2014 Indian general election in Jharkhand

For Assembly election, see 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election, 2014 in Jharkhand

←  2009 10, 17, 24 April 2014. 2019  →
All 14 constituencies from Jharkhand to the Lok Sabha
Turnout	63.82% ( 12.84%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren Party BJP JMM Alliance NDA UPA Last election 8 seats 3 seats Seats won 12 2 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 5,207,439 3,141,842 Percentage 40.1% 24.6%
Seatwise Result Map of the 2014 general election in Jharkhand
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

The 2014 Indian general election in Jharkhand were held for 14 seats in the state. The voting process was held in three phases on 10, 17 and 24 April 2014. ^[1]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Arjun Munda	14

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Sukhdeo Bhagat	9
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha			Shibu Soren	4
	Rashtriya Janata Dal			Lalu Prasad Yadav	1

Other Parties

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)			Babulal Marandi	14
	All India Trinamool Congress			Chandra Shekhar Dubey	10
	All Jharkhand Students Union			Sudesh Mahato	9

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			UPA			JVM(P)			AJSUP
1	Rajmahal		BJP	Hemlal Murmu		JMM	Vijay Kumar Hansdak		JVM(P)	Dr. Anil Murmu		AJSU	Arjun Prasad Singh
2	Dumka		BJP	Sunil Soren		JMM	Shibu Soren		JVM(P)	Babu Lal Marandi		Did not contest
3	Godda		BJP	Nishikant Dubey		INC	Furkan Ansari		JVM(P)	Pradip Yadav		AJSU	Subodh Prasad
4	Chatra		BJP	Sunil Kumar Singh		INC	Dhiraj Prasad Sahu		JVM(P)	Nilam Devi		AJSU	Nagmani
5	Kodarma		BJP	Ravindra Kumar Ray		INC	Tilakdhari Singh		JVM(P)	Pranav Kumar Verma		AJSU	Najrul Hassan Hashmi
6	Giridih		BJP	Ravindra Kumar Pandey		JMM	Jagarnath Mahto		JVM(P)	Saba Ahmad		AJSU	Umesh Chandra Mehta
7	Dhanbad		BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh		INC	Ajay Kumar Dubey		JVM(P)	Samaresh Singh		AJSU	Hemlata S. Mohan
8	Ranchi		BJP	Ram Tahal Choudhary		INC	Subodh Kant Sahay		JVM(P)	Amitabh Choudhary		AJSU	Sudesh Kumar Mahto
9	Jamshedpur		BJP	Bidyut Baran Mahato		JMM	Niroop Mahanty		JVM(P)	Ajay Kumar		Did not contest
10	Singhbhum		BJP	Laxman Giluwa		INC	Chitrasen Sinku		JVM(P)	Dashrath Gagrai		Did not contest
11	Khunti		BJP	Kariya Munda		INC	Kali Charan Munda		JVM(P)	Basant Kumar Longa		AJSU	Neil Tirkey
12	Lohardaga		BJP	Sudarshan Bhagat		INC	Rameshwar Oraon		JVM(P)	Birendra Bhagat		Did not contest
13	Palamau		BJP	Vishnu Dayal Ram		RJD	Manoj Kumar		JVM(P)	Ghuran Ram		Did not contest
14	Hazaribagh		BJP	Jayant Sinha		INC	Saurabh Narain Singh		JVM(P)	Arun Kumar Mishra		AJSU	Loknath Mahto

Result

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		BJP	52,07,439	40.11	12.58	14	12	4
	UPA		INC	17,24,740	13.28	1.74	9	0	1
			JMM	12,05,031	9.28	2.42	4	2
			RJD	2,12,571	1.64	3.69	1	0
		Total		31,42,342	24.20	2.52	14	2	1
	JVM(P)			15,67,655	12.07	1.59	14	0	1
	AJSU			4,81,667	3.71	1.52	9	0
	AITC			3,06,332	2.36		10	0
	Others			16,60,354	12.79		102	0
	IND			4,26,224	3.28	7.84	77	0	2
	NOTA			1,90,927	1.47
Total				1,29,82,940	100%	-	240	14	-

List of elected MPs

Keys:    BJP (12)    JMM (2)

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Rajmahal	Vijay Hansdak		JMM	379,507	39.87	Hemlal Murmu		BJP	338,170	35.53	41,337	4.34
2	Dumka	Shibu Soren		JMM	335,815	37.19	Sunil Soren		BJP	296,785	32.86	39,030	4.33
3	Godda	Nishikant Dubey		BJP	380,500	36.25	Furkan Ansari		INC	319,818	30.47	60,682	5.78
4	Chatra	Sunil Kumar Singh		BJP	295,862	41.50	Dhiraj Prasad Sahu		INC	117,836	16.53	178,026	24.97
5	Kodarma	Ravindra Kumar Ray		BJP	365,410	35.65	Raj Kumar Yadav		CPI(ML)	266,756	26.03	98,654	9.62
6	Giridih	Ravindra Kumar Pandey		BJP	391,913	40.35	Jagarnath Mahto		JMM	351,600	36.20	40,313	4.15
7	Dhanbad	Pashupati Nath Singh		BJP	543,491	47.51	Ajay Kumar Dubey		INC	250,537	21.90	292,954	25.61
8	Ranchi	Ram Tahal Choudhary		BJP	448,729	42.74	Subodh Kant Sahay		INC	249,426	23.76	199,303	18.98
9	Jamshedpur	Bidyut Baran Mahato		BJP	464,153	44.24	Ajoy Kumar		JVM(P)	364,277	34.72	99,876	9.52
10	Singhbhum	Laxman Giluwa		BJP	303,131	38.11	Geeta Koda		JBSP	215,607	27.11	87,524	11.00
11	Khunti	Kariya Munda		BJP	269,185	36.49	Anosh Ekka		JKP	176,937	23.99	92,248	12.50
12	Lohardaga	Sudarshan Bhagat		BJP	226,666	34.78	Rameshwar Oraon		INC	220,177	33.79	6,489	0.99
13	Palamau	Vishnu Dayal Ram		BJP	476,513	48.72	Manoj Kumar		RJD	212,571	21.73	263,942	26.99
14	Hazaribagh	Jayant Sinha		BJP	406,931	42.07	Saurabh Narain Singh		INC	247,803	25.62	159,128	16.45

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jharkhand

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Sudarshan Bhagat	Lohardaga (ST)	MoS	Social Justice and Empowerment	27 May 2014	9 November 2014		BJP
				Rural Development	9 November 2014	5 July 2016
				Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare	5 July 2016	3 September 2017
				Tribal Affairs	3 September 2017	30 May 2019
2	Jayant Sinha	Hazaribagh		Finance	9 November 2014	5 July 2016
				Civil Aviation	5 July 2016	30 May 2019
3	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	Rajya Sabha (Jharkhand)		Parliamentary Affairs	9 November 2014	3 September 2017
				Minority Affairs	9 November 2014	12 July 2016
			MoS (I/C)		12 July 2016	3 September 2017
			Cabinet Minister		3 September 2017	30 May 2019

• Note: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi represented Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha until 2016, after which he represented Jharkhand from 8 July 2016 onwards

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2014 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	56	37
	Indian National Congress	3	6
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	9	19
	All Jharkhand Students Union	1	5
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	4	8
	Others	8	6
Total		81

References

1. "Lok Sabha polls 2014: EC announces 9 phase schedule". Zee News. Retrieved 5 November 2014.