2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

November – 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, 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%
Constituencies of Jharkhand
Chief Minister before election Raghubar Das BJP Elected Chief Minister Hemant Soren JMM (With INC & RJD)

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]

Schedule

The schedule for the election proceedings was announced on 1 November 2019.

Parties and alliances

  United Progressive Alliance

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

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

Result

Result of the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election by constituency

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

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 2019-2023

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

References