Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
5th Jharkhand Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
History
Founded	2000
Preceded by	Bihar Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Governor of Jharkhand	Santosh Gangwar ; since 31 July 2024
Speaker	Rabindra Nath Mahato, JMM ; since 6 January 2020
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Hemant Soren, JMM ; since 4 July 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Amar Kumar Bauri, BJP ; since 17 October 2023
Structure
Seats	82(81+ 1 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (44) INDIA (44) JMM (25); INC (17); CPI(ML)L (1); RJD (1); Official Opposition (30) NDA (30) BJP (25); AJSU (3); JD(U) (1); IND (1); Nominated (1) NOM (1) Vacant (7) Vacant (7)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	30 November - 20 December 2019
Next election	13 - 20 November 2024
Meeting place
	Jharkhand Vidhansabha, Kute village, Ranchi
Website
	jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in

The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand.

List of the assemblies

Assembly (Election)	Ruling Party		Chief Minister	Deputy Chief Minister	Speaker	Deputy Speaker	Leader of the House	Leader of the Opposition
1st (2000)	Bharatiya Janata Party		Babulal Marandi Arjun Munda	Vacant	Inder Singh Namdhari Bagun Sumbrai Inder Singh Namdhari Mrigendra Pratap Singh Saba Ahmad	Bagun Sumbrai	Babulal Marandi Arjun Munda	Stephen Marandi Haji Hussain Ansari

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name			Remarks
Sahebganj	1	Rajmahal	Anant Kumar Ojha	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	2	Borio	Lobin Hembrom	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Disqualified on 25 July 2024^[1]
	2	Borio	Vacant
	3	Barhait	Hemant Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Chief Minister
Pakur	4	Litipara	Dinesh William Marandi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	5	Pakur	Alamgir Alam	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Cabinet Minister (Parliamentary Affairs, Rural development)
	6	Maheshpur	Stephen Marandi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Dumka	7	Sikaripara	Nalin Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Dumka	7	Sikaripara	Vacant - Won in 2024 Indian general election to Dumka Lok Sabha Constituency
Jamtara	8	Nala	Rabindra Nath Mahato	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Jamtara	9	Jamtara	Irfan Ansari	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Cabinet Minister (Rural Development, Rural Works and Panchayati Raj)
Dumka	10	Dumka	Basant Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	11	Jama	Sita Soren	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	12	Jarmundi	Badal Patralekh	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Cabinet Minister (Agriculture, Animal husbandry and cooperatives)
Deoghar	13	Madhupur	Haji Hussain Ansari	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Died
	13	Madhupur	Hafizul Hasan	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Cabinet Minister (Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sports, Youth Affairs Minority and backward Welfare. (Minority affairs)
	14	Sarath	Randhir Kumar Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	15	Deoghar	Narayan Das	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Godda	16	Poreyahat	Pradeep Yadav	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha		Switched from JVM (P) to INC^[2]
	16	Poreyahat	Pradeep Yadav	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Switched from JVM (P) to INC^[2]
	17	Godda	Amit Kumar Mandal	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	18	Mahagama	Dipika Pandey Singh	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Koderma	19	Kodarma	Dr. Neera Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Hazaribagh	20	Barkatha	Amit Kumar Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from Independent to BJP.
Hazaribagh	21	Barhi	Umashankar Akela	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Ramgarh	22	Barkagaon	Amba Prasad	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	23	Ramgarh	Mamta Devi	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Disqualified on 26 December 2022^[3]
	23	Ramgarh	Sunita Chaudhary	All Jharkhand Students Union	NDA	Won in 2023 bypoll after disqualification of sitting MLA
Hazaribagh	24	Mandu	Jai Prakash Bhai Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Disqualified on 25 July 2024^[4]
	24	Mandu	Vacant
	25	Hazaribagh	Manish Jaiswal	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Won in 2024 Indian general election to Hazaribagh Lok Sabha Constituency
	25	Hazaribagh	Vacant
Chatra	26	Simaria	Kishun Kumar Das	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Chatra	27	Chatra	Satyanand Bhogta	Rashtriya Janata Dal"	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Cabinet Minister
Giridih	28	Dhanwar	Babulal Marandi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	JVM (P) merged into BJP^[5]
	29	Bagodar	Vinod Kumar Singh	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	30	Jamua	Kedar Hazra	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	31	Gandey	Sarfaraz Ahmad	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Resigned on 1 January 2024^[6]
	31	Gandey	Kalpana Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Won in 2024 Bypoll^[7]
	32	Giridih	Sudivya Kumar	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	33	Dumri	Jagarnath Mahto	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Died on 6 April 2023^[8]
	33	Dumri	Baby Devi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Won in 2023 Bypoll
Bokaro	34	Gomia	Lambodar Mahto	All Jharkhand Students Union	NDA
	35	Bermo	Kumar Jaimangal	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	36	Bokaro	Biranchi Narayan	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	37	Chandankiyari	Amar Kumar Bauri	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Leader of Opposition (LoP)
Dhanbad	38	Sindri	Indrajit Mahato	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	39	Nirsa	Aparna Sengupta	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	40	Dhanbad	Raj Sinha	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	41	Jharia	Purnima Niraj Singh	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	42	Tundi	Mathura Prasad Mahato	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	43	Baghmara	Dulu Mahato	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Won in 2024 Indian general election to Dhanbad Lok Sabha Constituency
	43	Baghmara	Vacant
East Singhbhum	44	Baharagora	Samir Kr. Mohanty	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	45	Ghatsila	Ramdas Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Cabinet Minister
	46	Potka	Sanjib Sardar	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	47	Jugsalai	Mangal Kalindi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	48	Jamshedpur East	Saryu Roy	Janata Dal (United)	NDA
	49	Jamshedpur West	Banna Gupta	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Cabinet Minister
Seraikela Kharsawan	50	Ichaghar	Sabita Mahato	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Seraikela Kharsawan	51	Seraikella	Champai Soren	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from JMM to BJP
West Singhbhum	52	Chaibasa	Deepak Birua	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	53	Majhgaon	Niral Purty	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	54	Jaganathpur	Sona Ram Sinku	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	55	Manoharpur	Joba Majhi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Won in 2024 Indian general election to Singhbum Lok Sabha Constituency
	55	Manoharpur	Vacant
	56	Chakradharpur	Sukhram Oraon	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Seraikela Kharsawan	57	Kharsawan	Dasrath Gagrai	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Ranchi	58	Tamar	Vikash Kumar Munda	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Khunti	59	Torpa	Koche Munda	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Khunti	60	Khunti	Nilkanth Singh Munda	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Ranchi	61	Silli	Sudhesh Kumar Mahto	All Jharkhand Students Union	NDA
	62	Khijri	Rajesh Kachhap	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	63	Ranchi	Chandreshwar Prasad Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	64	Hatia	Navin Jaiswal	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	65	Kanke	Sammari Lal	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	66	Mandar	Bandhu Tirkey	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha		Disqualified on 8 April 2022^[9]
	66	Mandar	Shilpi Neha Tirkey	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Won in 2022 bypoll after disqualification of sitting MLA
Gumla	67	Sisai	Jiga Susaran Horo	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	68	Gumla	Bhushan Tirkey	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
	69	Bishunpur	Chamra Linda	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Simdega	70	Simdega	Bhushan Bara	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Simdega	71	Kolebira	Naman Bixal Kongari	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Lohardaga	72	Lohardaga	Rameshwar Oraon	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Cabinet Minister
Latehar	73	Manika	Ramachandra Singh	Indian National Congress	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Latehar	74	Latehar	Baidyanath Ram	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Palamu	75	Panki	Kushwaha Shashi Bhusan Mehta	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	76	Daltonganj	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	77	Bishrampur	Ramachandra Chandravanshi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	78	Chhatarpur	Pushpa Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	79	Hussainabad	Kamlesh Kumar Singh	Bhartiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from NCP to BJP
Garhwa	80	Garhwa	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)	Cabinet Minister
Garhwa	81	Bhawanathpur	Bhanu Pratap Shahi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	82	Nominated	Glen Joseph Galstaun	Nominated

Notes

References

^ Bhelari, Amit (25 July 2024). "Speaker disqualifies two Jharkhand MLAs under anti-defection law". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "JVM-P splits: Babulal Marandi in BJP, 2 MLAs join Congress". The Indian Express. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ "Jharkhand: Congress legislator Mamata Devi loses membership post conviction". Hindustan Times. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ Bhelari, Amit (25 July 2024). "Speaker disqualifies two Jharkhand MLAs under anti-defection law". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
^ "Babulal Marandi announces merger of JVM(P) and BJP on Feb. 17". The Hindu. 9 June 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ "Jharkhand's JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad resigns from assembly". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
^ The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Jailed Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana wins Gandey bypoll". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Jharkhand minister Jagarnath Mahto dies at Chennai hospital". The Times of India. 6 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ "Speaker passes disqualification order of MLA Bandhu Tirkey". The Pioneer. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[1] Bhelari, Amit (25 July 2024). "Speaker disqualifies two Jharkhand MLAs under anti-defection law". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[:0-2] "JVM-P splits: Babulal Marandi in BJP, 2 MLAs join Congress". The Indian Express. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

[3] "Jharkhand: Congress legislator Mamata Devi loses membership post conviction". Hindustan Times. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

[4] Bhelari, Amit (25 July 2024). "Speaker disqualifies two Jharkhand MLAs under anti-defection law". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.

[5] "Babulal Marandi announces merger of JVM(P) and BJP on Feb. 17". The Hindu. 9 June 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

[6] "Jharkhand's JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad resigns from assembly". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

[Jailed_Jharkhand_CM_Hemant_Soren’s_wife_Kalpana_wins_Gandey_bypoll-7] The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Jailed Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana wins Gandey bypoll". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[8] "Jharkhand minister Jagarnath Mahto dies at Chennai hospital". The Times of India. 6 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

[9] "Speaker passes disqualification order of MLA Bandhu Tirkey". The Pioneer. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

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