2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

Summary

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]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

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81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.38% (Decrease 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, Dumka
(both won)
Jamshedpur East (lost) Lohardaga (Won)
Last election 19 37 6
Seats won 30 25 16
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 12 Increase 10
Popular vote 2,817,442 5,022,374 2,088,863
Percentage 18.72% 33.37% 13.88%
Swing Decrease 1.71% Increase 2.11% Increase 3.42%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Babulal Marandi Sudesh Mahto
Party JVM(P) AJSU
Leader's seat Dhanwar (Won) Silli (Won)
Last election 8 5
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Decrease 5 Decrease 3
Popular vote 820,757 1,219,535
Percentage 5.45% 8.10%
Swing Decrease 4.54% Increase 4.42%

Constituencies of Jharkhand

Chief Minister before election

Raghubar Das
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Hemant Soren
JMM

Schedule edit

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
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

Parties and alliances edit

  United Progressive Alliance edit

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested
1. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
 
 
Hemant Soren 41
2. Indian National Congress
 
 
Rameshwar Oraon 31
3. Rashtriya Janata Dal
 
 
 
Abhay Kumar Singh 7

  National Democratic Alliance edit

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

  Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) edit

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

  All Jharkhand Students Union edit

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

  Nationalist Congress Party edit

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

  Communist Party of India (ML) L edit

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

Surveys and polls edit

Opinion polls edit

Publishing Date Polling Agency Data Metric
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

Exit polls edit

Publishing date Polling agency Majority
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

Result edit

 
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%   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

Alliance wise results edit

Source:[8]

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 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

Results by constituency edit

Results
Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin Poll On
# 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

Government formation edit

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 2019-2023 edit

Date S.No Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
1 3 November 2020 Dumka Hemant Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Basant Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2 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 Bebi Devi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

See also edit

External links edit

  • Election Commission of India (official website)
  • Statistical Report [9]
  • Form 20

References edit

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