2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

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2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
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81 seats in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.00%
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren
Party BJP JMM
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat Kharsawan Did not contest [lower-alpha 1]
Last election3412
Seats won3017
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 5
Popular vote23,87,13014,47,774
Percentage24.57%14.29%

The 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 3 to 23 February 2005 to elect the 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. It was the first election held in Jharkhand to elect the Second Jharkhand Legislative Assembly; the First/Interim Jharkhand Legislative Assembly was constituted based on the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. Jharkhand was created by carving out the southern districts of Bihar on 15 November 2000. The election resulted in a hung assembly like the first one. No single party or pre-election alliance got the majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party become the biggest party by winning 30 seats. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha got 17 seats and the Indian National Congress got nine seats.

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Background and Government Formation

After the formation of Jharkhand on 15 November 2000, the first Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Jharkhand. [1] The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand. [2]

Shibu Soren of Congress-JMM alliance was invited to form the government, sparking controversy, but resigned nine days later, on 11 March, following his failure to obtain a vote of confidence in the assembly.

Then Arjun Munda of BJP-led NDA became the CM. In September 2006, Madhu Koda and three other independent legislators withdrew support to the Munda government, bringing it into the minority and led to resignation of Munda. [3]

The United Progressive Alliance, with support of Goans Party, Forward bloc and 3 independents, decided on Madhu Koda as consensus candidate who was sworn in on 14 September 2006, becoming third independent CM in the country. [4]

On 17 August 2008, JMM withdrew support from the Koda government. Shibu Soren again became the CM, but had to resign on 12 January 2009, after he failed to enter the Jharkhand assembly, suffering a humiliating defeat in the assembly bypoll. [5]

Results

Party-wise

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AlliancePartyPopular voteSeats
ContestedWon
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 23.57%6330
Janata Dal (United) 4.00%186
Total27.57%8136
UPA Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 14.29%4917
Indian National Congress 12.05%419
Total26.34%8126
None Rashtriya Janata Dal 8.48%517
All Jharkhand Students Union 2.81%402
United Goans Democratic Party 1.52%222
All India Forward Bloc 1.00%122
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) 2.46%281
Jharkhand Party 0.97%271
Nationalist Congress Party 0.43%131
Independents 15.31%6623
Total100%81

Constituency-wise

ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
Sahebganj district
1 Rajmahal Thomas Hansda INC 36472Arun Mandal IND 2529611176
2 Borio (ST) Tala Marandi BJP 44546Lobin Hembrum JMM 382276319
3 Barhait (ST)Thomas Soren JMM 42332Simon Malto BJP 2859313739
Pakur district
4 Litipara (ST)Sushila Hansdak JMM 29661Somi Marandi BJP 224647197
5 Pakur Alamgir Alam INC 71736Beni Prasad Gupta BJP 4600025736
6 Maheshpur (ST)Suphal Marandi JMM 45520Debidhan Besra BJP 3270412816
Dumka district
7 Sikaripara (ST)Nalin Soren JMM 27723Raja Marandi JDU 246413082
8 Nala Rabindra Nath Mahato JMM 30847Satyanand Jha BJP 297251122
9 Jamtara Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya BJP 49387 Irfan Ansari INC 458953492
10 Dumka (ST) Stephen Marandi IND 41340Mohril Murmu BJP 359935347
11 Jama (ST) Sunil Soren BJP 44073Durga Soren JMM 374436630
12 Jarmundi Hari Narayan Ray IND 28480Devendra Kunwar BJP 221716309
Deoghar district
13 Madhupur Raj Paliwar BJP 48756 Haji Hussain Ansari JMM 420896667
14 Sarath Uday Shankar Singh RJD 66335Shashank Shekhar Bhokta JMM 5142914906
15 Deoghar (SC)Kameshwar Nath Das JDU 43065 Suresh Paswan RJD 334429623
Godda district
16 Poreyahat Pradeep Yadav BJP 72342Prashant Kumar JMM 4805024292
17 Godda Manohar Kumar Tekariwal BJP 43728 Sanjay Prasad Yadav RJD 3063913089
18 Mahagama Ashok Kumar BJP 46253Ataur Rehman Siddique RJD 398256428
Koderma district
19 Kodarma Annapurna Yadav RJD 46452Sajid Hussain IND 1999826454
Hazaribagh district
20 Barkatha Chitranjan Yadav BJP 37052Digambar Mehta IND 301296923
21 Barhi Manoj Yadav INC 58313 Umashankar Akela SP 499908323
Ramgarh district
22 Barkagaon Loknath Mahto BJP 47283 Yogendra Sao INC 3090216381
23 Ramgarh Chandra Prakash Choudhary AJSU 51249Nadra Begum CPI 2897022279
Hazaribagh district
24 Mandu Khiru Mahto JDU 33350Ram Prakash Patel JMM 235229828
25 Hazaribagh Saurabh Narain Singh INC 39431Brij Kishore Jaiswal IND 363663065
Chatra district
26 Simaria (SC) Upendra Nath Das BJP 31858Ram Chandra Ram CPI 244387420
27 Chatra (SC) Satyanand Bhogta BJP 50332 Janardan Paswan RJD 456504682
Giridih district
28 Dhanwar Ravindra Kumar Ray BJP 42357 Raj Kumar Yadav CPIML 390233334
29 Bagodar Vinod Kumar Singh CPIML 68752Nagendra Mahto JMM 4427224480
30 Jamua (SC) Kedar Hazra BJP 49336Chandrika Mehta JMM 442025134
31 Gandey Salkhan Soren JMM 36849Sarfaraz Ahmed RJD 353371512
32 Giridih Munna Lal JMM 31895Chandramohan Prasad BJP 249206975
33 Dumri Jagarnath Mahto JMM 41784Lalchand Mahto RJD 2377418010
Bokaro district
34 Gomia Chhattu Ram Mahto BJP 34669Madhavlal Singh IND 312273442
35 Bermo Yogeshwar Mahto BJP 47569 Rajendra Prasad Singh INC 381089461
36 Bokaro Izrail Ansari INC 44939Ashok Chaudhary JDU 398985041
37 Chandankiyari (SC)Haru Rajwar JMM 17823 Umakant Rajak AJSU 137064117
Dhanbad district
38 Sindri Raj Kishore Mahato BJP 41361Anand Mahto MCO 343587003
39 Nirsa Aparna Sengupta AIFB 50533Arup Chatterjee MCO 481962337
40 Dhanbad Pashupati Nath Singh BJP 83692Mannan Mallik INC 6201221680
41 Jharia Kunti Singh BJP 62900Suresh Singh INC 3131231588
42 Tundi Mathura Prasad Mahato JMM 52112Saba Ahmed RJD 2617525937
43 Baghmara Jaleshwar Mahato JDU 54206Om Prakash Lal INC 4395510251
East Singhbhum district
44 Baharagora Dinesh Sarangi BJP 51753 Bidyut Baran Mahato JMM 484413312
45 Ghatsila (ST) Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu INC 50936 Ramdas Soren IND 3448916447
46 Potka (ST) Amulya Sardar JMM 53760 Maneka Sardar BJP 4000113759
47 Jugsalai (SC) Dulal Bhuiyan JMM 59649Haradhan Das BJP 569952654
48 Jamshedpur East Raghubar Das BJP 65116Ramashray Prasad INC 4671818398
49 Jamshedpur West Saryu Roy BJP 47428 Banna Gupta SP 3473312695
Seraikela Kharsawan district
50 Ichaghar Sudhir Mahato JMM 56244Arvind Kumar Singh BJP 4516611078
51 Seraikella (ST) Champai Soren JMM 61112Laxman Tudu BJP 60230882
West Singhbhum district
52 Chaibasa (ST) Putkar Hembrom BJP 23448 Deepak Birua IND 183835065
53 Majhgaon (ST) Niral Purty JMM 38827Barkuwar Gargai BJP 336265201
54 Jaganathpur (ST) Madhu Koda IND 26882Mangal Singh Sinku INC 1209514787
55 Manoharpur (ST)Joba Majhi UGDP 26810Guru Charan Nayak BJP 252131597
56 Chakradharpur (ST) Sukhram Oraon JMM 41807 Laxman Giluwa BJP 2183519972
Seraikela Kharsawan district
57 Kharsawan (ST) Arjun Munda BJP 74797Kunti Soy INC 1954355344
Ranchi district
58 Tamar (ST)Ramesh Singh Munda JDU 22195Gopal Krishna Patar IND 162955900
59 Torpa (ST) Koche Munda BJP 28965Niral Enem Horo JHP 208338132
60 Khunti (ST) Nilkanth Singh Munda BJP 43663Roshan Kumar Surin INC 2796315700
61 Silli Sudesh Mahto AJSU 39281Amit Kumar JMM 1996919312
62 Khijri (ST) Kariya Munda BJP 46101Sawna Lakra INC 434732628
63 Ranchi Chandreshwar Prasad Singh BJP 74239Gopal Prasad Sahu INC 4811926120
64 Hatia Gopal Sharan Nath Shahdeo INC 46104Krisha Kumar Poddar BJP 408975207
65 Kanke (SC)Ram Chander Baitha BJP 61502 Sammari Lal BJP 4644315059
66 Mandar (ST) Bandhu Tirkey UGDP 56597Deo Kumar Dhan INC 3636520232
Gumla district
67 Sisai (ST) Sameer Oraon BJP 34217Shashikant Bhagat INC 33574643
68 Gumla (ST) Bhushan Tirkey JMM 36266 Sudarshan Bhagat BJP 35397869
69 Bishunpur (ST)Chandresh Oraon BJP 24099 Chamra Linda IND 23530569
Simdega district
70 Simdega (ST)Neil Tirkey INC 47230Nirmal Kumar Besra BJP 381199111
71 Kolebira (ST)Enos Ekka JHP 34067Theodore Kiro INC 297814286
Lohardaga district
72 Lohardaga (ST)Sukhdeo Bhagat INC 35023Sadhnu Bhagat BJP 282436780
Latehar district
73 Manika (ST) Ramchandra Singh RJD 26460Deepak Oraon JMM 165779883
74 Latehar (SC) Prakash Ram RJD 18819Ramdev Ganjhu JMM 134215398
Palamu district
75 Panki Bidesh Singh RJD 43350Vishwanath Singh CPIML 2292820422
76 Daltonganj Inder Singh Namdhari JDU 45386Anil Chaurasia IND 416253761
77 Bishrampur Ramchandra Chandravanshi RJD 40658Ajay Kumar Dubey INC 2204618612
78 Chhatarpur (SC) Radha Krishna Kishore JDU 39667Pushpa Devi RJD 2323416433
79 Hussainabad Kamlesh Kumar Singh NCP 21661Sanjay Yadav RJD 2162635
Garhwa district
80 Garhwa Giri Nath Singh RJD 34374Sirah Ahmed Ansari JDU 258418533
81 Bhawanathpur Bhanu Pratap Sahi AIFB 38090Anant Pratap Deo INC 330405050

Notes

  1. ↑ Soren was the sitting MP for Dumka

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