2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

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Election name	2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
Country	India
Previous election	2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
Previous year	2009
Election date	25 November — 20 December 2014
Next election	2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
Next year	2019
Seats for election	81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Majority seats	41
Turnout	66.53% ( 9.56%)
Leader 1	Raghubar Das
Party 1	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance 1	NDA
Leaders seat 1	Jamshedpur East (won)
Last election 1	18
Seats 1	37
Seat change 1	19
Popular vote 1	43,34,728
Percentage 1	31.26%
Swing 1	11.08%
Leader 2	Hemant Soren
Party 2	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Leaders seat 2	Barhait (won) Dumka (lost)
Last election 2	18
Seats 2	19
Seat change 2	1
Popular vote 2	28,32,921
Percentage 2	20.43%
Swing 2	5.23%
Leader 4	Babulal Marandi
Party 4	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
Leaders seat 4	Giridih (lost) Dhanwar (lost)
Last election 4	11
Seats 4	8
Seat change 4	3
Popular vote 4	13,85,080
Percentage 4	9.99%
Swing 4	1.00%
Leader 5	Sukhdeo Bhagat
Party 5	Indian National Congress
Leaders seat 5	Lohardaga (won)
Last election 5	14
Seats 5	6
Seat change 5	8
Popular vote 5	14,50,640
Percentage 5	10.46%
Swing 5	5.70%
Before election	Hemant Soren
Before party	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
After election	Raghubar Das
After party	Bharatiya Janata Party

The 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election (Hindi: झारखण्ड विधानसभा चुनाव) was held on 5 phases between 25 November and 20 December 2014 to elect the members of the 4th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Results were announced on December 23, 2014.^[1]^[2] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the elections securing 37 seats and defeating The Indian National Congress (INC) and its major allies Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

The term of the legislative assembly of Jharkhand ended on January 20, 2014. The Chief Election Commissioner announced five-phased assembly elections to be held in Jharkhand along with Jammu and Kashmir beginning January 20.Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs were used in 7 of the 81 assembly seats. The seven seats were from Jamshedpur East, Jamshedpur West, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Kanke and Hatia.^[3]^[4]

Parties and Alliances

Party	Symbol	Leader	Seats
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National Democratic Alliance
	Raghubar Das	72
	Sudesh Mahto	8
		1
Total			81

Party	Symbol	Leader
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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	Hemant Soren	79

Party	Symbol	Leader
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Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
	Babulal Marandi	73

Party	Symbol	Leader
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Indian National Congress
	Sukhdeo Bhagat	62

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats
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Other Parties
				61
				19
				10
				19

Voting

The five stages of the elections were held as follows:

Date	Seats	Turnout
25 November	13	61.92%^[5]
2 December	20	65.46%^[6]
9 December	17	61%^[7]^[8]
14 December	15	61.65%
20 December	16	71.25%
Total	81	66.03%

Results


Parties and Coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and Coalitions		Vote	%	+/-	Contested	Won	+/-
	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,334,728	31.26	11.08	72	37	19
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	2,832,921	20.43	5.23	79	19	1
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	1,385,080	9.99	1.00	73	8	3
	Indian National Congress	1,450,640	10.46	5.7	62	6	8
	All Jharkhand Students Union	510,277	3.68	1.44	8	5
	Bahujan Samaj Party	252,033	1.82		61	1	1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	210,446	1.52		39	1
	Jharkhand Party	153,483	1.11		19	1
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	141,853	1.02		13	1
	Jai Bharat Samanta Party	110,029	0.79		19	1
	Nav Jawan Sangharsh Morcha	68,121	0.49		9	1	1
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	433,429	3.13		19	0	5
	Janata Dal (United)	133,815	0.96		11	0	2
	Independents	927,840	6.69		363	0	2
	None of the above	235,039	1.69		81	0

Total		13,868,225	100.00		1217	81	±0

Valid votes		13,868,225	99.97
Invalid votes		4,816	0.03
Votes cast / turnout		13,873,041	66.53
Abstentions		6,979,767	33.47
Registered voters		20,852,808

Results by constituency

Source^[9]

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
Constituency		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Rajmahal	Anant Kumar Ojha		BJP	77,481	39.71	Md. Tajuddin		JMM	76,779	39.35	702	0.36
2	Borio (ST)	Tala Marandi		BJP	57,565	36.39	Lobin Hembrom		JMM	56,853	35.94	712	0.45
3	Barhait (ST)	Hemant Soren		JMM	62,515	46.18	Hemlal Murmu		BJP	38,428	28.38	24,087	17.80
4	Littipara (ST)	Dr. Anil Murmu		JMM	67,194	45.93	Simon Marandi		BJP	42,111	28.78	25,083	17.15
5	Pakur	Alamgir Alam		INC	83,338	35.41	Akil Akhtar		JMM	65,272	27.74	18,066	7.67
6	Maheshpur (ST)	Stephen Marandi		JMM	51,866	32.25	Devidhan Tudu		BJP	45,710	28.42	6,156	3.83
7	Shikaripara (ST)	Nalin Soren		JMM	61,901	42.05	Paritosh Soren		JVM(P)	37,400	25.41	24,501	16.64
8	Nala	Rabindra Nath Mahato		JMM	56,131	33.70	Satya Nand Jha		BJP	49,116	29.49	7,015	4.21
9	Jamtara	Irfan Ansari		INC	67,486	35.18	Birendra Mandal		BJP	58,349	30.42	9,137	4.76
10	Dumka (ST)	Louis Marandi		BJP	69,760	44.65	Hemant Soren		JMM	64,846	41.51	4,914	3.14
11	Jama (ST)	Sita Soren		JMM	53,250	39.80	Suresh Murmu		BJP	50,944	38.08	2,306	1.72
12	Jarmundi	Badal Patralekh		INC	43,981	28.83	Hari Narayan Ray		JMM	41,273	27.05	2,708	1.78
13	Madhupur	Raj Paliwar		BJP	74,325	37.34	Hazi Hussain Ansari		JMM	67,441	33.88	6,884	3.46
14	Sarath	Randhir Kumar Singh		JVM(P)	62,717	33.78	Uday Shankar Singh		BJP	48,816	26.29	13,901	7.49
15	Deoghar (SC)	Narayan Das		BJP	92,022	42.42	Suresh Paswan		RJD	46,870	21.60	45,152	20.82
16	Poreyahat	Pradeep Yadav		JVM(P)	64,036	35.51	Devendranath Singh		BJP	52,878	29.33	11,158	6.18
17	Godda	Raghu Nandan Mandal		BJP	87,158	48.71	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		RJD	52,672	29.44	34,486	19.27
18	Mahagama	Ashok Kumar		BJP	70,635	39.28	Shahid Iqbal		JVM(P)	39,075	21.73	31,560	17.55
19	Kodarma	Dr. Neera Yadav		BJP	84,874	42.88	Annpurna Devi		RJD	71,349	36.05	13,525	6.83
20	Barkatha	Janki Prasad Yadav		JVM(P)	63,336	32.53	Amit Kumar Yadav		BJP	55,129	28.31	8,207	4.22
21	Barhi	Manoj Yadav		INC	57,818	33.14	Umashankar Akela		BJP	50,733	29.08	7,085	4.06
22	Barkagaon	Nirmala Devi		INC	61,817	29.24	Roshan Lal Chaudhary		AJSU	61,406	29.05	411	0.19
23	Ramgarh	Chandra Prakash Choudhary		AJSU	98,987	49.06	Shahzada Anwar		INC	45,169	22.39	53,818	26.67
24	Mandu	Jai Prakash Bhai Patel		JMM	78,499	34.38	Kumar Mahesh Singh		BJP	71,487	31.31	7,012	3.07
25	Hazaribagh	Manish Jaiswal		BJP	89,675	44.46	Pradip Prasad		IND	62,546	31.01	27,129	13.45
26	Simaria (SC)	Ganesh Ganjhu		JVM(P)	67,404	36.50	Sujeet Kumar Bharati		BJP	51,764	28.03	15,640	8.47
27	Chatra (SC)	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta		BJP	69,745	38.34	Satyanand Bhogta		JVM(P)	49,169	27.03	20,576	11.31
28	Dhanwar	Raj Kumar Yadav		CPI(ML)	50,634	28.66	Babulal Marandi		JVM(P)	39,922	22.59	10,712	6.07
29	Bagodar	Nagendra Mahto		BJP	74,898	38.97	Vinod Kumar Singh		CPI(ML)	70,559	36.72	4,339	2.25
30	Jamua (SC)	Kedar Hazra		BJP	56,027	35.32	Satya Narayan Das		JVM(P)	32,927	20.76	23,100	14.56
31	Gandey	Jai Prakash Verma		BJP	48,838	28.90	Salkhan Soren		JMM	38,559	22.81	10,279	6.09
32	Giridih	Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi		BJP	57,450	38.34	Sudivya Kumar		JMM	47,517	31.71	9,933	6.63
33	Dumri	Jagarnath Mahto		JMM	77,984	45.05	Lalchand Mahto		BJP	45,503	26.29	32,481	18.76
34	Gomia	Yogendra Prasad		JMM	97,799	55.25	Madhav Lal Singh		BJP	60,285	34.06	37,514	21.19
35	Bermo	Yogeshwar Mahto		BJP	80,489	42.99	Rajendra Prasad Singh		INC	67,876	36.26	12,613	6.73
36	Bokaro	Biranchi Narayan		BJP	1,14,321	43.38	Samresh Singh		IND	41,678	15.82	72,643	27.56
37	Chandankyari (SC)	Amar Kumar Bauri		JVM(P)	81,925	51.18	Umakant Rajak		AJSU	47,761	29.83	34,164	21.35
38	Sindri	Fulchand Mandal		BJP	58,623	29.01	Anand Mahato		MCO	52,075	25.77	6,548	3.24
39	Nirsa	Arup Chatterjee		MCO	51,581	25.65	Ganesh Mishra		BJP	50,546	25.14	1,035	0.51
40	Dhanbad	Raj Sinha		BJP	1,32,091	58.17	Mannan Mallick		INC	79,094	34.83	52,997	23.34
41	Jharia	Sanjeev Singh		BJP	74,062	48.14	Niraj Singh		INC	40,370	26.24	33,692	21.90
42	Tundi	Raj Kishore Mahato		AJSU	55,466	31.41	Mathura Prasad Mahato		JMM	54,340	30.78	1,126	0.63
43	Baghmara	Dulu Mahato		BJP	86,603	51.65	Jaleshwar Mahato		JD(U)	56,980	33.99	29,623	17.66
44	Baharagora	Kunal Sarangi		JMM	57,973	35.78	Dineshananda Goswami		BJP	42,618	26.30	15,355	9.48
45	Ghatsila (ST)	Laxman Tudu		BJP	52,506	32.48	Ramdas Soren		JMM	46,103	28.52	6,403	3.96
46	Potka (ST)	Maneka Sardar		BJP	68,191	36.69	Sanjib Sardar		JMM	61,485	33.08	6,706	3.61
47	Jugsalai (SC)	Ram Chandra Sahis		AJSU	82,302	40.28	Mangal Kalindi		JMM	57,257	28.02	25,045	12.26
48	Jamshedpur East	Raghubar Das		BJP	1,03,427	61.48	Anand Bihari Dubey		INC	33,270	19.78	70,157	41.70
49	Jamshedpur West	Saryu Roy		BJP	95,346	49.86	Banna Gupta		INC	84,829	44.36	10,517	5.50
50	Ichagarh	Sadhu Charan Mahato		BJP	75,634	42.65	Sabita Mahato		JMM	33,384	18.82	42,250	23.83
51	Saraikella (ST)	Champai Soren		JMM	94,746	45.40	Ganesh Mahali		BJP	93,631	44.86	1,115	0.54
52	Chaibasa (ST)	Deepak Birua		JMM	68,801	48.70	Jyoti Bhramar Tubid		BJP	34,086	24.13	34,715	24.57
53	Majhganon (ST)	Niral Purty		JMM	45,272	35.27	Madhu Kora		JBSP	34,090	26.56	11,182	8.71
54	Jaganathpur (ST)	Geeta Kora		JBSP	48,546	42.84	Mangal Singh Suren		BJP	23,935	21.12	24,611	21.72
55	Manoharpur (ST)	Joba Manjhi		JMM	57,558	45.16	Gurucharan Nayak		BJP	40,989	32.16	16,569	13.00
56	Chakradharpur (ST)	Shashibhushan Samad		JMM	64,396	52.38	Navami Oraon		BJP	37,948	30.86	26,448	21.52
57	Kharasawan (ST)	Dashrath Gagrai		JMM	72,002	49.15	Arjun Munda		BJP	60,036	40.99	11,966	8.16
58	Tamar (ST)	Vikash Kumar Munda		AJSU	57,428	42.87	Gopal Krishna Patar		IND	31,422	23.46	26,006	19.41
59	Torpa (ST)	Paulus Surin		JMM	32,003	30.77	Koche Munda		BJP	31,960	30.73	43	0.04
60	Khunti (ST)	Nilkanth Singh Munda		BJP	47,032	39.25	Jidan Horo		JMM	25,517	21.30	21,515	17.95
61	Silli	Amit Mahto		JMM	79,747	55.71	Sudesh Mahto		AJSU	50,007	34.93	29,740	20.78
62	Khijri (ST)	Ramkumar Pahan		BJP	94,581	52.48	Sundri Devi		INC	29,669	16.46	64,912	36.02
63	Ranchi	C. P. Singh		BJP	95,760	64.38	Mahua Maji		JMM	36,897	24.81	58,863	39.57
64	Hatia	Navin Jaiswal		JVM(P)	88,228	40.45	Seema Sharma		BJP	80,210	36.77	8,018	3.68
65	Kanke (SC)	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram		BJP	1,15,702	55.73	Suresh Kumar Baitha		INC	55,898	26.92	59,804	28.81
66	Mandar (ST)	Gangotri Kujur		BJP	54,200	28.50	Bandhu Tirkey		AITC	46,595	24.50	7,605	4.00
67	Sisai (ST)	Dinesh Oraon		BJP	44,472	31.02	Jiga Susaran Horo		JMM	41,879	29.21	2,593	1.81
68	Gumla (ST)	Shivshankar Oraon		BJP	50,473	38.89	Bhushan Tirkey		JMM	46,441	35.78	4,032	3.11
69	Bishunpur (ST)	Chamra Linda		JMM	55,851	37.95	Samir Oraon		BJP	45,008	30.58	10,843	7.37
70	Simdega (ST)	Vimla Pradhan		BJP	45,343	33.38	Menon Ekka		JKP	42,149	31.03	3,194	2.35
71	Kolebira (ST)	Anosh Ekka		JKP	48,978	39.59	Manoj Nagesiya		BJP	31,835	25.74	17,143	13.85
72	Lohardaga (ST)	Kamal Kishore Bhagat		AJSU	56,920	38.81	Sukhdeo Bhagat		INC	56,328	38.41	592	0.40
73	Manika (ST)	Harikrishna Singh		BJP	31,583	24.70	Ramchandra Singh		RJD	30,500	23.86	1,083	0.84
74	Latehar (SC)	Prakash Ram		JVM(P)	71,189	44.45	Brajmohan Ram		BJP	44,402	27.72	26,787	16.73
75	Panki	Bidesh Singh		INC	41,175	26.23	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta		IND	39,180	24.96	1,995	1.27
76	Daltonganj	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya		JVM(P)	59,202	29.78	Krishna Nand Tripathi		INC	54,855	27.60	4,347	2.18
77	Bishrampur	Ramchandra Chandravanshi		BJP	37,974	22.70	Anju Singh		IND	24,064	14.39	13,910	8.31
78	Chattarpur (SC)	Radha Krishna Kishore		BJP	43,805	30.62	Manoj Kumar		RJD	37,943	26.52	5,862	4.10
79	Hussainabad	Shivpujan Mehta		BSP	57,275	37.00	Kamlesh Kumar Singh		NCP	29,523	19.07	27,752	17.93
80	Garhwa	Satyendra Nath Tiwari		BJP	75,196	36.95	Girinath Singh		RJD	53,441	26.26	21,755	10.69
81	Bhawanathpur	Bhanu Pratap Sahi		NSAM	58,908	27.80	Anant Pratap Deo		BJP	56,247	26.54	2,661	1.26

Government formation

Raghubar Das was sworn in as the 10th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014.

On 11 February 2015 six Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) MLAs joined the BJP a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside ruling BJP-led coalition members in the state Assembly.

Naveen Jaiswal (Hatia), Amar Kumar Bauri (Chandankiyari), Ganesh Ganju (Simeria), Alok Kumar Chourasia (Daltonganj), Randhir Singh (Sarath) and Janki Yadav (Barkatha) joined the party at Jharkhand Bhavan in Delhi.

Bypolls (2014-2019)

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election
72	14 December 2015	Lohardaga	Kamal Kishore Bhagat		Sukhdeo Bhagat
75	16 May 2016	Panki	Bidesh Singh		Devendra Kumar Singh
17	16 May 2016	Godda	Raghu Nandan Mandal		Amit Kumar Mandal
4	9 April 2017	Litipara	Dr. Anil Murmu		Simon Marandi
34	28 May 2018	Gomia	Yogendra Prasad	Babita Devi
61	28 May 2018	Silli	Amit Kumar	Seema Devi
71	20 December 2018	Kolebira	Anosh Ekka		Naman Bixal Kongari

References

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^ "EC announces five phased polling for Jharkhand and J-K". Business Standard India. 2014-10-25.
^ 5-PHASE POLLS IN J&K, J’KHAND FROM NOV 25
^ 5 phase polls for 4th Assembly to begin on Nov 25
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External links

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