2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
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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 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]
Schedule[]
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 | 21December 2019 |
Parties and alliances[]
United Progressive Alliance[]
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | ![]() |
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Hemant Soren | 43 | |
2. | Indian National Congress | ![]() |
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Rameshwar Oraon | 31 | |
3. | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ![]() |
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Abhay Kumar Singh | 7 |
National Democratic Alliance[]
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | ![]() |
Raghubar Das | 79 |
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)[]
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) | ![]() |
Babulal Marandi | 81 |
All Jharkhand Students Union[]
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | All Jharkhand Students Union | ![]() |
Sudesh Mahto | 53 |
Nationalist Congress Party[]
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | Nationalist Congress Party | ![]() |
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Kamlesh Kumar Singh | 7 |
Communist Party of India (ML) L[]
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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1. | Communist Party of India (ML) L | ![]() |
14 |
Surveys and polls[]
Opinion polls[]
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Poll Type | Publishing Date | Polling Agency | ||||||
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BJP | AJSU | JMM | INC | JVM | Others | |||
Opinion poll | 28 November 2019 | IANS – C Voter[4] | 33.3 % | 4.6 % | 18 % | 12.4 % | 7.7 % | 23.2 % |
Seat projections[]
Poll type | Publishing Date | Polling Agency | Majority | ||||||
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BJP | AJSU | JMM | INC | JVM | Others | ||||
Opinion poll | 28 November 2019 | IANS – C Voter[4] | 28–38 | 3–9 | 18–28 | 6–10 | 3–9 | 3–9 | HUNG |
Exit polls[]
Publishing date | Polling agency | n | |||||
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BJP | INC+ JMM+ RJD | AJSU | JVM(P) | Others | |||
20 Dec. 2019 | India Today& Axis My India | 18–28 | 38–55 | 3–5 | 2–4 | 4–5 | Majority (INC+) |
Spick Media | 27 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Majority (INC+) | |
ABP-C Voter | 32 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 6 | Hung | |
Patriotic Voter | 35 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Majority (INC+) | |
Times Now | 28 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Majority (INC+) | |
R.Bharat-Jan Ki Baat | 22–30 | 37–46 | 3–5 | 3–4 | 5–7 | Majority (INC+) |
Result[]
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Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||||
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 28,17,442 | 18.72% | ![]() |
30 | ![]() | |||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 50,22,374 | 33.37% | ![]() |
25 | ![]() | |||
Indian National Congress | 20,88,863 | 13.88% | ![]() |
16 | ![]() | |||
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | 8,20,757 | 5.45% | ![]() |
3 | ![]() | |||
All Jharkhand Students Union | 12,19,535 | 8.10% | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | |||
Rashtriya Janata Dal | 4,13,167 | 2.75% | ![]() |
1 | ![]() | |||
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 1,72,475 | 1.15% | ![]() |
1 | ![]() | |||
Nationalist Congress Party | 63,320 | 0.42% | ![]() |
1 | ![]() | |||
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 1,73,980 | 1.16% | ![]() |
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Independents | 9,85,438 | 6.55% | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | |||
None of the Above | 2,05,050 | 1.36% | ||||||
Total | 1,50,48,908 | 100.00 | 81 | ±0 | ||||
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 |
Alliance wise results[]
Alliance | Party | Contested | Seats Won | Alliance wise seat won | ![]() ![]() | |
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UPA | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 43 | 30 | 47 | ![]() | |
Indian National Congress | 31 | 16 | ![]() | |||
Rashtriya Janata Dal | 7 | 1 | ![]() | |||
NDA | Bharatiya Janata Party | 79 | 25 | 25 | ![]() | |
None | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) | 81 | 3 | 3 | ![]() | |
All Jharkhand Students Union | 52 | 2 | 2 | ![]() | ||
Communist Party of India (M-L) L | 7 | 1 | 1 | ![]() | ||
Nationalist Congress Party | 1 | 1 | ![]() | |||
Independent | 2 | 2 | ![]() | |||
Total | 81 |
Results by constituency[]
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 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 88904 | Md. Tajuddin | All Jharkhand Students Union | 76532 | 12372 | 20.12.2019 | |||
2 | Borio | Lobin Hembrom | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 77365 | Surya Narayan Hansada | Bharatiya Janata Party | 59441 | 17924 | 20.12.2019 | |||
3 | Barhait | Hemant Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 73725 | Simon Malto | Bharatiya Janata Party | 47985 | 25740 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Pakur District | ||||||||||||
4 | Litipara | Dinesh William Marandi | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 66675 | Daniel Kisku | Bharatiya Janata Party | 52772 | 13903 | 20.12.2019 | |||
5 | Pakaur | Alamgir Alam | Indian National Congress | 128218 | Veni Prasad Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | 63110 | 65108 | 20.12.2019 | |||
6 | Maheshpur | Stephen Marandi | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 89197 | Mistry Soren | Bharatiya Janata Party | 55091 | 34106 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Dumka District | ||||||||||||
7 | Shikaripara | Nalin Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 79400 | Paritosh Soren | Bharatiya Janata Party | 49929 | 29471 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Jamtara District | ||||||||||||
8 | Nala | Rabindranath Mahato | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 61356 | Sathyanand Jha | Bharatiya Janata Party | 57836 | 3520 | 20.12.2019 | |||
9 | Jamtara | Irfan Ansari | Indian National Congress | 112829 | Birendra Mandal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 74088 | 38741 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Dumka District | ||||||||||||
10 | Dumka | Hemant Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 81007 | Louis Marandi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 67819 | 13188 | 20.12.2019 | |||
11 | Jama | Sita Murmu | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 60925 | Suresh Murmu | Bharatiya Janata Party | 58499 | 2426 | 20.12.2019 | |||
12 | Jarmundi | Badal | Indian National Congress | 52507 | Devendra Kunwar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 49408 | 3099 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Deogarh District | ||||||||||||
13 | Madhupur | Haji Hussain Ansari | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 88115 | Raj Paliwar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 65046 | 23069 | 16.12.2019 | |||
14 | Sarath | Randhir Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 73985 | Uday Shankar Singh | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | 52657 | 21328 | 20.12.2019 | |||
15 | Deoghar | Narayan Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | 95491 | Suresh Paswan | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 92867 | 2624 | 16.12.2019 | |||
Godda District | ||||||||||||
16 | Poreyahat | Pradeep Yadav | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | 77358 | Gajadhar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 63761 | 13597 | 20.12.2019 | |||
17 | Godda | Amit Kumar Mandal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 87578 | Sanjay Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 83066 | 4512 | 20.12.2019 | |||
18 | Mahagama | Dipika Pandey Singh | Indian National Congress | 89224 | Ashok Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 76725 | 12499 | 20.12.2019 | |||
Koderma District | ||||||||||||
19 | Kodarma | Dr. Neera Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | 63675 | Amitabh Kumar | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 61878 | 1797 | 12.12.2019 | |||
Hazaribagh District | ||||||||||||
20 | Barkatha | Amit Kumar Yadav | Independent | 72572 | Janki Prasad Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | 47760 | 24812 | 12.12.2019 | |||
21 | Barhi | Umashankar Akela | Indian National Congress | 84358 | Manoj Kumar Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | 72987 | 11371 | 12.12.2019 | |||
Ramgarh District | ||||||||||||
22 | Barkagaon | Amba Prasad | Indian National Congress | 98862 | Roshan Lal Choudhary | All Jharkhand Students Union | 67348 | 31514 | 12.12.2019 | |||
23 | Ramgarh | Mamta Devi | Indian National Congress | 99944 | Sunita Choudhary | All Jharkhand Students Union | 71226 | 28718 | 12.12.2019 | |||
Hazaribagh District | ||||||||||||
24 | Mandu | Jai Prakash Bhai Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | 49855 | Nirmal Mahto | All Jharkhand Students Union | 47793 | 2062 | 12.12.2019 | |||
25 | Hazaribagh | Manish Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 106208 | Manish Jaiswal | Indian National Congress | 54396 | 51812 | 12.12.2019 | |||
Chatra District | ||||||||||||
26 | Simaria | Kishun Kumar Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | 61438 | Manoj Kumar Chandra | All Jharkhand Students Union | 50442 | 10996 | 12.12.2019 | |||
27 | Chatra | Satyanand Bhogta | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 101710 | Janardan Paswan | Bharatiya Janata Party | 77655 | 24055 | 30.11.2019 | |||
Giridih District | ||||||||||||
28 | Dhanwar | Babu Lal Marandi | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | 52352 | Lakshman Prasad Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 34802 | 17550 | 12.12.2019 | |||
29 | Bagodar | Vinod Kumar Singh | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 98201 | Nagendra Mahto | Bharatiya Janata Party | 83656 | 14545 | 16.12.2019 | |||
30 | Jamua | Kedar Hazra | Bharatiya Janata Party | 58468 | Manju Kumari | Indian National Congress | 40293 | 18175 | 16.12.2019 | |||
31 | Gandey | Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 65023 | Jai Prakash Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | 56168 | 8855 | 16.12.2019 | |||
32 | Giridih | Sudivya Kumar | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 80871 | Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 64987 | 15884 | 16.12.2019 | |||
33 | Dumri | Jagarnath Mahto | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 71128 | Yashoda Devi | All Jharkhand Students Union | 36840 | 34288 | 16.12.2019 | |||
Bokaro District | ||||||||||||
34 | Gomia | Lambodar Mahto | All Jharkhand Students Union | 71859 | Babita Devi | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 60922 | 10937 | 12.12.2019 | |||
35 | Bermo | Rajendra Pd. Singh | Indian National Congress | 88945 | Yogeshwar Mahto | Bharatiya Janata Party | 63773 | 25172 | 12.12.2019 | |||
36 | Bokaro | Biranchi Narayan | Bharatiya Janata Party | 112333 | Shweta Singh | Indian National Congress | 99020 | 13313 | 16.12.2019 | |||
37 | Chandankiyari | Amar Kumar Bauri | Bharatiya Janata Party | 67739 | Uma Kant Rajak | All Jharkhand Students Union | 58528 | 9211 | 16.12.2019 | |||
Dhanbad District | ||||||||||||
38 | Sindri | Indrajit Mahato | Bharatiya Janata Party | 80967 | Anand Mahato | Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 72714 | 8253 | 16.12.2019 | |||
39 | Nirsa | Aparna Sengupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | 89082 | Arup Chatterjee | Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 63624 | 25458 | 16.12.2019 | |||
40 | Dhanbad | Raj Sinha | Bharatiya Janata Party | 120773 | Mannan Mallick | Indian National Congress | 90144 | 30629 | 16.12.2019 | |||
41 | Jharia | Purnima Niraj Singh | Indian National Congress | 79786 | Ragini Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 67732 | 12054 | 16.12.2019 | |||
42 | Tundi | Mathura Prasad Mahato | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 72552 | Vikram Pandey | Bharatiya Janata Party | 46893 | 25659 | 16.12.2019 | |||
43 | Baghmara | Dulu Mahato | Bharatiya Janata Party | 78291 | Jaleshwar Mahato | Indian National Congress | 77467 | 824 | 16.12.2019 | |||
44 | Baharagora | Samir Kr. Mohanty | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 106017 | Kunal Shadangy | Bharatiya Janata Party | 45452 | 60565 | 07.12.2019 | |||
East Singhbum District | ||||||||||||
45 | Ghatsila | Ramdas Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 63531 | Lakhan Chandra Mardi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 56807 | 6724 | 07.12.2019 | |||
46 | Potka | Sanjib Sardar | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 110753 | Menka Sardar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 67643 | 43110 | 07.12.2019 | |||
47 | Jugsalai | Mangal Kalindi | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 88581 | Muchiram Bauri | Bharatiya Janata Party | 66647 | 21934 | 07.12.2019 | |||
48 | Jamshedpur East | Saryu Roy | Independent | 73945 | Raghubar Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | 58112 | 15833 | 07.12.2019 | |||
49 | Jamshedpur West | Banna Gupta | Indian National Congress | 96778 | Devendra Nath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 74195 | 22583 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Seraikella District | ||||||||||||
50 | Ichaghar | Sabita Mahato | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 57546 | Hare lal Mahato | All Jharkhand Students Union | 38836 | 18710 | 12.12.2019 | |||
51 | Seraikella | Champai Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 111554 | Ganesh Mahali | Bharatiya Janata Party | 95887 | 15667 | 07.12.2019 | |||
West Singhbhum District | ||||||||||||
52 | Chaibasai | Deepak Birua | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 69485 | J.B.Tubid | Bharatiya Janata Party | 43326 | 26159 | 07.12.2019 | |||
53 | Majhgaon | Niral Purty | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 67750 | Bhupendra Pingua | Bharatiya Janata Party | 20558 | 47192 | 07.12.2019 | |||
54 | Jaganathpur | Sona Ram Sinku | Indian National Congress | 32499 | Mangal Singh Bobonga | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | 20893 | 11606 | 07.12.2019 | |||
55 | Manoharpur | Joba Majhi | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 50945 | Gurucharan Nayak | Bharatiya Janata Party | 34926 | 16019 | 07.12.2019 | |||
56 | Chakradharpur | Sukhram Oraon | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 43832 | Laxman Giluwa | Bharatiya Janata Party | 31598 | 12234 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Seraikella District | ||||||||||||
57 | Kharsawan | Dhasrath Gagai | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 73341 | Jawahar Lal Banra | Bharatiya Janata Party | 50546 | 22795 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Ranchi District | ||||||||||||
58 | Tamar | Vikas Kumar Munda | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 55491 | Ram Durlav Singh Munda | All Jharkhand Students Union | 24520 | 30971 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Khunti District | ||||||||||||
59 | Torpa | Koche Munda | Bharatiya Janata Party | 43482 | Sudeep Guria | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 33852 | 9630 | 07.12.2019 | |||
60 | Khunti | Nilkanth Singh Munda | Bharatiya Janata Party | 59198 | Sushil Pahan | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 32871 | 26327 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Ranchi District | ||||||||||||
61 | Silli | Sudhesh Kumar Mahto | All Jharkhand Students Union | 83700 | Seema Devi | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 63505 | 20195 | 12.12.2019 | |||
62 | Khijri | Rajesh Kachhap | Indian National Congress | 83829 | Ram Kumar Pahan | Bharatiya Janata Party | 78360 | 5469 | 12.12.2019 | |||
63 | Ranchi | Chandreshwar Prasad Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 79646 | Mahua Maji | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 73742 | 5904 | 12.12.2019 | |||
64 | Hatia | Navin Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 115431 | Ajay Nath Shahdeo | Indian National Congress | 99167 | 16264 | 12.12.2019 | |||
65 | Kanke | Sammari Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 111975 | Suresh Kumar Baitha | Indian National Congress | 89435 | 22540 | 12.12.2019 | |||
66 | Mandar | Bandhu Tirkey | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | 92491 | Deo Kumar Dhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | 69364 | 23127 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Gumla District | ||||||||||||
67 | Sisai | Jiga Susaran Horo | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 93720 | Dinesh Oraon | Bharatiya Janata Party | 55302 | 38418 | 07.12.2019 | |||
68 | Gumla | Bhushan Tirkey | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 67416 | Mishir Kujur | Bharatiya Janata Party | 59749 | 7667 | 30.11.2019 | |||
69 | Bishunpur | Chamra Linda | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 80864 | Ashok Oraon | Bharatiya Janata Party | 63482 | 17382 | 30.11.2019 | |||
Simdega District | ||||||||||||
70 | Simdega | Bhushan Bara | Indian National Congress | 60651 | Shradhanand Besra | Bharatiya Janata Party | 60366 | 285 | 07.12.2019 | |||
71 | Kolebira | Naman Bixal Kongari | Indian National Congress | 48574 | Sujan Jojo | Bharatiya Janata Party | 36236 | 12338 | 07.12.2019 | |||
Lohardaga District | ||||||||||||
72 | Lohardaga | Rameshwar Oraon | Indian National Congress | 74380 | Sukhdeo Bhagat | Bharatiya Janata Party | 44230 | 30150 | 30.11.2019 | |||
Latehar District | ||||||||||||
73 | Manika | Ramchandra Singh | Indian National Congress | 74000 | Raghupal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 57760 | 16240 | 30.11.2019 | |||
74 | Latehar | Baidyanath Ram | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 76507 | Prakash Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | 60179 | 16328 | 30.11.2019 | |||
Palamu District | ||||||||||||
75 | Panki | Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta | Bharatiya Janata Party | 93184 | Devendra Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | 55994 | 37190 | 30.11.2019 | |||
76 | Daltonganj | Alok Kumar Chaurasiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | 103698 | Krishna Nand Tripathi | Indian National Congress | 103698 | 21517 | 30.11.2019 | |||
77 | Bishrampur | Ramchandra Chandravanshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 40635 | Rajesh Mehta | Bahujan Samaj Party | 32122 | 8513 | 30.11.2019 | |||
78 | Chhatarpur | Pushpa Devi | Bharatiya Janta Party | 64127 | Vijay Kumar | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 37335 | 26792 | 30.11.2019 | |||
79 | Hussainabad | Kamlesh Kumar Singh | Nationalist Congress Party | 41293 | Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 31444 | 9849 | 30.11.2019 | |||
Garhwa District | ||||||||||||
80 | Garhwa | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 106681 | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | 83159 | 23522 | 30.11.2019 | |||
81 | Bhawanathpur | Bhanu Pratap Sahi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 96818 | Sogra Bibi | Bahujan Samaj Party | 56914 | 39904 | 30.11.2019 |
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.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Congress Talks With JMM, JVM For 2019 Grand Alliance In Jharkhand". NDTV.com.
- ^ "With an Eye on Jharkhand, Congress Seals Pre-poll Alliance With JMM". News18.
- ^ "Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand, 2019". Election Commission of India. 11 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Next up, Jharkhand state assembly elections: Key constituencies, winning odds, Chief Minister candidates and other top questions". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- 2019 State Assembly elections in India
- December 2019 events in India
- November 2019 events in India
- State Assembly elections in Jharkhand
- 2010s in Jharkhand