Live : Torpa Assembly Election 2019

Torpa Assembly seat is a part of Gumla-Singhbhum region in Jharkhand. 96 per cent population in Torpa is rural and 4 per cent is urban.

In this assembly seat, 5.03 per cent population belong to scheduled castes (SC), and 68.68 per cent population belong to scheduled tribes (ST).

The assembly election for Torpa seat was held in the second phase, on December 7, 2019.

The counting of votes will be held on December 23, 2019.

The sitting MLA from Torpa seat is Paulus Surin who was elected for a second term to the legislative assembly on a ticket from JMM. He received 32,003 votes. His closest opponent was Koche Munda, who fought the election on a ticket from BJP and received 31,960 votes.

In 2009 Jharkhand Assembly Elections, Paulus Surin was elected from Torpa seat on a ticket from JMM. He received 34,551 votes. His closest opponent was Koche Munda who had fought on a ticket from BJP and received 18,752 votes.

For the 2019 Assembly Elections in Jharkhand, BJP has fielded Koche Munda, JVM(P) has fielded Ishwardutt Marshal Mundu, and JMM has fielded Sudeep Guria.