# 2024 Indian general election in Jharkhand

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Jharkhand from 13 May 2024 to 1 June 2024 to elect 14 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.

## Election schedule

| Poll event | Phase | Phase | Phase | Phase |
| Poll event | IV | V | VI | VII |
| Notification Date | 18 April | 26 April | 29 April | 7 May |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 25 April | 3 May | 6 May | 14 May |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 26 April | 4 May | 7 May | 15 May |
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 29 April | 6 May | 9 May | 17 May |
| Date of poll | 13 May | 20 May | 25 May | 1 June |
| Date of counting of votes/Result | 4 June 2024 | 4 June 2024 | 4 June 2024 | 4 June 2024 |
| No. of constituencies | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |

## Parties and alliances
### National Democratic Alliance

| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | | | Arjun Munda | 13 |
| All Jharkhand Students Union | | | Sudesh Mahto | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 |

### Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| Indian National Congress | | | Rajesh Thakur, Alamgir Alam | 7 |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | | | Champai Soren | 5 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | | | Vinod Kumar Singh | 1 |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | | | Abhay Kumar Singh | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 |

### Others

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbolic | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| | Communist Party of India | | | Mahendra Pathak | 4 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | | | | 1 |

## Candidates

| Constituency | Constituency | | | | | | |
| Constituency | Constituency | NDA | NDA | NDA | INDIA | INDIA | INDIA |
| 1 | Rajmahal (ST) | | BJP | Tala Marandi | | JMM | Vijay Kumar Hansdak |
| 2 | Dumka (ST) | | BJP | Sita Soren | | JMM | Nalin Soren |
| 3 | Godda | | BJP | Nishikant Dubey | | INC | Pradeep Yadav |
| 4 | Chatra | | BJP | Kalicharan Singh | | INC | Krishna Nand Tripathi |
| 5 | Kodarma | | BJP | Annpurna Devi | | CPI(ML)L | Vinod Kumar Singh |
| 6 | Giridih | | AJSU | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | | JMM | Mathura Prasad Mahto |
| 7 | Dhanbad | | BJP | Dulu Mahato | | INC | Anupama Singh |
| 8 | Ranchi | | BJP | Sanjay Seth | | INC | Yashashwini Sahay |
| 9 | Jamshedpur | | BJP | Bidyut Baran Mahato | | JMM | Samir Mohanty |
| 10 | Singhbhum (ST) | | BJP | Geeta Koda | | JMM | Joba Majhi |
| 11 | Khunti (ST) | | BJP | Arjun Munda | | INC | Kalicharan Munda |
| 12 | Lohardaga (ST) | | BJP | Sameer Oraon | | INC | Sukhdeo Bhagat |
| 13 | Palamu (SC) | | BJP | Vishnu Dayal Ram | | RJD | Mamta Bhuiyan |
| 14 | Hazaribagh | | BJP | Manish Jaiswal | | INC | Jai Prakash Bhai Patel |

## Surveys and polls
### Opinion polls

| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | NDA | INDIA | Others | Lead |
| ABP News-CVoter | March 2024 | ±5% | 12 | 2 | 0 | NDA |
| India TV-CNX | March 2024 | ±3% | 13 | 1 | 0 | NDA |
| India Today-CVoter | February 2024 | ±3-5% | 12 | 2 | 0 | NDA |
| Times Now-ETG | December 2023 | ±3% | 11-13 | 1-3 | 0 | NDA |
| India TV-CNX | October 2023 | ±3% | 13 | 1 | 0 | NDA |
| Times Now-ETG | September 2023 | ±3% | 9-11 | 3-5 | 0 | NDA |
| Times Now-ETG | August 2023 | ±3% | 10-12 | 2-4 | 0 | NDA |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | NDA | INDIA | Others | Lead |
| ABP News-CVoter | March 2024 | ±5% | 52% | 35% | 13% | 17 |
| India Today-CVoter | February 2024 | ±3-5% | 56% | 30% | 14% | 26 |

### Exit polls

| Polling agency | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | NDA | INDIA | Others | Lead |
| Actual Results | 9 | 5 | 0 | NDA |

## Voter turnout
### Phase wise

| Phase | Poll Date | Constituencies | Voter Turnout (%) |
| IV | 13 May 2024 | Singhbhum (ST), Khunti (ST), Lohardaga (ST), Palamu (SC) | 66.01% |
| V | 20 May 2024 | Chatra, Kodarma, Hazaribagh | 63.21% |
| VI | 25 May 2024 | Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Jamshedpur | 65.39% |
| VII | 1 June 2024 | Rajmahal (ST), Dumka (ST), Godda | |
| Total | Total | Total | |

### Constituency wise

| Constituency | Constituency | Poll Date | Turnout | Swing |
| 1 | Rajmahal (ST) | 1 June 2024 | 70.78% | 1.27% |
| 2 | Dumka (ST) | 1 June 2024 | 73.87% | 0.44% |
| 3 | Godda | 1 June 2024 | 68.63% | 0.94% |
| 4 | Chatra | 20 May 2024 | 63.69% | 1.28% |
| 5 | Kodarma | 20 May 2024 | 61.81% | 4.87% |
| 6 | Giridih | 25 May 2024 | 67.23% | 0.11% |
| 7 | Dhanbad | 25 May 2024 | 62.06% | 1.59% |
| 8 | Ranchi | 25 May 2024 | 65.36% | 0.87% |
| 9 | Jamshedpur | 25 May 2024 | 67.68% | 0.49% |
| 10 | Singhbhum (ST) | 13 May 2024 | 69.32% | 0.06% |
| 11 | Khunti (ST) | 13 May 2024 | 69.93% | 0.68% |
| 12 | Lohardaga (ST) | 13 May 2024 | 66.45% | 0.15% |
| 13 | Palamu (SC) | 13 May 2024 | 61.27% | 3.07% |
| 14 | Hazaribagh | 20 May 2024 | 64.39% | 0.46% |

## Results
### Results by alliance or party

| Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
| | NDA | | BJP | 76,81,990 | 44.56 | 7.00 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| | NDA | | AJSU | 4,51,139 | 2.62 | 1.78 | 1 | 1 | |
| | NDA | Total | Total | 81,33,129 | 47.17 | 8.78 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| | INDIA | | INC | 33,19,345 | 19.25 | 3.39 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| | INDIA | | JMM | 25,17,556 | 14.60 | 2.90 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| | INDIA | | RJD | 4,81,555 | 2.79 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | |
| | INDIA | | CPI(M-L)L | 4,14,643 | 2.40 | 1.91 | 1 | 0 | |
| | INDIA | Total | Total | 67,33,099 | 39.05 | 4.39 | 14 | 5 | 3 |
| | Others | Others | Others | 6,28,519 | 3.65 | 0.28 | 114 | 0 | |
| | IND | IND | IND | 15,51,763 | 9.00 | 4.80 | 102 | 0 | |
| | NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | 1,95,472 | 1.13 | 0.13 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 1,72,41,982 | 100% | | 244 | 14 | |
| Votes Cast | Votes Cast | Votes Cast | Votes Cast | 1,72,41,982 | 66.74% | | | | |
| Total Electors | Total Electors | Total Electors | Total Electors | 2,58,33,046 | | | | | |

### Results by constituency

| Constituency | Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin | Margin |
| Constituency | Constituency | Turnout | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| 1 | Rajmahal (ST) | 70.78% | Vijay Kumar Hansdak | | JMM | 6,13,371 | 50.35% | Tala Marandi | | BJP | 4,35,107 | 35.72% | 1,78,264 | 14.63% |
| 2 | Dumka (ST) | 73.87% | Nalin Soren | | JMM | 5,47,370 | 46.23% | Sita Soren | | BJP | 5,24,843 | 44.32% | 22,527 | 1.91% |
| 3 | Godda | 68.63% | Nishikant Dubey | | BJP | 6,93,140 | 49.57% | Pradeep Yadav | | INC | 5,91,327 | 42.29% | 1,01,813 | 7.28% |
| 4 | Chatra | 63.69% | Kalicharan Singh | | BJP | 5,74,556 | 52.89% | Krishna Nand Tripathi | | INC | 3,53,597 | 32.55% | 2,20,959 | 20.34% |
| 5 | Kodarma | 61.81% | Annpurna Devi | | BJP | 7,91,657 | 57.79% | Vinod Kumar Singh | | CPI(M-L)L | 4,14,643 | 30.27% | 3,77,014 | 27.52% |
| 6 | Giridih | 67.23% | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | | AJSU | 4,51,139 | 35.67% | Mathura Prasad Mahto | | JMM | 3,70,259 | 29.27% | 80,880 | 6.40% |
| 7 | Dhanbad | 62.06% | Dulu Mahato | | BJP | 7,89,172 | 55.26% | Anupama Singh | | INC | 4,57,589 | 32.04% | 3,31,583 | 23.22% |
| 8 | Ranchi | 65.36% | Sanjay Seth | | BJP | 6,64,732 | 45.91% | Yashashwini Sahay | | INC | 5,44,220 | 37.59% | 1,20,512 | 8.32% |
| 9 | Jamshedpur | 67.68% | Bidyut Baran Mahato | | BJP | 7,26,174 | 56.84% | Samir Mohanty | | JMM | 4,66,392 | 36.5% | 2,59,782 | 20.34% |
| 10 | Singhbhum (ST) | 69.32% | Joba Majhi | | JMM | 5,20,164 | 51.62% | Geeta Koda | | BJP | 3,51,762 | 34.91% | 1,68,402 | 16.71% |
| 11 | Khunti (ST) | 69.93% | Kali Charan Munda | | INC | 5,11,647 | 54.62% | Arjun Munda | | BJP | 3,61,972 | 38.64% | 1,49,675 | 15.98% |
| 12 | Lohardaga (ST) | 66.45% | Sukhdeo Bhagat | | INC | 4,83,038 | 49.95% | Sameer Oraon | | BJP | 3,43,900 | 35.56% | 1,39,138 | 14.39% |
| 13 | Palamu (SC) | 61.27% | Vishnu Dayal Ram | | BJP | 7,70,362 | 55.39% | Mamta Bhuiyan | | RJD | 4,81,555 | 34.63% | 2,88,807 | 20.76% |
| 14 | Hazaribagh | 64.39% | Manish Jaiswal | | BJP | 6,54,163 | 51.76% | Jai Prakash Bhai Patel | | INC | 3,77,927 | 29.88% | 2,76,686 | 21.88% |

### Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

| Party | Party | Party | Party | Assembly segments | Current Position in the Assembly (as of 2024 election) |
| | NDA | | BJP | 47 | 21 |
| | NDA | | AJSU | 5 | 1 |
| | NDA | | JD(U) | Did Not Contest | 1 |
| | NDA | | LJP(RV) | Did Not Contest | 1 |
| | NDA | Total | Total | 52 | 24 |
| | INDIA | | INC | 15 | 16 |
| | INDIA | | JMM | 14 | 34 |
| | INDIA | | RJD | 0 | 4 |
| | INDIA | | CPI(ML)L | 0 | 2 |
| | INDIA | Total | Total | 29 | 56 |
| | Others | | JLKM | 0 | 1 |
| | Others | Total | Total | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 81 | 81 |