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]
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81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 65.38% ( 1.15%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Constituencies of Jharkhand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| 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 | 21December 2019 | ||||
Parties and alliances
United Progressive Alliance
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |  |
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Hemant Soren | 43 | |
| 2. | Indian National Congress |  |
Rameshwar Oraon | 31 | ||
| 3. | Rashtriya Janata Dal |  |
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Abhay Kumar Singh | 7 |
National Democratic Alliance
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
Raghubar Das | 79 |
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) |  |
Babulal Marandi | 81 |
All Jharkhand Students Union
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | All Jharkhand Students Union |  |
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Sudesh Mahto | 53 |
Nationalist Congress Party
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Nationalist Congress Party |  |
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Kamlesh Kumar Singh | 7 |
Communist Party of India (ML) L
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Communist Party of India (ML) L |  |
14 |
Surveys and polls
Vote share
| Poll Type | Publishing Date | Polling Agency | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||
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| 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 | |
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| 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
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.
References
- "Congress Talks With JMM, JVM For 2019 Grand Alliance In Jharkhand". NDTV.com.
- "With an Eye on Jharkhand, Congress Seals Pre-poll Alliance With JMM". News18.
- "Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand, 2019". Election Commission of India. 11 November 2019.
- "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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