station in Hazaribagh district and Chauparan police station in Kodarma district.... |
None | Hazaribagh |
| 22 | Barkagaon Barkagaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Barkagaon is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-References:*Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India... |
None | Ramgarh |
| 23 | Ramgarh Ramgarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Ramgarh is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-References:*Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India... |
None | Ramgarh |
| 24 | Mandu Mandu (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Mandu is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-References:*Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India... |
None | Hazaribagh |
| 25 | Hazaribagh Hazaribagh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Hazaribagh is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-References:*Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India... |
None | Hazaribagh |
Members of Parliament
- 1957: Lalita Rajya Lakshmi, Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party
- 1962: Basant Narain Singh, Swatantra PartySwatantra PartyThe Swatantra Party was a classical liberal political party in India founded by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and N. G. Ranga in August 1959. The party opposed the Nehruvian socialist outlook of the Congress Party by advocating free enterprise and free trade, and opposing the licence-permit Raj...
- 1967: Basant Narain Singh, Independent
- 1968 (bye-election): Mohan Singh OberoiMohan Singh OberoiRai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi was a renowned Indian hotelier, widely regarded as the father of 20th century India's hotel business, was the founder Chairman of Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, India's second-largest hotel company, with 35 luxury hotels in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Egypt, Australia and...
, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... - 1971: Damodar Pandey, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Basant Narain Singh, Janata PartyJanata PartyThe Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...
- 1980: Basant Narain Singh, Janata Party
- 1984: Damodar Pandey, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Yadunath Pandey, Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...
- 1991: Bhubaneshwar Prasad Mehta, Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaThe Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
- 1996: Mahabir Lal Vishwakarma, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Yashwant SinhaYashwant SinhaYashwant Sinha is an Indian politician and a former finance minister of India and foreign minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet...
, Bharatiya Janata Party - 1999: Yashwant Sinha, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2004: Bhubaneshwar Prasad Mehta, Communist Party of India
- 2009: Yashwant Sinha, Bharatiya Janata Party
See also
- Hazaribagh districtHazaribagh DistrictHazaribagh district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Hazaribagh town is the district headquarters. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.-Etymology:The district is named after its headquarters, the town of Hazaribagh...
- Ramgarh districtRamgarh districtRamgarh district is one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-Ramgarh Raj:Ramgarh was the seat of a major Zamindari in the era of the British Raj....
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha