Khunti (Jharkhand) [India], Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and Union Minister Arjun Munda from Khunti, Jharkhand casts his vote at a polling booth in Khunti.
After casting his vote, Arjun Munda said, "I have cast my vote here today." Today is a great festival of democracy. This election is to take the country in the direction of betterment. There is huge enthusiasm among the voters. I believe that the people of the country are going to vote in favor of BJP...'' Munda said, notably, Congress has fielded Kali Charan Munda as its candidate from Khunti Lok Sabha seat, Khunti being the highest constituency in Jharkhand. -Profile is one of the constituencies. And also a BJP stronghold, Khunti is one of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand and comprises a total of five assembly constituencies, Kharsawan, Tamad, Torpa, Khunti, Simdega and Kolebira. Historically, from 1962 to 1984, Khunti has been a Lok Sabha seat. It saw dominance from the Congress and the Jharkhand Party, however, since 1984, the BJP has emerged as a dominant force in the constituency, winning eight of the 2019 elections, with BJP leader Arjun Munda replacing Karia Munda. BJP candidate Arjun Mund got 382,638 votes after defeating the same candidate Kali Charan Munda, while Congress candidate Kali Charan Munda got 381,19 votes. In the 2014 general elections, BJP candidate Kariya Munda defeated Jharkhand Party candidate Anosh Ekka by 92,248 votes.Munda, a tribal leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), currently serves as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Khunti constituency in Jharkhand and is the son of Kali Charan Munda, Union Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs. T Muchirai Munda, one of the most influential tribal leaders of Jharkhand, was an MLA from the Tamar constituency twice (1992–2000) and was also a respected figure among the tribal community of Jharkhand. He was the President of Ranchi District Rural Congress in undivided Bihar from 1997 to 2007 and then became the General Secretary of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress. Presently, Kali Charan Munda is the Vice President of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress.Congress has made Kalicharan Munda its candidate from Khunti Lok Sabha constituency for the third consecutive time.