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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]
The schedule for the election proceedings was announced on 1 November 2019.
Poll Event [3] | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | Phase 4 | Phase 5 |
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Notification date | 6 November 2019 | 11 November 2019 | 16 November 2019 | 22 November 2019 | 26 November 2019 |
Last date for filing nominations | 13 November 2019 | 18 November 2019 | 25 November 2019 | 29 November 2019 | 3 December 2019 |
Scrutiny of nominations | 14 November 2019 | 19 November 2019 | 26 November 2019 | 30 November 2019 | 4 December 2019 |
The last date for withdrawal of candidature | 16 November 2019 | 21 November 2019 | 28 November 2019 | 2 December 2019 | 6 December 2019 |
Date of poll | 30 November 2019 | 7 December 2019 | 12 December 2019 | 16 December 2019 | 20 December 2019 |
Counting of votes | 21 December 2019 | ||||
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Hemant Soren | 43 | |||
2. | Indian National Congress | Rameshwar Oraon | 31 | |||
3. | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Abhay Kumar Singh | 7 |
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | Raghubar Das | 79 |
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) | Babulal Marandi | 81 |
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | All Jharkhand Students Union | Sudesh Mahto | 53 |
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | Communist Party of India | Mahendra Pathak | 18 | ||
2. | Communist Party of India (ML) L | 14 | |||
3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Prakash Viplav | 9 | ||
4. | Marxist Coordination Committee | Arup Chatterjee | 8 | ||
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | Nationalist Congress Party | Kamlesh Kumar Singh | 7 |
Publishing Date | Polling Agency | Data Metric | ||||||
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BJP | AJSU | JMM | INC | JVM | Others | |||
28 November 2019 | IANS – CVoter [4] | Vote share | 33.3 % | 4.6 % | 18 % | 12.4 % | 7.7 % | 23.2 % |
Seat projection | 28 – 38 | 3 – 9 | 18 – 28 | 6 – 10 | 3 – 9 | 3 – 9 |
Publishing date | Polling agency | Majority | |||||
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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] | 28 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 2 | UPA |
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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Votes | % | ± pp | Won | +/− | |||||
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 28,17,442 | 18.72% | 1.71% | 30 | 11 | ||||
Indian National Congress | 20,88,863 | 13.88% | 3.42% | 16 | 10 | ||||
Rashtriya Janata Dal | 4,13,167 | 2.75% | 0.38% | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 53,19,472 | 35.35% | 1.33% | 47 | 22 | ||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 50,22,374 | 33.37% | 2.11% | 25 | 12 | ||||
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | 8,20,757 | 5.45% | 4.54% | 3 | 5 | ||||
All Jharkhand Students Union | 12,19,535 | 8.10% | 4.42% | 2 | 3 | ||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 1,72,475 | 1.15% | 0.37% | 1 | |||||
Nationalist Congress Party | 63,320 | 0.42% | 1 | 1 | |||||
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 1,73,980 | 1.16% | |||||||
Independents | 9,85,438 | 6.55% | 0.14% | 2 | 2 | ||||
None of the Above | 2,05,050 | 1.36% | |||||||
Total | 1,50,48,908 | 100.00 | 81 | ||||||
Valid votes | 1,50,48,908 | 99.82 | |||||||
Invalid votes | 27,252 | 0.18 | |||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 1,50,76,160 | 65.38 | |||||||
Abstentions | 79,81,875 | 34.62 | |||||||
Registered voters | 2,30,58,035 | ||||||||
Source: [8]
Alliance | Party | Contested | Seats Won | Alliance wise seat won | / Seats | |
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UPA | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 43 | 30 | 47 | 11 | |
Indian National Congress | 31 | 16 | 10 | |||
Rashtriya Janata Dal | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||
NDA | Bharatiya Janata Party | 79 | 25 | 25 | 12 | |
None | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) | 81 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
All Jharkhand Students Union | 53 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Communist Party of India (M-L) L | 14 | 1 | 1 | |||
Nationalist Congress Party | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Independent | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Total | 81 |
Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | Poll On | ||||||||
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# | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||||
Sahebganj District | ||||||||||||
1 | Rajmahal | Anant Kumar Ojha | BJP | 88904 | Md. Tajuddin | AJSU | 76532 | 12372 | 20.12.2019 | |||
2 | Borio (ST) | Lobin Hembrom | JMM | 77365 | Surya Narayan Hansada | BJP | 59441 | 17924 | 20.12.2019 | |||
3 | Barhait (ST) | Hemant Soren | JMM | 73725 | Simon Malto | BJP | 47985 | 25740 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Pakur District | ||||||||||||
4 | Litipara (ST) | Dinesh William Marandi | JMM | 66675 | Daniel Kisku | BJP | 52772 | 13903 | 20.12.2019 | |||
5 | Pakur | Alamgir Alam | INC | 128218 | Veni Prasad Gupta | BJP | 63110 | 65108 | 20.12.2019 | |||
6 | Maheshpur (ST) | Stephen Marandi | JMM | 89197 | Mistry Soren | BJP | 55091 | 34106 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Dumka District | ||||||||||||
7 | Shikaripara (ST) | Nalin Soren | JMM | 79400 | Paritosh Soren | BJP | 49929 | 29471 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Jamtara District | ||||||||||||
8 | Nala | Rabindranath Mahato | JMM | 61356 | Sathyanand Jha | BJP | 57836 | 3520 | 20.12.2019 | |||
9 | Jamtara | Irfan Ansari | INC | 112829 | Birendra Mandal | BJP | 74088 | 38741 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Dumka District | ||||||||||||
10 | Dumka (ST) | Hemant Soren | JMM | 81007 | Louis Marandi | BJP | 67819 | 13188 | 20.12.2019 | |||
11 | Jama (ST) | Sita Murmu | JMM | 60925 | Suresh Murmu | BJP | 58499 | 2426 | 20.12.2019 | |||
12 | Jarmundi | Badal | INC | 52507 | Devendra Kunwar | BJP | 49408 | 3099 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Deoghar District | ||||||||||||
13 | Madhupur | Haji Hussain Ansari | JMM | 88115 | Raj Paliwar | BJP | 65046 | 23069 | 16.12.2019 | |||
14 | Sarath | Randhir Kumar Singh | BJP | 73985 | Uday Shankar Singh | JVM(P) | 52657 | 21328 | 20.12.2019 | |||
15 | Deoghar (SC) | Narayan Das | BJP | 95491 | Suresh Paswan | RJD | 92867 | 2624 | 16.12.2019 | |||
Godda District | ||||||||||||
16 | Poreyahat | Pradeep Yadav | JVM(P) | 77358 | Gajadhar Singh | BJP | 63761 | 13597 | 20.12.2019 | |||
17 | Godda | Amit Kumar Mandal | BJP | 87578 | Sanjay Prasad Yadav | RJD | 83066 | 4512 | 20.12.2019 | |||
18 | Mahagama | Dipika Pandey Singh | INC | 89224 | Ashok Kumar | BJP | 76725 | 12499 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Koderma District | ||||||||||||
19 | Kodarma | Neera Yadav | BJP | 63675 | Amitabh Kumar | RJD | 61878 | 1797 | 12.12.2019 | |||
Hazaribagh District | ||||||||||||
20 | Barkatha | Amit Kumar Yadav | Ind | 72572 | Janki Prasad Yadav | BJP | 47760 | 24812 | 12.12.2019 | |||
21 | Barhi | Umashankar Akela | INC | 84358 | Manoj Kumar Yadav | BJP | 72987 | 11371 | 12.12.2019 | |||
Ramgarh District | ||||||||||||
22 | Barkagaon | Amba Prasad | INC | 98862 | Roshan Lal Choudhary | AJSU | 67348 | 31514 | 12.12.2019 | |||
23 | Ramgarh | Mamta Devi | INC | 99944 | Sunita Choudhary | AJSU | 71226 | 28718 | 12.12.2019 | |||
Hazaribagh District | ||||||||||||
24 | Mandu | Jai Prakash Bhai Patel | BJP | 49855 | Nirmal Mahto | AJSU | 47793 | 2062 | 12.12.2019 | |||
25 | Hazaribagh | Manish Jaiswal | BJP | 106208 | Manish Jaiswal | INC | 54396 | 51812 | 12.12.2019 | |||
Chatra District | ||||||||||||
26 | Simaria (SC) | Kishun Kumar Das | BJP | 61438 | Manoj Kumar Chandra | AJSU | 50442 | 10996 | 12.12.2019 | |||
27 | Chatra (SC) | Satyanand Bhogta | RJD | 101710 | Janardan Paswan | BJP | 77655 | 24055 | 30.11.2019 | |||
Giridih District | ||||||||||||
28 | Dhanwar | Babu Lal Marandi | JVM(P) | 52352 | Lakshman Prasad Singh | BJP | 34802 | 17550 | 12.12.2019 | |||
29 | Bagodar | Vinod Kumar Singh | CPI-ML(L) | 98201 | Nagendra Mahto | BJP | 83656 | 14545 | 16.12.2019 | |||
30 | Jamua (SC) | Kedar Hazra | BJP | 58468 | Manju Kumari | INC | 40293 | 18175 | 16.12.2019 | |||
31 | Gandey | Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad | JMM | 65023 | Jai Prakash Verma | BJP | 56168 | 8855 | 16.12.2019 | |||
32 | Giridih | Sudivya Kumar | JMM | 80871 | Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi | BJP | 64987 | 15884 | 16.12.2019 | |||
33 | Dumri | Jagarnath Mahto | JMM | 71128 | Yashoda Devi | AJSU | 36840 | 34288 | 16.12.2019 | |||
Bokaro District | ||||||||||||
34 | Gomia | Lambodar Mahto | AJSU | 71859 | Babita Devi | JMM | 60922 | 10937 | 12.12.2019 | |||
35 | Bermo | Rajendra Pd. Singh | INC | 88945 | Yogeshwar Mahto | BJP | 63773 | 25172 | 12.12.2019 | |||
36 | Bokaro | Biranchi Narayan | BJP | 112333 | Shweta Singh | INC | 99020 | 13313 | 16.12.2019 | |||
37 | Chandankiyari (SC) | Amar Kumar Bauri | BJP | 67739 | Uma Kant Rajak | AJSU | 58528 | 9211 | 16.12.2019 | |||
Dhanbad District | ||||||||||||
38 | Sindri | Indrajit Mahato | BJP | 80967 | Anand Mahato | MCC | 72714 | 8253 | 16.12.2019 | |||
39 | Nirsa | Aparna Sengupta | BJP | 89082 | Arup Chatterjee | MCC | 63624 | 25458 | 16.12.2019 | |||
40 | Dhanbad | Raj Sinha | BJP | 120773 | Mannan Mallick | INC | 90144 | 30629 | 16.12.2019 | |||
41 | Jharia | Purnima Niraj Singh | INC | 79786 | Ragini Singh | BJP | 67732 | 12054 | 16.12.2019 | |||
42 | Tundi | Mathura Prasad Mahato | JMM | 72552 | Vikram Pandey | BJP | 46893 | 25659 | 16.12.2019 | |||
43 | Baghmara | Dulu Mahato | BJP | 78291 | Jaleshwar Mahato | INC | 77467 | 824 | 16.12.2019 | |||
East Singhbum District | ||||||||||||
44 | Baharagora | Samir Kr. Mohanty | JMM | 106017 | Kunal Shadangy | BJP | 45452 | 60565 | 07.12.2019 | |||
45 | Ghatsila (ST) | Ramdas Soren | JMM | 63531 | Lakhan Chandra Mardi | BJP | 56807 | 6724 | 07.12.2019 | |||
46 | Potka (ST) | Sanjib Sardar | JMM | 110753 | Menka Sardar | BJP | 67643 | 43110 | 07.12.2019 | |||
47 | Jugsalai (SC) | Mangal Kalindi | JMM | 88581 | Muchiram Bauri | BJP | 66647 | 21934 | 07.12.2019 | |||
48 | Jamshedpur East | Saryu Roy | Ind | 73945 | Raghubar Das | BJP | 58112 | 15833 | 07.12.2019 | |||
49 | Jamshedpur West | Banna Gupta | INC | 96778 | Devendra Nath Singh | BJP | 74195 | 22583 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Seraikella District | ||||||||||||
50 | Ichaghar | Sabita Mahato | JMM | 57546 | Hare Lal Mahato | AJSU | 38836 | 18710 | 12.12.2019 | |||
51 | Seraikella (ST) | Champai Soren | JMM | 111554 | Ganesh Mahali | BJP | 95887 | 15667 | 07.12.2019 | |||
West Singhbhum District | ||||||||||||
52 | Chaibasa (ST) | Deepak Birua | JMM | 69485 | J. B. Tubid | BJP | 43326 | 26159 | 07.12.2019 | |||
53 | Majhgaon (ST) | Niral Purty | JMM | 67750 | Bhupendra Pingua | BJP | 20558 | 47192 | 07.12.2019 | |||
54 | Jaganathpur (ST) | Sona Ram Sinku | INC | 32499 | Mangal Singh Bobonga | JVM(P) | 20893 | 11606 | 07.12.2019 | |||
55 | Manoharpur (ST) | Joba Majhi | JMM | 50945 | Gurucharan Nayak | BJP | 34926 | 16019 | 07.12.2019 | |||
56 | Chakradharpur (ST) | Sukhram Oraon | JMM | 43832 | Laxman Giluwa | BJP | 31598 | 12234 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Seraikella District | ||||||||||||
57 | Kharsawan (ST) | Dashrath Gagrai | JMM | 73341 | Jawahar Lal Banra | BJP | 50546 | 22795 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Ranchi District | ||||||||||||
58 | Tamar (ST) | Vikas Kumar Munda | JMM | 55491 | Ram Durlav Singh Munda | AJSU | 24520 | 30971 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Khunti District | ||||||||||||
59 | Torpa (ST) | Koche Munda | BJP | 43482 | Sudeep Guria | JMM | 33852 | 9630 | 07.12.2019 | |||
60 | Khunti (ST) | Nilkanth Singh Munda | BJP | 59198 | Sushil Pahan | JMM | 32871 | 26327 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Ranchi District | ||||||||||||
61 | Silli | Sudhesh Kumar Mahto | AJSU | 83700 | Seema Devi | JMM | 63505 | 20195 | 12.12.2019 | |||
62 | Khijri (ST) | Rajesh Kachhap | INC | 83829 | Ram Kumar Pahan | BJP | 78360 | 5469 | 12.12.2019 | |||
63 | Ranchi | C.P.Singh | BJP | 79646 | Mahua Maji | JMM | 73742 | 5904 | 12.12.2019 | |||
64 | Hatia | Navin Jaiswal | BJP | 115431 | Ajay Nath Shahdeo | INC | 99167 | 16264 | 12.12.2019 | |||
65 | Kanke (SC) | Sammari Lal | BJP | 111975 | Suresh Kumar Baitha | INC | 89435 | 22540 | 12.12.2019 | |||
66 | Mandar (ST) | Bandhu Tirkey | JVM(P) | 92491 | Deo Kumar Dhan | BJP | 69364 | 23127 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Gumla District | ||||||||||||
67 | Sisai (ST) | Jiga Susaran Horo | JMM | 93720 | Dinesh Oraon | BJP | 55302 | 38418 | 07.12.2019 | |||
68 | Gumla (ST) | Bhushan Tirkey | JMM | 67416 | Mishir Kujur | BJP | 59749 | 7667 | 30.11.2019 | |||
69 | Bishunpur (ST) | Chamra Linda | JMM | 80864 | Ashok Oraon | BJP | 63482 | 17382 | 30.11.2019 | |||
Simdega District | ||||||||||||
70 | Simdega (ST) | Bhushan Bara | INC | 60651 | Shradhanand Besra | BJP | 60366 | 285 | 07.12.2019 | |||
71 | Kolebira (ST) | Naman Bixal Kongari | INC | 48574 | Sujan Jojo | BJP | 36236 | 12338 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Lohardaga District | ||||||||||||
72 | Lohardaga (ST) | Rameshwar Oraon | INC | 74380 | Sukhdeo Bhagat | BJP | 44230 | 30150 | 30.11.2019 | |||
Latehar District | ||||||||||||
73 | Manika (ST) | Ramchandra Singh | INC | 74000 | Raghupal Singh | BJP | 57760 | 16240 | 30.11.2019 | |||
74 | Latehar (SC) | Baidyanath Ram | JMM | 76507 | Prakash Ram | BJP | 60179 | 16328 | 30.11.2019 | |||
Palamu District | ||||||||||||
75 | Panki | Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta | BJP | 93184 | Devendra Kumar Singh | INC | 55994 | 37190 | 30.11.2019 | |||
76 | Daltonganj | Alok Kumar Chaurasiya | BJP | 103698 | Krishna Nand Tripathi | INC | 103698 | 21517 | 30.11.2019 | |||
77 | Bishrampur | Ramchandra Chandravanshi | BJP | 40635 | Rajesh Mehta | BSP | 32122 | 8513 | 30.11.2019 | |||
78 | Chhatarpur (SC) | Pushpa Devi | BJP | 64127 | Vijay Kumar | RJD | 37335 | 26792 | 30.11.2019 | |||
79 | Hussainabad | Kamlesh Kumar Singh | NCP | 41293 | Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav | RJD | 31444 | 9849 | 30.11.2019 | |||
Garhwa District | ||||||||||||
80 | Garhwa | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | JMM | 106681 | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | BJP | 83159 | 23522 | 30.11.2019 | |||
81 | Bhawanathpur | Bhanu Pratap Sahi | BJP | 96818 | Sogra Bibi | BSP | 56914 | 39904 | 30.11.2019 |
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.
Date | S.No | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
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10 | 3 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 | |||
13 | 17 April 2021 | Madhupur | Haji Hussain Ansari | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Hafizul Hasan | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | ||
66 | 23 June 2022 | Mandar | Bandhu Tirkey | Indian National Congress | Shilpi Neha Tirkey | Indian National Congress | ||
23 | 27 February 2023 | Ramgarh | Mamta Devi | Indian National Congress | Sunita Choudhary | All Jharkhand Students Union | ||
33 | 5 September 2023 | Dumri | Jagarnath Mahto | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Baby Devi | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | ||
31 | 20 May 2024 | Gandey | Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Kalpana Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
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Mahagathbandhan, also known as Grand Alliance is a coalition of political parties in the Eastern state of Jharkhand in India. It is the major political alliance in Jharkhand.
Champai Soren is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Jharkhand from 2 February 2024 to 3 July 2024 after the arrest of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on allegations of money laundering. Earlier and later, he served as cabinet minister under Hemant Soren.
The 2022 Indian presidential election was the 16th presidential election in India held on 18 July 2022 to elect the president of India. The incumbent president Ram Nath Kovind did not run for reelection. The election had a turnout of 99.12%.
The 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held in two phases from 13 to 20 November 2024 to elect all 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, the counting and results will be declared on 23 November 2024. Hemant Soren is the incumbent Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
The 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly was constituted after the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. It is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand.
This is the alphabetical categorised list of statewide, regional and local political families involved in the politics and various elections of Jharkhand state of India at state and National level. The Soren family has produced two Chief Ministers, and family members have largely led the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) since 1972. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC) and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) also has several dynastic leaders.