# 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.

## Schedule

The schedule for the election proceedings was announced on 1 November 2019.
| Poll Event | 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 | 21 December 2019 | 21 December 2019 | 21 December 2019 | 21 December 2019 |

## Parties and alliances
### United Progressive Alliance

| No. | Party | 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 | 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 | | | | | | |
| Publishing Date | Polling Agency | Data Metric | BJP | AJSU | JMM | INC | JVM | Others |
| 28 November 2019 | IANS – CVoter | Vote share | 33.3 % | 4.6 % | 18 % | 12.4 % | 7.7 % | 23.2 % |
| 28 November 2019 | IANS – CVoter | Seat projection | 28 – 38 | 3 – 9 | 18 – 28 | 6 – 10 | 3 – 9 | 3 – 9 |

### Exit polls

| Publishing date | Polling agency | | | | | | Majority |
| Publishing date | Polling agency | BJP | UPA | AJSU | JVM (P) | Others | Majority |
| 20 December 2019 | India Today - Axis My India | 27 (22–32) | 43 (38–50) | 5 (3–5) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (4–7) | UPA |
| 20 December 2019 | ABP - IANS - CVoter | 32 (28–36) | 35 (31–39) | 5 (3–7) | 3 (1–5) | 6 (4–8) | Hung |
| 20 December 2019 | Times Now | 28 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 2 | UPA |

## Result

Vote Share
Seats :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | 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 | 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 | Total | 1,50,48,908 | 100.00 | | 81 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,50,48,908 | 99.82 | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 27,252 | 0.18 | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 1,50,76,160 | 65.38 | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 79,81,875 | 34.62 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 2,30,58,035 | | | | |

### Alliance wise results

Source:
| Alliance | Party | Party | Contested | Seats Won | Alliance wise seat won | / Seats |
| UPA | | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 43 | 30 | 47 | 11 |
| UPA | | Indian National Congress | 31 | 16 | 47 | 10 |
| UPA | | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 7 | 1 | 47 | 1 |
| NDA | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 79 | 25 | 25 | 12 |
| None | | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) | 81 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| None | | All Jharkhand Students Union | 53 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| None | | Communist Party of India (M-L) L | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
| None | | Nationalist Congress Party | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| None | | Independent | | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | | 81 | 81 | |

## Results by constituency

Results :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin | Poll On |
| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Margin | Poll On |
| 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 | 3 November 2020 | 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 |