2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
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The 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases from 13 to 20 November 2024 to elect all 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.[2] The counting of votes will take place on 23 November 2024 and results will be declared simultaneously.
Background
The tenure of 5th Jharkhand Assembly is scheduled to end on 5 January 2025.[3] The previous assembly elections were held in November–December 2019. The coalition of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Indian National Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal formed the state government, with Hemant Soren becoming the Chief Minister.[4]
Voting
In the first phase of voting on November 13, 2024, electorates exercised their franchise across 43 Assembly constituencies spread over 15 districts contested by 638 candidates. The overall voting percentage was 66.65%. While 69.04% of women voters came out to press the EVM button, the percentage for men was 64.27% while just 31.02% of the third gender voted. In 37 of the 43 constitunecies that voted in the first phase, the female voters had a higher turnout than males.
The maximun voting percentage was recorded on Kharsawan Assembly with 77.32%. The next two seats were Baharagora (76.15%) and Lohardaga (73.21%). However, Ranchi saw the lowest polling with just 51.5% of the electorate participating in the election process.
The second phase on November 20 saw voting taking place in 38 Assembly seats. The number of candidates is 528. The polling percentage in 38 constituencies of Jharkhand was 68.45%.
Schedule
| Poll event | Phase | |
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| I | II | |
| Notification date | 18 October | 22 October |
| Last date for filing nomination | 25 October 2024 | 29 October 2024 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 28 October | 30 October |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 30 October | 1 November |
| Date of poll | 13 November[5] | 20 November |
| Date of counting of votes | 23 November | |
| No. of constituencies | 43 | 38 |
Parties and alliances
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 
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Hemant Soren | 43[a] | |
| Indian National Congress | 
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Rameshwar Oraon | 30[b] | |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 
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Abhay Kumar Singh[6] | 7[b] | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 
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Janardan Prasad | 4[a] | |
| Party[7] | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | 
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Babulal Marandi | 68 | |
| All Jharkhand Students Union | 
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Sudesh Mahto | 10 | |
| Janata Dal (United) | 
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Khiru Mahto[8] | 2 | |
| Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | 
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Birendra Prasad Pradhan | 1 | ||
Others
| Party[9] | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Bahujan Samaj Party | 
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TBA | 81 | |
| Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha[10][11] | 
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Jairam Kumar Mahato | 76[12] | |
| Jharkhand Party | 
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Ajit Kumar | 16 | ||
| Communist Party of India | 
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Mahendra Pathak | 15[13] | |
| Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) | 
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Chandrashekhar Azad | 14 | |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 
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Robin Samajpati | 14 | ||
| Samajwadi Party | 
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TBA | 12 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
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Prakash Viplav | 9 | |
| Jharkhand People's Party | 
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Surya Singh Besra | 8 | ||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 
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Manoj Bhattacharya[14] | TBD | |
| All India Forward Bloc | 
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Arun Mondal | TBD | |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 
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TBA | TBD | |
| Nationalist Congress Party |  |
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TBA | TBD | |
| Bharat Adivasi Party | 
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TBA | TBD | ||
Candidates
Exit Polls
| Polling agency | Lead | |||
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| NDA | MGB | Others | ||
| Axis My India | 17-27 | 49-59 | 1-6 | MGB |
| Chanakya Strategies | 45-50 | 35-38 | 3-5 | NDA |
| Dainik Bhaskar | 37-40 | 36-39 | 0-2 | Hung |
| Electoral Edge | 32 | 42 | 7 | MGB |
| Matrize | 42-47 | 25-30 | 1-4 | NDA |
| P Marq | 31-40 | 37-47 | 6-8 | MGB |
| Times Now - JVC | 40-44 | 30-40 | 1-1 | NDA |
| People's Pulse | 44-53 | 25-37 | 5-9 | NDA |
Results
Results by alliance or party
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| MGB | JMM | 43 | 34 | 4
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| INC | 30 | 16 | 
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| RJD | 7 | 4 | 3
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| CPI(ML)(L) | 4 | 2 | 1
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| Total | 81 | 56 | 8
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| NDA | BJP | 68 | 21 |  4
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| AJSU | 10 | 1 | 1
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| JDU | 2 | 1 | 1
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| LJPRV | New | 1 | 1 | 1
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| Total | 81 | 24 | 3
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| JLKM | New | 1 | 1
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| Other parties | 0 | 4
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| Independents | 0 | 2
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| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | - | 81 | - | |||||
Results by district
| District | Seats | |||
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| MGB | NDA | Others | ||
| Sahebganj | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumka | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamtara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Deoghar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Godda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kodarma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hazaribagh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ramgarh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chatra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Giridih | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Bokaro | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhanbad | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| East Singhbhum | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Seraikela Kharsawan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| West Singhbhum | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ranchi | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Khunti | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gumla | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Simdega | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lohardaga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Latehar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Palamu | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Garhwa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 81 | 56 | 24 | 1 |
Results by constituency
See also
- 2024 elections in India
- Elections in Jharkhand
- Government of Jharkhand
- Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
- List of chief ministers of Jharkhand
- List of deputy chief ministers of Jharkhand
- Politics of Jharkhand
Notes
References
- ^ https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/partywiseresult-S27.htm
- ^ "Stay Update on Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha Election with Latest News".
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- ^ "JLKM to fight from 25 seats, names first six candidates". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Bharat, E. T. V. (28 October 2024). "जयराम की पार्टी ने जारी की आठवीं लिस्ट, तीन विधानसभा सीटों पर बदले गए प्रत्याशी". ETV Bharat News (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cpi-breaks-rank-with-india-bloc-in-jharkhand-to-go-solo-in-assembly-polls/articleshow/114467784.cms
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