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 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
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, Dumka (both won) Jamshedpur East (lost) Lohardaga (Won) Last election 19 37 6 Seats won 30 25 16 Seat change 11 12 10 Popular vote 2,817,442 5,022,374 2,088,863 Percentage 18.72% 33.37% 13.88% Swing 1.71% 2.11% 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 5 3 Popular vote 820,757 1,219,535 Percentage 5.45% 8.10% Swing 4.54% 4.42%
Seatwise map of the election results
Structure of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Raghubar Das BJP Elected Chief Minister Hemant Soren JMM

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
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

  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

  Left Front

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
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

  Nationalist Congress Party

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

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

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

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

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

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

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

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 2019-2024

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
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

See also

• 2019 Indian general election in Jharkhand
• 2019 elections in India

External links

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

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