Baidyanath Ram

Baidyanath Ram
Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency	Latehar
In office 2000–2005
In office 2009–2014
Personal details
Political party	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (2019–present) Bharatiya Janata Party (until 2019) Janata Dal (United) (until 2005)
Residence(s)	Latehar, Latehar district, Jharkhand
Occupation	Politician

Baidyanath Ram is an Indian politician and he was member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ram was a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Latehar constituency in Latehar district.^[1][2][3] On 10 November 2019, he joined Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Party due to his name removed by BJP for 2019 Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha Election Candidate.

Electoral performance

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Ram	98,062	44.74%	11.66
	JMM	Baidyanath Ram	97,628	44.54%	2.49
	JLKM	Santosh Kumar Paswan	4,295	1.96%	New
	Independent	Rakesh Paswan	3,745	1.71%	New
	BSP	Prakash Kumar Ravi	2,678	1.22%	0.51
	Independent	Shrawan Paswan	2,426	1.11%	New
	API	Brahamdev Ram	2,386	1.09%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,518	2.06%	0.96
Margin of victory			434	0.20%	8.78
Turnout			2,19,204	71.12%	3.68
Registered electors			3,08,236		14.23
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing	2.69

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Baidyanath Ram	76,507	42.04%	27.67
	BJP	Prakash Ram	60,179	33.07%	5.35
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Paswan	15,985	8.78%	New
	JVM(P)	Aman Kumar Bhogta	8,700	4.78%	39.66
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar	4,278	2.35%	New
	BSP	Ramesh Ganjhu	3,143	1.73%	0.65
	Independent	Virendra Paswan	1,827	1.00%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,503	3.02%	0.36
Margin of victory			16,328	8.97%	7.75
Turnout			1,81,967	67.44%	1.27
Registered electors			2,69,835		11.47
	JMM gain from JVM(P)		Swing	2.40

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Baidyanath Ram	34,522	32.86%	New
	RJD	Prakash Ram	34,084	32.44%	18.69
	JMM	Ramdeo Ganjhu	10,076	9.59%	0.22
	INC	Suresh Ram	7,865	7.49%	New
	Independent	Ramnath Ganjhu	5,999	5.71%	New
	Independent	Ram Ratan Baspati	3,731	3.55%	New
	BSP	Yugal Kishor Ram	3,189	3.04%	1.83
Margin of victory			438	0.42%	3.53
Turnout			1,05,054	61.21%	4.00
Registered electors			1,71,628		28.24
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	19.11

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Prakash Ram	18,819	13.75%	6.24
	JMM	Ramdev Ganjhu	13,421	9.81%	6.94
	JD(U)	Baidyanath Ram	13,040	9.53%	21.65
	Independent	Phulchand Ganjhu	9,411	6.88%	New
	Independent	Shyam Ram	3,441	2.51%	New
	Independent	Ram Sevak Baitha	3,215	2.35%	New
	BSP	Bigu Mochi	1,643	1.20%	New
Margin of victory			5,398	3.95%	7.24
Turnout			1,36,824	57.21%	40.54
Registered electors			2,39,166		60.68
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing	17.42

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Latehar^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Baidyanath Ram	7,734	31.18%	New
	RJD	Prakash Ram	4,960	19.99%	New
	BJP	Baljeet Ram	4,518	18.21%	New
	JMM	Ramdeo Ganjhu	4,154	16.75%	New
	INC	Lakshman Prasad Ganjhu	1,802	7.26%	New
	CPI	Shankar Baitha	597	2.41%	New
	Independent	Parra Nayak	483	1.95%	New
Margin of victory			2,774	11.18%
Turnout			24,807	16.97%
Registered electors			1,48,848
	JD(U) win (new seat)

References

1. Deogharia, Jaideep (29 April 2013). "Ex-minister's affair spells trouble for Jharkhand BJP". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
2. My Neta
3. Ram stumped by BJP worker’s request at janata durbar, rebukes teacher for seeking transfer
4. Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
5. "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
6. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
7. "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.