2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

Elections held in 2005

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

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81 seats in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | Arjun Munda | Shibu Soren
Party  | BJP | JMM
Alliance  | NDA | UPA
Leader's seat  | Kharsawan | Did not contest
Seats won  | 30  | 17

The 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 3 to 23 February 2005 to elect the 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. It was the first election held in Jharkhand to elect the Second Jharkhand Legislative Assembly; the First/Interim Jharkhand Legislative Assembly was constituted based on the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. Jharkhand was created by carving out the southern districts of Bihar on 15 November 2000. The election resulted in a hung assembly like the first one. No single party or pre-election alliance got the majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party become the biggest party by winning 30 seats. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha got 17 seats and the Indian National Congress got nine seats.

## Background[edit]

After the formation of Jharkhand on 15 November 2000, the first Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Jharkhand.[1] The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.[2]

## Results[edit]

### Party-wise[edit]

Alliance  | Party  | Popular vote  | Seats
Contested  | Won
| NDA |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 23.57%  | 63  | 30
| Janata Dal (United) | 4.00%  | 18  | 6
| Total | 27.57% | 81 | 36
| UPA |  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 14.29%  | 49  | 17
| Indian National Congress | 12.05%  | 41  | 9
| Total | 26.34% | 81 | 26
None |  | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 8.48%  | 51  | 7
| All Jharkhand Students Union | 2.81%  | 40  | 2
| United Goans Democratic Party | 1.52%  | 22  | 2
| All India Forward Bloc | 1.00%  | 12  | 2
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | 2.46%  | 28  | 1
| Jharkhand Party | 0.97%  | 27  | 1
| Nationalist Congress Party | 0.43%  | 13  | 1
| Independents | 15.31%  | 662  | 3
Total  | 100%  |  | 81

### Constituency-wise[edit]

Constituency  | Winner  | Runner Up  | Margin

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#  | Name  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes
Sahebganj district
1  | Rajmahal | Thomas Hansda |  | INC | 36472  | Arun Mandal  |  | IND | 25296  | 11176
2  | Borio (ST)  | Tala Marandi |  | BJP | 44546  | Lobin Hembrum  |  | JMM | 38227  | 6319
3  | Barhait (ST)  | Thomas Soren  |  | JMM | 42332  | Simon Malto  |  | BJP | 28593  | 13739
Pakur district
4  | Litipara (ST)  | Sushila Hansdak  |  | JMM | 29661  | Somi Marandi  |  | BJP | 22464  | 7197
5  | Pakur | Alamgir Alam |  | INC | 71736  | Beni Prasad Gupta  |  | BJP | 46000  | 25736
6  | Maheshpur (ST)  | Suphal Marandi  |  | JMM | 45520  | Debidhan Besra  |  | BJP | 32704  | 12816
Dumka district
7  | Sikaripara (ST)  | Nalin Soren  |  | JMM | 27723  | Raja Marandi  |  | JDU | 24641  | 3082
8  | Nala | Rabindra Nath Mahato |  | JMM | 30847  | Satyanand Jha  |  | BJP | 29725  | 1122
9  | Jamtara | Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya  |  | BJP | 49387  | Irfan Ansari |  | INC | 45895  | 3492
10  | Dumka (ST)  | Stephen Marandi |  | IND | 41340  | Mohril Murmu  |  | BJP | 35993  | 5347
11  | Jama (ST)  | Sunil Soren |  | BJP | 44073  | Durga Soren  |  | JMM | 37443  | 6630
12  | Jarmundi | Hari Narayan Ray  |  | IND | 28480  | Devendra Kunwar  |  | BJP | 22171  | 6309
Deoghar district
13  | Madhupur | Raj Paliwar |  | BJP | 48756  | Haji Hussain Ansari |  | JMM | 42089  | 6667
14  | Sarath | Uday Shankar Singh  |  | RJD | 66335  | Shashank Shekhar Bhokta  |  | JMM | 51429  | 14906
15  | Deoghar (SC)  | Kameshwar Nath Das  |  | JDU | 43065  | Suresh Paswan |  | RJD | 33442  | 9623
Godda district
16  | Poreyahat | Pradeep Yadav |  | BJP | 72342  | Prashant Kumar  |  | JMM | 48050  | 24292
17  | Godda | Manohar Kumar Tekariwal  |  | BJP | 43728  | Sanjay Prasad Yadav |  | RJD | 30639  | 13089
18  | Mahagama | Ashok Kumar  |  | BJP | 46253  | Ataur Rehman Siddique  |  | RJD | 39825  | 6428
Koderma district
19  | Kodarma | Annapurna Yadav |  | RJD | 46452  | Sajid Hussain  |  | IND | 19998  | 26454
Hazaribagh district
20  | Barkatha | Chitranjan Yadav  |  | BJP | 37052  | Digambar Mehta  |  | IND | 30129  | 6923
21  | Barhi | Manoj Yadav |  | INC | 58313  | Umashankar Akela |  | SP | 49990  | 8323
Ramgarh district
22  | Barkagaon | Loknath Mahto |  | BJP | 47283  | Yogendra Sao |  | INC | 30902  | 16381
23  | Ramgarh | Chandra Prakash Choudhary |  | AJSU | 51249  | Nadra Begum  |  | CPI | 28970  | 22279
Hazaribagh district
24  | Mandu | Khiru Mahto |  | JDU | 33350  | Ram Prakash Patel  |  | JMM | 23522  | 9828
25  | Hazaribagh | Saurabh Narain Singh |  | INC | 39431  | Brij Kishore Jaiswal  |  | IND | 36366  | 3065
Chatra district
26  | Simaria (SC)  | Upendra Nath Das |  | BJP | 31858  | Ram Chandra Ram  |  | CPI | 24438  | 7420
27  | Chatra (SC)  | Satyanand Bhogta |  | BJP | 50332  | Janardan Paswan |  | RJD | 45650  | 4682
Giridih district
28  | Dhanwar | Ravindra Kumar Ray |  | BJP | 42357  | Rajkumar Yadav  |  | CPIML | 39023  | 3334
29  | Bagodar | Vinod Kumar Singh |  | CPIML | 68752  | Nagendra Mahto  |  | JMM | 44272  | 24480
30  | Jamua (SC)  | Kedar Hazra  |  | BJP | 49336  | Chandrika Mehta  |  | JMM | 44202  | 5134
31  | Gandey | Salkhan Soren |  | JMM | 36849  | Sarfaraz Ahmed  |  | RJD | 35337  | 1512
32  | Giridih | Munna Lal  |  | JMM | 31895  | Chandramohan Prasad  |  | BJP | 24920  | 6975
33  | Dumri | Jagarnath Mahto |  | JMM | 41784  | Lalchand Mahto  |  | RJD | 23774  | 18010
Bokaro district
34  | Gomia | Chhattu Ram Mahto  |  | BJP | 34669  | Madhavlal Singh  |  | IND | 31227  | 3442
35  | Bermo | Yogeshwar Mahto |  | BJP | 47569  | Rajendra Prasad Singh |  | INC | 38108  | 9461
36  | Bokaro | Izrail Ansari |  | INC | 44939  | Ashok Chaudhary  |  | JDU | 39898  | 5041
37  | Chandankiyari (SC)  | Haru Rajwar  |  | JMM | 17823  | Umakant Rajak |  | AJSU | 13706  | 4117
Dhanbad district
38  | Sindri | Raj Kishore Mahato |  | BJP | 41361  | Anand Mahto  |  | MCO | 34358  | 7003
39  | Nirsa | Aparna Sengupta  |  | AIFB | 50533  | Arup Chatterjee  |  | MCO | 48196  | 2337
40  | Dhanbad | Pashupati Nath Singh |  | BJP | 83692  | Mannan Mallik  |  | INC | 62012  | 21680
41  | Jharia | Kunti Singh |  | BJP | 62900  | Suresh Singh  |  | INC | 31312  | 31588
42  | Tundi | Mathura Prasad Mahato  |  | JMM | 52112  | Saba Ahmed  |  | RJD | 26175  | 25937
43  | Baghmara | Jaleshwar Mahato |  | JDU | 54206  | Om Prakash Lal  |  | INC | 43955  | 10251
East Singhbhum district
44  | Baharagora | Dinesh Sarangi |  | BJP | 51753  | Bidyut Baran Mahato |  | JMM | 48441  | 3312
45  | Ghatsila (ST)  | Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu |  | INC | 50936  | Ramdas Soren |  | IND | 34489  | 16447
46  | Potka (ST)  | Amulya Sardar |  | JMM | 53760  | Maneka Sardar |  | BJP | 40001  | 13759
47  | Jugsalai (SC)  | Dulal Bhuiyan |  | JMM | 59649  | Haradhan Das  |  | BJP | 56995  | 2654
48  | Jamshedpur East | Raghubar Das |  | BJP | 65116  | Ramashray Prasad  |  | INC | 46718  | 18398
49  | Jamshedpur West | Saryu Roy |  | BJP | 47428  | Banna Gupta |  | SP | 34733  | 12695
Seraikela Kharsawan district
50  | Ichaghar | Sudhir Mahato |  | JMM | 56244  | Arvind Kumar Singh  |  | BJP | 45166  | 11078
51  | Seraikella (ST)  | Champai Soren |  | JMM | 61112  | Laxman Tudu  |  | BJP | 60230  | 882
West Singhbhum district
52  | Chaibasa (ST)  | Putkar Hembrom |  | BJP | 23448  | Deepak Birua |  | IND | 18383  | 5065
53  | Majhgaon (ST)  | Niral Purty |  | JMM | 38827  | Barkuwar Gargai  |  | BJP | 33626  | 5201
54  | Jaganathpur (ST)  | Madhu Koda |  | IND | 26882  | Mangal Singh Sinku  |  | INC | 12095  | 14787
55  | Manoharpur (ST)  | Joba Majhi  |  | UGDP | 26810  | Guru Charan Nayak  |  | BJP | 25213  | 1597
56  | Chakradharpur (ST)  | Sukhram Oraon |  | JMM | 41807  | Laxman Giluwa |  | BJP | 21835  | 19972
Seraikela Kharsawan district
57  | Kharsawan (ST)  | Arjun Munda |  | BJP | 74797  | Kunti Soy  |  | INC | 19543  | 55344
Ranchi district
58  | Tamar (ST)  | Ramesh Singh Munda  |  | JDU | 22195  | Gopal Krishna Patar  |  | IND | 16295  | 5900
59  | Torpa (ST)  | Koche Munda |  | BJP | 28965  | Niral Enem Horo  |  | JHP | 20833  | 8132
60  | Khunti (ST)  | Nilkanth Singh Munda |  | BJP | 43663  | Roshan Kumar Surin  |  | INC | 27963  | 15700
61  | Silli | Sudesh Mahto |  | AJSU | 39281  | Amit Kumar  |  | JMM | 19969  | 19312
62  | Khijri (ST)  | Kariya Munda |  | BJP | 46101  | Sawna Lakra  |  | INC | 43473  | 2628
63  | Ranchi | Chandreshwar Prasad Singh |  | BJP | 74239  | Gopal Prasad Sahu  |  | INC | 48119  | 26120
64  | Hatia | Gopal Sharan Nath Shahdeo |  | INC | 46104  | Krisha Kumar Poddar  |  | BJP | 40897  | 5207
65  | Kanke (SC)  | Ram Chander Baitha  |  | BJP | 61502  | Sammari Lal |  | BJP | 46443  | 15059
66  | Mandar (ST)  | Bandhu Tirkey |  | UGDP | 56597  | Deo Kumar Dhan  |  | INC | 36365  | 20232
Gumla district
67  | Sisai (ST)  | Sameer Oraon |  | BJP | 34217  | Shashikant Bhagat  |  | INC | 33574  | 643
68  | Gumla (ST)  | Bhushan Tirkey |  | JMM | 36266  | Sudarshan Bhagat |  | BJP | 35397  | 869
69  | Bishunpur (ST)  | Chandresh Oraon  |  | BJP | 24099  | Chamra Linda |  | IND | 23530  | 569
Simdega district
70  | Simdega (ST)  | Neil Tirkey  |  | INC | 47230  | Nirmal Kumar Besra  |  | BJP | 38119  | 9111
71  | Kolebira (ST)  | Enos Ekka  |  | JHP | 34067  | Theodore Kiro  |  | INC | 29781  | 4286
Lohardaga district
72  | Lohardaga (ST)  | Sukhdeo Bhagat  |  | INC | 35023  | Sadhnu Bhagat  |  | BJP | 28243  | 6780
Latehar district
73  | Manika (ST)  | Ramchandra Singh |  | RJD | 26460  | Deepak Oraon  |  | JMM | 16577  | 9883
74  | Latehar (SC)  | Prakash Ram |  | RJD | 18819  | Ramdev Ganjhu  |  | JMM | 13421  | 5398
Palamu district
75  | Panki | Bidesh Singh  |  | RJD | 43350  | Vishwanath Singh  |  | CPIML | 22928  | 20422
76  | Daltonganj | Inder Singh Namdhari |  | JDU | 45386  | Anil Chaurasia  |  | IND | 41625  | 3761
77  | Bishrampur | Ramchandra Chandravanshi |  | RJD | 40658  | Ajay Kumar Dubey  |  | INC | 22046  | 18612
78  | Chhatarpur (SC)  | Radha Krishna Kishore |  | JDU | 39667  | Pushpa Devi  |  | RJD | 23234  | 16433
79  | Hussainabad | Kamlesh Kumar Singh |  | NCP | 21661  | Sanjay Yadav  |  | RJD | 21626  | 35
Garhwa district
80  | Garhwa | Giri Nath Singh  |  | RJD | 34374  | Sirah Ahmed Ansari  |  | JDU | 25841  | 8533
81  | Bhawanathpur | Bhanu Pratap Sahi |  | AIFB | 38090  | Anant Pratap Deo  |  | INC | 33040  | 5050

## References[edit]

1. ^ Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
2. ^ "First-ever assembly election in Jharkhand". Rediff. 3 February 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

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