2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

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]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

30 November – 20 December 2019
81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.38% ( 1.15%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Hemant Soren Raghubar Das Rameshwar Oraon Party JMM BJP INC Alliance UPA NDA UPA Leader's seat Barhait (won) Dumka (vacated) Jamshedpur East (lost) Lohardaga (won) Last election Seats: 19 Votes: 18.72% Seats: 37 Votes: 31.3% Seats: 6 Votes: 13.88% Seats before 17 37 6 Seats won 30 25 16 Seat change 13 12 10   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Babu Lal Marandi Sudesh Mahto Party JVM(P) AJSU Leader's seat Dhanwar (won) Silli (won) Last election Seats: 8 Votes: 10% Seats: 5 Votes: 10% Seats before 1 5 Seats won 3 2 Seat change 2 3
Constituencies of Jharkhand
Chief Minister before election Raghubar Das BJP Elected Chief Minister Hemant Soren JMM (With INC & RJD)

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
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
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
1.	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha				Hemant Soren	43
2.	Indian National Congress				Rameshwar Oraon	31
3.	Rashtriya Janata Dal				Abhay Kumar Singh	7

  National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party				Raghubar Das	79

  Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)				Babulal Marandi	81

  All Jharkhand Students Union

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
1.	All Jharkhand Students Union				Sudesh Mahto	53

  Nationalist Congress Party

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Nationalist Congress Party				Kamlesh Kumar Singh	7

  Communist Party of India (ML) L

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Communist Party of India (ML) L					14

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Vote share

Poll Type	Publishing Date	Polling Agency
			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
			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
		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
	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

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%)

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	28,17,442	18.72%		30	11
	Bharatiya Janata Party	50,22,374	33.37%		25	12
	Indian National Congress	20,88,863	13.88%		16	10
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	8,20,757	5.45%		3	5
	All Jharkhand Students Union	12,19,535	8.10%		2	3
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	4,13,167	2.75%		1	1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	1,72,475	1.15%		1
	Nationalist Congress Party	63,320	0.42%		1	1
	Independents	9,85,438	6.55%		2	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	/ Seats
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	52	2	2	3
		Communist Party of India (M-L) L	N/A	1	1
		Nationalist Congress Party		1	1	1
		Independent		2	2	2
		Others		1	1	5
		Total	81

Results by constituency

Results

Assembly Constituency			Winner				Runner Up				Margin	Poll On
#	Phase	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
Sahebganj District
1	5th	Rajmahal	Anant Kumar Ojha		Bharatiya Janata Party	88904	Md. Tajuddin		All Jharkhand Students Union	76532	12372	20.12.2019
2	5th	Borio	Lobin Hembrom		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	77365	Surya Narayan Hansada		Bharatiya Janata Party	59441	17924	20.12.2019
3	5th	Barhait	Hemant Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	73725	Simon Malto		Bharatiya Janata Party	47985	25740	20.12.2019
Pakur District
4	5th	Litipara	Dinesh William Marandi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	66675	Daniel Kisku		Bharatiya Janata Party	52772	13903	20.12.2019
5	5th	Pakaur	Alamgir Alam		Indian National Congress	128218	Veni Prasad Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party	63110	65108	20.12.2019
6	5th	Maheshpur	Stephen Marandi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	89197	Mistry Soren		Bharatiya Janata Party	55091	34106	20.12.2019
Dumka District
7	5th	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	Lois 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.

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

• 2019 Indian general election in Jharkhand

References

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2. "With an Eye on Jharkhand, Congress Seals Pre-poll Alliance With JMM". News18.
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