Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency of Jharkhand: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand state. This constituency covers parts of Seraikela Kharsawan and Ranchi districts.

Ranchi registered 64.40 percent voter turnout in Lok Sabha Election 2019, a gain of 0.65 percent from 2014. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1910955 while 1230662 came out to exercise their franchise. While in 2014, the constituency registered 63.75 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1647042 while 1049962 voted.

Bidyadhar Prasad of Bahujan Samaj Party, Sanjay Seth of Bharatiya Janata Party, Subodh Kant Sahay of Indian National Congress and independent candidate Ram Tahal Choudhary are a few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Ranchi Lok Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand. 

The Ranchi Lok Sabha Constituency, with constituency number 3, has a total of six assembly segments - Ichagarh, Silli, Khijri, Ranchi, Hatia and Kanke.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Ranchi Lok Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	BIDYADHAR PRASAD	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	SANJAY SETH	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	SUBODH KANT SAHAY	Indian National Congress
4	AMAR KUMAR MAHTO	Republican Party of India (A)
5	ALOK KUMAR	Rashtriya Jansangharsh Swaraj Party
6	PARMESHWAR MAHTO	Jharkhand Party
7	RANJIT MAHTO	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
8	RAMJIT MAHTO	Proutist Sarva Samaj
9	VIKAS CHANDRA SHARMA	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
10	SIDHESHWAR SINGH	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
11	SUNITA MUNDA	Ambedkarite Party of India
12	ANJANI PANDEY	Independent
13	JAY PRAKASH PRASAD	Independent
14	JITENDRA THAKUR	Independent
15	NAND KISHOR YADAV	Independent
16	RAJU MAHTO	Independent
17	RAJESH KUMAR	Independent
18	RAJESH THAPA	Independent
19	RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY	Independent
20	SATISH SINGH	Independent

The election here will be conducted on May 6, 2019, as per the Phase V schedule announced by the Election Commission and the counting will be held on May 23.

Ram Tahal Choudhary of BJP is the sitting Member of Parliament from this constituency. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Choudhary received 416479 votes and defeated Subodh Kant Sahay of Congress who got 249,426 votes.