2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

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2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
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  2014 30 November – 20 December 2019 2024  

81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.38% (Decrease2.svg 1.15%)
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Chief Minister of Jharkhand Shri Hemant Soren.jpg
Raghubar Das with Jual Oram (cropped).jpg
Rameshwar Oraon delivering speech at NSCT (cropped).jpg
Leader Hemant Soren Raghubar Das Rameshwar Oraon
Party JMM BJP INC
Alliance UPA NDA UPA
Leader's seat Barhait, Dumka
(both won)
Jamshedpur East (lost) Lohardaga (Won)
Last election19376
Seats won302516
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 11Decrease2.svg 12Increase2.svg 10
Popular vote2,817,4425,022,3742,088,863
Percentage18.72%33.37%13.88%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.71%Increase2.svg 2.11%Increase2.svg 3.42%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Sudesh Kumar Mahto 9117.JPG
Leader Babulal Marandi Sudesh Mahto
Party JVM(P) AJSU
Leader's seat Dhanwar (Won) Silli (Won)
Last election85
Seats won32
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote820,7571,219,535
Percentage5.45%8.10%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.54%Increase2.svg 4.42%

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election Results Map.svg
Seatwise map of the election results

Bharat Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha 2019.svg
Structure of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Raghubar Das
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Hemant Soren
JMM

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jharkhand, India, from 30 November to 20 December 2019 to elect the 81 members of the 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Results were declared on 23 December 2019. The pre-election term of the Assembly was set to end on 27 December 2019. [1] [2]

Contents

Schedule

The schedule for the election proceedings was announced on 1 November 2019.

Poll Event [3] Phase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4Phase 5
Notification date6 November 201911 November 201916 November 201922 November 201926 November 2019
Last date for filing nominations13 November 201918 November 201925 November 201929 November 20193 December 2019
Scrutiny of nominations14 November 201919 November 201926 November 201930 November 20194 December 2019
The last date for withdrawal of candidature16 November 201921 November 201928 November 20192 December 20196 December 2019
Date of poll30 November 20197 December 201912 December 201916 December 201920 December 2019
Counting of votes21 December 2019

Parties and alliances

   United Progressive Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
1. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg
Hemant Soren.jpg
Hemant Soren 43
2. Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress Flag.svg
Hand INC.svg
Rameshwar Oraon 31
3. Rashtriya Janata Dal
RJD Flag.svg
Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png
Circle-icons-profile.svg
Abhay Kumar Singh7

   National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party
BJP flag.svg
Lotus flower symbol.svg
Raghuvar Das.jpg
Raghubar Das 79

   Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
1. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)
Indian Election Symbol Comb.png
Babulal Marandi 81

   All Jharkhand Students Union

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
1. All Jharkhand Students Union
Indian Election Symbol Banana.svg
Sudesh Kumar Mahto 8912.JPG
Sudesh Mahto 53

   Left Front

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg CPI symbol.svg Mahendra Pathak18
2. Communist Party of India (ML) L CPIML LIBERATION FLAG.png Flag Logo of CPIML.png 14
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg Prakash Viplav9
4. Marxist Coordination Committee Arup Chatterjee8

   Nationalist Congress Party

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
1. Nationalist Congress Party
NCP-flag.svg
Nationalist Congress Party Election Symbol.png
KamleshKumarSinghMLA.jpg
Kamlesh Kumar Singh 7

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Publishing DatePolling AgencyData Metric
BJPAJSUJMMINCJVMOthers
28 November 2019 IANS – CVoter [4] Vote share33.3 %4.6 %18 %12.4 %7.7 %23.2 %
Seat projection28 – 383 – 918 – 286 – 103 – 93 – 9

Exit polls

Publishing datePolling agencyMajority
BJP UPA AJSU JVM (P) Others
20 December 2019 India Today - Axis My India [5] [6] 27

(22–32)

43

(38–50)

5

(3–5)

3

(2–4)

3

(4–7)

UPA
20 December 2019 ABP - IANS - CVoter [7] 32

(28–36)

35

(31–39)

5

(3–7)

3

(1–5)

6

(4–8)

Hung
20 December 2019 Times Now [6] 2844432UPA

Result

Result of the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election by constituency 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election Results Map.svg
Result of the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election by constituency

Vote Share

   BJP (33.37%)
   INC (13.88%)
   JMM (18.72%)
   RJD (2.75%)
   AJSU (8.10%)
   JVMP (5.45%)
  Others (17.73%)
Bharat Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha 2019.svg
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes%± pp Won+/−
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 28,17,44218.72%Decrease2.svg 1.71%30Increase2.svg11
Indian National Congress 20,88,86313.88%Increase2.svg 3.42%16Increase2.svg10
Rashtriya Janata Dal 4,13,1672.75%Decrease2.svg 0.38%1Increase2.svg1
Total53,19,47235.35%Increase2.svg 1.33%47Increase2.svg 22
Bharatiya Janata Party 50,22,37433.37%Increase2.svg 2.11%25Decrease2.svg12
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) 8,20,7575.45%Decrease2.svg 4.54%3Decrease2.svg5
All Jharkhand Students Union 12,19,5358.10%Increase2.svg 4.42%2Decrease2.svg3
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 1,72,4751.15%Decrease2.svg 0.37%1Steady2.svg
Nationalist Congress Party 63,3200.42%1Increase2.svg1
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 1,73,9801.16%Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Independents 9,85,4386.55%Decrease2.svg 0.14%2Increase2.svg2
None of the Above 2,05,0501.36%
Total1,50,48,908100.0081
Valid votes1,50,48,90899.82
Invalid votes27,2520.18
Votes cast / turnout1,50,76,16065.38
Abstentions79,81,87534.62
Registered voters2,30,58,035

Alliance wise results

Source: [8]

AlliancePartyContestedSeats WonAlliance wise seat wonIncrease2.svg/Decrease2.svg Seats
UPA Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 433047Increase2.svg 11
Indian National Congress 3116Increase2.svg 10
Rashtriya Janata Dal 71Increase2.svg 1
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 792525Decrease2.svg 12
None Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) 8133Decrease2.svg 5
All Jharkhand Students Union 5322Decrease2.svg 3
Communist Party of India (M-L) L 1411Steady2.svg
Nationalist Congress Party 711Increase2.svg 1
Independent 22Increase2.svg 2
Total81

Results by constituency

Results
Assembly ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMarginPoll On
#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
Sahebganj District
1 Rajmahal Anant Kumar Ojha BJP 88904Md. Tajuddin AJSU 765321237220.12.2019
2 Borio (ST) Lobin Hembrom JMM 77365Surya Narayan Hansada BJP 594411792420.12.2019
3 Barhait (ST) Hemant Soren JMM 73725Simon Malto BJP 479852574020.12.2019
Pakur District
4 Litipara (ST) Dinesh William Marandi JMM 66675Daniel Kisku BJP 527721390320.12.2019
5 Pakur Alamgir Alam INC 128218Veni Prasad Gupta BJP 631106510820.12.2019
6 Maheshpur (ST) Stephen Marandi JMM 89197Mistry Soren BJP 550913410620.12.2019
Dumka District
7 Shikaripara (ST) Nalin Soren JMM 79400Paritosh Soren BJP 499292947120.12.2019
Jamtara District
8 Nala Rabindranath Mahato JMM 61356Sathyanand Jha BJP 57836352020.12.2019
9 Jamtara Irfan Ansari INC 112829Birendra Mandal BJP 740883874120.12.2019
Dumka District
10 Dumka (ST) Hemant Soren JMM 81007 Louis Marandi BJP 678191318820.12.2019
11 Jama (ST) Sita Murmu JMM 60925Suresh Murmu BJP 58499242620.12.2019
12 Jarmundi Badal INC 52507 Devendra Kunwar BJP 49408309920.12.2019
Deoghar District
13 Madhupur Haji Hussain Ansari JMM 88115 Raj Paliwar BJP 650462306916.12.2019
14 Sarath Randhir Kumar Singh BJP 73985Uday Shankar Singh JVM(P) 526572132820.12.2019
15 Deoghar (SC) Narayan Das BJP 95491 Suresh Paswan RJD 92867262416.12.2019
Godda District
16 Poreyahat Pradeep Yadav JVM(P) 77358Gajadhar Singh BJP 637611359720.12.2019
17 Godda Amit Kumar Mandal BJP 87578 Sanjay Prasad Yadav RJD 83066451220.12.2019
18 Mahagama Dipika Pandey Singh INC 89224Ashok Kumar BJP 767251249920.12.2019
Koderma District
19 Kodarma Neera Yadav BJP 63675Amitabh Kumar RJD 61878179712.12.2019
Hazaribagh District
20 Barkatha Amit Kumar Yadav Ind 72572Janki Prasad Yadav BJP 477602481212.12.2019
21 Barhi Umashankar Akela INC 84358Manoj Kumar Yadav BJP 729871137112.12.2019
Ramgarh District
22 Barkagaon Amba Prasad INC 98862 Roshan Lal Choudhary AJSU 673483151412.12.2019
23 Ramgarh Mamta Devi INC 99944 Sunita Choudhary AJSU 712262871812.12.2019
Hazaribagh District
24 Mandu Jai Prakash Bhai Patel BJP 49855 Nirmal Mahto AJSU 47793206212.12.2019
25 Hazaribagh Manish Jaiswal BJP 106208 Manish Jaiswal INC 543965181212.12.2019
Chatra District
26 Simaria (SC) Kishun Kumar Das BJP 61438Manoj Kumar Chandra AJSU 504421099612.12.2019
27 Chatra (SC) Satyanand Bhogta RJD 101710 Janardan Paswan BJP 776552405530.11.2019
Giridih District
28 Dhanwar Babu Lal Marandi JVM(P) 52352Lakshman Prasad Singh BJP 348021755012.12.2019
29 Bagodar Vinod Kumar Singh CPI-ML(L) 98201Nagendra Mahto BJP 836561454516.12.2019
30 Jamua (SC) Kedar Hazra BJP 58468Manju Kumari INC 402931817516.12.2019
31 Gandey Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad JMM 65023 Jai Prakash Verma BJP 56168885516.12.2019
32 Giridih Sudivya Kumar JMM 80871Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi BJP 649871588416.12.2019
33 Dumri Jagarnath Mahto JMM 71128Yashoda Devi AJSU 368403428816.12.2019
Bokaro District
34 Gomia Lambodar Mahto AJSU 71859Babita Devi JMM 609221093712.12.2019
35 Bermo Rajendra Pd. Singh INC 88945 Yogeshwar Mahto BJP 637732517212.12.2019
36 Bokaro Biranchi Narayan BJP 112333Shweta Singh INC 990201331316.12.2019
37 Chandankiyari (SC) Amar Kumar Bauri BJP 67739 Uma Kant Rajak AJSU 58528921116.12.2019
Dhanbad District
38 Sindri Indrajit Mahato BJP 80967Anand Mahato MCC 72714825316.12.2019
39 Nirsa Aparna Sengupta BJP 89082Arup Chatterjee MCC 636242545816.12.2019
40 Dhanbad Raj Sinha BJP 120773Mannan Mallick INC 901443062916.12.2019
41 Jharia Purnima Niraj Singh INC 79786 Ragini Singh BJP 677321205416.12.2019
42 Tundi Mathura Prasad Mahato JMM 72552Vikram Pandey BJP 468932565916.12.2019
43 Baghmara Dulu Mahato BJP 78291 Jaleshwar Mahato INC 7746782416.12.2019
East Singhbum District
44 Baharagora Samir Kr. Mohanty JMM 106017Kunal Shadangy BJP 454526056507.12.2019
45 Ghatsila (ST) Ramdas Soren JMM 63531Lakhan Chandra Mardi BJP 56807672407.12.2019
46 Potka (ST) Sanjib Sardar JMM 110753Menka Sardar BJP 676434311007.12.2019
47 Jugsalai (SC) Mangal Kalindi JMM 88581Muchiram Bauri BJP 666472193407.12.2019
48 Jamshedpur East Saryu Roy Ind 73945 Raghubar Das BJP 581121583307.12.2019
49 Jamshedpur West Banna Gupta INC 96778Devendra Nath Singh BJP 741952258307.12.2019
Seraikella District
50 Ichaghar Sabita Mahato JMM 57546Hare Lal Mahato AJSU 388361871012.12.2019
51 Seraikella (ST) Champai Soren JMM 111554Ganesh Mahali BJP 958871566707.12.2019
West Singhbhum District
52 Chaibasa (ST) Deepak Birua JMM 69485J. B. Tubid BJP 433262615907.12.2019
53 Majhgaon (ST) Niral Purty JMM 67750Bhupendra Pingua BJP 205584719207.12.2019
54 Jaganathpur (ST) Sona Ram Sinku INC 32499Mangal Singh Bobonga JVM(P) 208931160607.12.2019
55 Manoharpur (ST) Joba Majhi JMM 50945Gurucharan Nayak BJP 349261601907.12.2019
56 Chakradharpur (ST) Sukhram Oraon JMM 43832 Laxman Giluwa BJP 315981223407.12.2019
Seraikella District
57 Kharsawan (ST) Dashrath Gagrai JMM 73341Jawahar Lal Banra BJP 505462279507.12.2019
Ranchi District
58 Tamar (ST) Vikas Kumar Munda JMM 55491Ram Durlav Singh Munda AJSU 245203097107.12.2019
Khunti District
59 Torpa (ST) Koche Munda BJP 43482Sudeep Guria JMM 33852963007.12.2019
60 Khunti (ST) Nilkanth Singh Munda BJP 59198Sushil Pahan JMM 328712632707.12.2019
Ranchi District
61 Silli Sudhesh Kumar Mahto AJSU 83700Seema Devi JMM 635052019512.12.2019
62 Khijri (ST) Rajesh Kachhap INC 83829Ram Kumar Pahan BJP 78360546912.12.2019
63 Ranchi C.P.Singh BJP 79646 Mahua Maji JMM 73742590412.12.2019
64 Hatia Navin Jaiswal BJP 115431Ajay Nath Shahdeo INC 991671626412.12.2019
65 Kanke (SC) Sammari Lal BJP 111975Suresh Kumar Baitha INC 894352254012.12.2019
66 Mandar (ST) Bandhu Tirkey JVM(P) 92491Deo Kumar Dhan BJP 693642312707.12.2019
Gumla District
67 Sisai (ST) Jiga Susaran Horo JMM 93720 Dinesh Oraon BJP 553023841807.12.2019
68 Gumla (ST) Bhushan Tirkey JMM 67416Mishir Kujur BJP 59749766730.11.2019
69 Bishunpur (ST) Chamra Linda JMM 80864Ashok Oraon BJP 634821738230.11.2019
Simdega District
70 Simdega (ST) Bhushan Bara INC 60651Shradhanand Besra BJP 6036628507.12.2019
71 Kolebira (ST) Naman Bixal Kongari INC 48574Sujan Jojo BJP 362361233807.12.2019
Lohardaga District
72 Lohardaga (ST) Rameshwar Oraon INC 74380 Sukhdeo Bhagat BJP 442303015030.11.2019
Latehar District
73 Manika (ST) Ramchandra Singh INC 74000Raghupal Singh BJP 577601624030.11.2019
74 Latehar (SC) Baidyanath Ram JMM 76507 Prakash Ram BJP 601791632830.11.2019
Palamu District
75 Panki Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta BJP 93184Devendra Kumar Singh INC 559943719030.11.2019
76 Daltonganj Alok Kumar Chaurasiya BJP 103698 Krishna Nand Tripathi INC 1036982151730.11.2019
77 Bishrampur Ramchandra Chandravanshi BJP 40635Rajesh Mehta BSP 32122851330.11.2019
78 Chhatarpur (SC) Pushpa Devi BJP 64127Vijay Kumar RJD 373352679230.11.2019
79 Hussainabad Kamlesh Kumar Singh NCP 41293Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav RJD 31444984930.11.2019
Garhwa District
80 Garhwa Mithilesh Kumar Thakur JMM 106681Satyendra Nath Tiwari BJP 831592352230.11.2019
81 Bhawanathpur Bhanu Pratap Sahi BJP 96818Sogra Bibi BSP 569143990430.11.2019

Government formation

After the defeat of the incumbent BJP government, incumbent Chief Minister Raghubar Das tendered his resignation from the post. He tendered his resignation to Governor Draupadi Murmu.

In the evening, during the election results, JMM leader and Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren addressed the media and thanked the people of Jharkhand for the mandate. He also expressed his gratitude to his alliance partners, Congress & RJD and their president, Sonia Gandhi & Lalu Prasad Yadav respectively.

The next day on 24 December 2019, the meeting of all the 30 JMM MLAs was called, in which Hemant Soren was elected as the leader of the JMM legislature group. Hemant Soren was already the leader and Chief Ministerial candidate of the UPA during the election campaign. On the very same day, Alamgir Alam was elected as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP).

After the elections, JVM(P) chief and Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Babulal Marandi extended the support of his party to the Hemant Soren government, thus providing more strength to the government.

On 24 December 2019, Hemant Soren along with the alliance partners, met Governor Draupadi Murmu and staked claim to form the government.

Bypolls 2019-2024

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
103 November 2020 Dumka Hemant Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Basant Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
35 Bermo Rajendra Prasad Singh Indian National Congress Kumar Jaimangal (Anup Singh) Indian National Congress
1317 April 2021 Madhupur Haji Hussain Ansari Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Hafizul Hasan Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6623 June 2022 Mandar Bandhu Tirkey Indian National Congress Shilpi Neha Tirkey Indian National Congress
2327 February 2023 Ramgarh Mamta Devi Indian National Congress Sunita Choudhary All Jharkhand Students Union
335 September 2023 Dumri Jagarnath Mahto Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Baby Devi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
3120 May 2024 Gandey Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Kalpana Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

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