Elections in Jharkhand

Elections in Jharkhand are being conducted since the formation of the state in 2000, to elect the members of Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha and to the members of the lower house of the Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha. There are 81 Vidhan Sabha constituencies and 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.[1]

Major Political parties in Jharkhand

The Bharatiya Janata Party and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha have been the most dominant parties in the state since its formation. Other major parties include Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, Janata Dal (United) and All Jharkhand Students Union.

Lok Sabha elections

Until the year 2000, Jharkhand was a part of undivided Bihar state.

Total Seats- 14

Year	1st Party		2nd Party		3rd Party		Others
2004		INC 6		JMM 4		RJD 2		BJP 1
								CPI 1
2009		BJP 8		JMM 2		INC 1		JVM 1
								Ind 2
2014		BJP 12		JMM 2
2019		BJP 11		AJSU 1		INC 1		JMM 1
2024		BJP 8		JMM 3		INC 2		AJSU 1

Vidhan Sabha elections

2024

Chief Minister: Hemant Soren (JMM)

Party		Seats			Popular vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	± pp
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	43	34	4	23.44%	4.72%
	Indian National Congress	30	16		15.56%	1.68%
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	7	4	3	3.44%	0.69%
	Communist Party of India (M-L) L	4	2	1	1.89%	0.74%
Total		81	56	8	44.33%	8.98%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	68	21	4	33.18%	0.19%
	All Jharkhand Students Union	10	1	1	3.54%	4.56%
	Janata Dal (United)	2	1	1	0.81%	0.07%
	Lok Janshakti Party (RV)	1	1	1	0.61%	New
Total		81	24	3	38.14%	4.68%
	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	68	1	1	6.20%	New
Total			81

2019

Chief Minister(s): Hemant Soren (JMM), Champai Soren (JMM)

Party		Seats			Popular vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	± pp
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	43	30	11	18.72%	1.71%
	Indian National Congress	31	16	10	13.88%	3.42%
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	7	1	1	2.75%	0.38%
Total		81	47	22	35.35%	1.33%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	79	25	12	33.37%	2.11%
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha	81	3	5	5.45%	4.54%
	All Jharkhand Students Union	53	2	3	8.10%	4.42%
	Communist Party of India (M-L) L	14	1		1.15%	0.37%
	Nationalist Congress Party	7	1	1	0.42%	New
	Independents		2	2	6.55%	0.14%
Total			81

2014

Chief Minister: Raghubar Das (BJP)

Party		Seats			Popular vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	± pp
	Bharatiya Janata Party	72	37	19	31.26%	11.08%
	All Jharkhand Students Union	8	5		3.68%	1.44%
Total		80	42	19	34.94%	9.64%
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	79	19	1	20.43%	5.23%
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha	73	8	3	9.99%	1.00%
	Indian National Congress	62	6	8	10.46%	5.7%
	Bahujan Samaj Party	61	1	1	1.82%
	Communist Party of India (M-L) L	39	1		1.52%
	Jharkhand Party	19	1		1.11%
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	13	1		1.02%
	Jai Bharat Samanta Party	19	1		0.79%
	Nav Jawan Sangharsh Morcha	9	1	1	0.49%
Total			81

2009

Chief Minister: Shibu Soren (JMM), Arjun Munda (BJP), Hemant Soren (JMM)

Party		Seats			Popular vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	± pp
	Bharatiya Janata Party	67	18	12	20.18%	3.39%
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	78	18	1	15.20%	0.91%
	Indian National Congress	61	14	5	16.16%	4.11%
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha	25	11	New	8.99%	New
	All Jharkhand Students Union	54	5	3	5.12%
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	56	5	2	5.03%
	Janata Dal (United)	14	2	4	2.78%
	Communist Party of India (M-L) L	33	1		2.35%
	Jharkhand Party	41	1		1.10%
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	6	1	1	1.09%
	Jai Bharat Samanta Party	9	1	1	0.91%
	Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch	9	1	1	0.72%%
	Rashtriya Kalyan Paksha	3	1	1	0.70%
	Independents	647	2	1	10.61%
Total			81

2005

Chief Minister: Shibu Soren (JMM), Arjun Munda (BJP), Madhu Koda (Independent)

Party		Seats			Popular vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	%	± pp
	Bharatiya Janata Party	63	30	2	23.57%
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	49	17	5	14.29%
	Indian National Congress	41	9	2	12.05%
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	51	7	2	8.48%
	Janata Dal (United)	18	6	3	4.00%
	All Jharkhand Students Union	40	2		2.81%
	United Goans Democratic Party	22	2		1.52%
	All India Forward Bloc	12	2		1.00%
	Communist Party of India (M-L) L	28	1		2.46%
	Jharkhand Party	27	1		0.97%
	National Congress Party	13	1		0.43%
	Independents	662	3	1	15.31%
Total			81

2000*

Chief Minister: Babulal Marandi (BJP), Arjun Munda (BJP)

Party		Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party	32
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	12
	Indian National Congress	11
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	9
	Samata Party	5
	Janata Dal (United)	3
	Communist Party of India	3
	United Goans Democratic Party	2
	Communist Party of India (M-L) L	1
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	1
	Independent	2
Total		81

• The First assembly of Jharkhand was constituted on the basis of the Bihar state legislative assembly elections held in February, 2000.

References

1. "Elections in Jharkhand". elections.in. Retrieved 27 May 2013.