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
Turnout65.38% ( 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 PhotoLeader 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 PhotoLeader Seats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party Raghubar Das 79

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

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

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

  Communist Party of India (ML) L
No. Party Flag Symbol PhotoLeader 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.

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See also

References
  1. "Congress Talks With JMM, JVM For 2019 Grand Alliance In Jharkhand". NDTV.com.
  2. "With an Eye on Jharkhand, Congress Seals Pre-poll Alliance With JMM". News18.
  3. "Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand, 2019". Election Commission of India. 11 November 2019.
  4. "Next up, Jharkhand state assembly elections: Key constituencies, winning odds, Chief Minister candidates and other top questions". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
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