Live : Litipara Assembly Election 2019

Littipara Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 81 legislative assembly seats of Jharkhand. It comes under Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency.

Littipara constituency voted on December 20 - the last phase of polling - along with Borio, Barhait, Rajmahal, Pakaur, Maheshpur, Sikaripara, Dumka, Jama, Jarmundi, Nala, Jamtara, Sarath, Poreyahat, Godda and Mahagama constituencies.

The Littipara seat is reserved for candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes (ST) category. The Littipara seat is a stronghold of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

The present MLA of Littipara is Simon Marandi, a JMM leader. He is the husband of four-time MLA of Littipara Sushila Hansdah, who died in 2016.

The constituency had by-election in 2017.

In the by-election, Simon Marandi contested with a JMM ticket and was elected as the legislator.

In 2009, Simon Marandi had defeated Anil Murmu by a margin of 5,397 votes.