2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly; 41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.53% (9.56%)
	Seatwise map of the election results
	Structure of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election; Hemant Soren; JMM	Elected Chief Minister ; Raghubar Das; BJP

The 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election (Hindi: झारखण्ड विधानसभा चुनाव) was held in five phases between November 25 and December 20 to elect the members of the 4th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The results were announced on December 23, 2014.^[1]^[2] The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) won the elections 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 3, 2015. The Chief Election Commissioner announced five-phased assembly elections to be held in Jharkhand along with Jammu and Kashmir beginning November 25 and ending December 20. Results were announced on December 23, 2014.^[1]^[2] 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]

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

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[9]
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Rajmahal	72.28	Anant Kumar Ojha		BJP	77481	39.71	Md. Tajuddin		JMM	76779	39.35	702
2	Borio	67.86	Tala Marandi		BJP	57565	36.27	Lobin Hembrom		JMM	56853	35.82	712
3	Barhait	72.9	Hemant Soren		JMM	62515	0.4618	Hemlal Murmu		BJP	38428	28.38	24,087
4	Litipara	0.7596	Dr. Anil Murmu		JMM	67194	45.93	Simon Marandi		BJP	42111	28.78	25,083
5	Pakur	0.8076	Alamgir Alam		INC	83338	0.3541	Akil Akhtar		JMM	65272	0.2773	18,066
6	Maheshpur	0.7988	Stephen Marandi		JMM	51866	0.3225	Devidhan Tudu		BJP	45710	0.2842	6,156
7	Sikaripara	0.7618	Nalin Soren		JMM	61901	0.4204	Paritosh Soren		JVM(P)	37400	0.254	24,501
8	Nala	0.8062	Rabindra Nath Mahato		JMM	56131	0.3369	Satyanand Jha		BJP	49116	0.2948	7,015
9	Jamtara	0.7863	Irfan Ansari		INC	67486	0.3517	Birendra Mandal		BJP	58349	0.3041	9,137
10	Dumka	0.6924	Louis Marandi		BJP	69760	0.4465	Hemant Soren		JMM	64846	0.415	4,914
11	Jama	0.7148	Sita Soren		JMM	53250	0.398	Suresh Murmu		BJP	50944	0.3808	2,306
12	Jarmundi	0.7374	Badal Patralekh		INC	43981	0.2882	Hari Narayan Ray		JMM	41273	0.2705	2,708
13	Madhupur	0.71	Raj Paliwar		BJP	74325	0.3732	Hafizul Hasan		JMM	67441	0.3387	6,884
14	Sarath	0.7676	Randhir Kumar Singh		JVM(P)	62717	0.3378	Uday Shankar Singh		BJP	48816	0.2629	13,901
15	Deoghar	0.6479	Narayan Das		BJP	92022	0.4231	Suresh Paswan		RJD	46870	0.2155	45,152
16	Poreyahat	0.6852	Pradeep Yadav		JVM(P)	64036	0.3551	Devendranath Singh		BJP	52878	0.2933	11,158
17	Godda	0.6609	Raghu Nandan Mandal		BJP	87158	0.487	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		RJD	52672	0.2943	34,486
18	Mahagama	0.6543	Ashok Kumar		BJP	70635	0.3916	Shahid Iqbal		JVM(P)	39075	0.2167	31,560
19	Kodarma	0.6593	Dr. Neera Yadav		BJP	84874	0.4287	Annpurna Devi		RJD	71349	0.3604	13,525
20	Barkatha	0.6453	Janki Prasad Yadav		JVM(P)	63336	0.3251	Amit Kumar Yadav		BJP	55129	0.283	8,207
21	Barhi	0.6637	Manoj Yadav		INC	57818	0.3313	Umashankar Akela		BJP	50733	0.2907	7,085
22	Barkagaon	0.6587	Nirmala Devi		INC	61817	0.2924	Roshan Lal Chaudhary		AJSU	61406	0.2904	411
23	Ramgarh	0.7072	Chandra Prakash Choudhary		AJSU	98987	0.4906	Shahzada Anwar		INC	45169	0.2239	53,818
24	Mandu	0.6456	Jai Prakash Bhai Patel		JMM	78499	0.3438	Kumar Mahesh Singh		BJP	71487	0.3131	7,012
25	Hazaribagh	0.6011	Manish Jaiswal		BJP	89675	0.4442	Pradip Prasad		Independent	62546	0.3098	27,129
26	Simaria	0.6166	Ganesh Ganjhu		JVM(P)	67404	0.365	Sujeet Kumar Bharati		BJP	51764	0.2803	15,640
27	Chatra	0.5362	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta		BJP	69745	0.3834	Satyanand Bhogta		JVM(P)	49169	0.2703	20,576
28	Dhanwar	0.6364	Raj Kumar Yadav		CPI(ML)L	50634	0.2866	Babulal Marandi		JVM(P)	39922	0.2259	10,712
29	Bagodar	0.6672	Nagendra Mahto		BJP	74898	0.3897	Vinod Kumar Singh		CPI(ML)L	70559	0.3671	4,339
30	Jamua	0.5899	Kedar Hazra		BJP	56027	0.3532	Satya Narayan Das		JVM(P)	32927	0.2075	23,100
31	Gandey	0.7069	Jai Prakash Verma		BJP	48838	0.2889	Salkhan Soren		JMM	38559	0.2281	10,279
32	Giridih	0.6389	Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi		BJP	57450	0.3834	Sudivya Kumar		JMM	47517	0.3171	9,933
33	Dumri	0.707	Jagarnath Mahto		JMM	77984	0.4505	Lalchand Mahto		BJP	45503	0.2629	32,481
34	Gomia	0.6964	Yogendra Prasad		JMM	97799	0.5525	Madhav Lal Singh		BJP	60285	0.3406	37,514
35	Bermo	0.654	Yogeshwar Mahto		BJP	80489	0.4299	Rajendra Prasad Singh		INC	67876	0.3625	12,613
36	Bokaro	0.5347	Biranchi Narayan		BJP	114321	0.4338	Samresh Singh		Independent	41678	0.1581	72,643
37	Chandankiyari	0.7342	Amar Kumar Bauri		JVM(P)	81925	0.5117	Umakant Rajak		AJSU	47761	0.2983	34,164
38	Sindri	0.703	Fulchand Mandal		BJP	58623	0.2899	Anand Mahato		Marxist Co-Ordination	52075	0.2575	6,548
39	Nirsa	0.682	Arup Chatterjee		Marxist Co-Ordination	51581	0.2565	Ganesh Mishra		BJP	50546	0.2514	1,035
40	Dhanbad	0.5927	Raj Sinha		BJP	132091	0.5813	Mannan Mallick		INC	79094	0.3481	52,997
41	Jharia	0.5774	Sanjeev Singh		BJP	74062	0.4814	Niraj Singh		INC	40370	0.2624	33,692
42	Tundi	0.6956	Raj Kishore Mahato		AJSU	55466	0.3141	Mathura Prasad Mahato		JMM	54340	0.3078	1,126
43	Baghmara	0.6449	Dulu Mahato		BJP	86603	0.5165	Jaleshwar Mahato		JD(U)	56980	0.3398	29,623
44	Baharagora	0.76	Kunal Sarangi		JMM	57973	0.3577	Dineshananda Goswami		BJP	42618	0.2629	15,355
45	Ghatsila	0.6926	Laxman Tudu		BJP	52506	0.3248	Ramdas Soren		JMM	46103	0.2852	6,403
46	Potka	0.6871	Maneka Sardar		BJP	68191	0.3668	Sanjib Sardar		JMM	61485	0.3307	6,706
47	Jugsalai	0.6738	Ram Chandra Sahis		AJSU	82302	0.4028	Mangal Kalindi		JMM	57257	0.2802	25,045
48	Jamshedpur East	0.609	Raghubar Das		BJP	103427	0.6146	Anand Bihari Dubey		INC	33270	0.1977	70,157
49	Jamshedpur West	0.5967	Saryu Roy		BJP	95346	0.4985	Banna Gupta		INC	84829	0.4435	10,517
50	Ichagarh	0.7969	Sadhu Charan Mahato		BJP	75634	0.4265	Sabita Mahato		JMM	33384	0.1882	42,250
51	Seraikella	0.72	Champai Soren		JMM	94746	0.454	Ganesh Mahali		BJP	93631	0.4486	1,115
52	Chaibasa	0.7276	Deepak Birua		JMM	68801	0.487	Jyoti Bhramar Tubid		BJP	34086	0.2413	34,715
53	Majhgaon	0.732	Niral Purty		JMM	45272	0.3527	Madhu Kora		JBSP	34090	0.2656	11,182
54	Jaganathpur	0.7092	Geeta Koda		JBSP	48546	0.4284	Mangal Singh Suren		BJP	23935	0.2112	24,611
55	Manoharpur	0.6871	Joba Majhi		JMM	57558	0.4516	Gurucharan Nayak		BJP	40989	0.3216	16,569
56	Chakradharpur	0.7154	Shashibhusan Samad		JMM	64396	0.5237	Navami Oraon		BJP	37948	0.3086	26,448
57	Kharsawan	0.7776	Dashrath Gagrai		JMM	72002	0.4915	Arjun Munda		BJP	60036	0.4098	11,966
58	Tamar	0.7091	Vikash Kumar Munda		AJSU	57428	0.4287	Gopal Krishna Patar		Independent	31422	0.2346	26,006
59	Torpa	0.6108	Paulus Surin		JMM	32003	0.3076	Koche Munda		BJP	31960	0.3072	43
60	Khunti	0.6334	Nilkanth Singh Munda		BJP	47032	0.3901	Jidan Horo		JMM	25517	0.2116	21,515
61	Silli	0.7766	Amit Mahto		JMM	79747	0.5569	Sudesh Mahto		AJSU	50007	0.3492	29,740
62	Khijri	0.6063	Ram Kumar Pahan		BJP	94581	0.5247	Sundri Devi		INC	29669	0.1646	64,912
63	Ranchi	0.4863	C. P. Singh		BJP	95760	0.6436	Mahua Maji		JMM	36897	0.248	58,863
64	Hatia	0.5728	Navin Jaiswal		JVM(P)	88228	0.4044	Seema Sharma		BJP	80210	0.3676	8,018
65	Kanke	0.5981	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram		BJP	115702	0.5569	Suresh Kumar Baitha		INC	55898	0.269	59,804
66	Mandar	0.6617	Gangotri Kujur		BJP	54200	0.285	Bandhu Tirkey		AITC	46595	0.245	7,605
67	Sisai	0.6598	Dinesh Oraon		BJP	44472	0.3101	Jiga Susaran Horo		JMM	41879	0.2921	2,593
68	Gumla	0.6073	Shivshankar Oraon		BJP	50473	0.3889	Bhushan Tirkey		JMM	46441	0.3578	4,032
69	Bishunpur	0.6692	Chamra Linda		JMM	55851	0.3795	Samir Oraon		BJP	45008	0.3058	10,843
70	Simdega	0.6589	Vimla Pradhan		BJP	45343	0.3337	Menon Ekka		Jharkhand Party	42149	0.3102	3,194
71	Kolebira	0.6566	Anosh Ekka		Jharkhand Party	48978	0.3959	Manoj Nagesiya		BJP	31835	0.2573	17,143
72	Lohardaga	0.6775	Kamal Kishore Bhagat		AJSU	56920	0.3881	Sukhdeo Bhagat		INC	56328	0.3841	592
73	Manika	0.5977	Harikrishna Singh		BJP	31583	0.247	Ramchandra Singh		RJD	30500	0.2386	1,083
74	Latehar	0.6617	Prakash Ram		JVM(P)	71189	0.4445	Brajmohan Ram		BJP	44402	0.2772	26,787
75	Panki	0.6532	Bidesh Singh		INC	41175	0.262	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta		Independent	39180	0.2493	1,995
76	Daltonganj	0.647	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya		JVM(P)	59202	0.2978	Krishna Nand Tripathi		INC	54855	0.2759	4,347
77	Bishrampur	0.6131	Ramchandra Chandravanshi		BJP	37974	0.227	Ajay Kumar Dubey		INC	22417	0.134	15,557
78	Chhatarpur	0.5963	Radha Krishna Kishore		BJP	43805	0.306	Manoj Kumar		RJD	37943	0.265	5,862
79	Hussainabad	0.6231	Kushwaha Shivpujan Mehta		BSP	57275	0.3699	Kamlesh Kumar Singh		NCP	29523	0.1907	27,752
80	Garhwa	0.6781	Satyendra Nath Tiwari		BJP	75196	0.3694	Girinath Singh		RJD	53441	0.2625	21,755
81	Bhawanathpur	0.6816	Bhanu Pratap Sahi		Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha	58908	0.2779	Anant Pratap Deo		BJP	56247	0.2654	2,661

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.

References

^ ^a ^b "EC announces five-phased polls in J&K, Jharkhand; counting on December 23". 2014-10-25.
^ ^a ^b "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
^ "Impressive turnout in J&K and Jharkhand". The Hindu. thehindu. 2014-11-25. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ "Assembly polls 2nd phase: 71 pc voting in J&K, 65.46 pc in Jharkhand". indianexpress. 2014-12-03. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ "Polls in the Shadow of Terror: 58% People Vote in Jammu and Kashmir". NDTV. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ "Braving bullets 58% cast ballot in Jammu and Kashmir, 61% voting in Jharkhand in third phase of elections". dna India. 2014-12-09. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

External links

Official website

[one-1] "EC announces five-phased polls in J&K, Jharkhand; counting on December 23". 2014-10-25.

[two-2] "EC announces five phased polling for Jharkhand and J-K". Business Standard India. 2014-10-25.

[3] 5-PHASE POLLS IN J&K, J’KHAND FROM NOV 25

[4] 5 phase polls for 4th Assembly to begin on Nov 25

[5] "Impressive turnout in J&K and Jharkhand". The Hindu. thehindu. 2014-11-25. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[6] "Assembly polls 2nd phase: 71 pc voting in J&K, 65.46 pc in Jharkhand". indianexpress. 2014-12-03. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[7] "Polls in the Shadow of Terror: 58% People Vote in Jammu and Kashmir". NDTV. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

[8] "Braving bullets 58% cast ballot in Jammu and Kashmir, 61% voting in Jharkhand in third phase of elections". dna India. 2014-12-09. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

[9] "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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