2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

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81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 66.53% ( 9.56%)
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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Leader  | Raghubar Das | Hemant Soren
Party  | BJP | JMM
Leader's seat  | Jamshedpur East
(won) | Barhait
(won)
Dumka (lost)
Last election  | 18  | 18
Seats won  | 37 | 19
Seat change  |  19  |  1
Popular vote  | 43,34,728 | 28,32,921
Percentage  | 31.26% | 20.43%
Swing  |  11.08%  |  5.23%

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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Leader  | Babulal Marandi | Sukhdeo Bhagat
Party  | JVM(P) | INC
Leader's seat  | Giridih
(lost)
Dhanwar (lost)  | Lohardaga
(won)
Last election  | 11  | 14
Seats won  | 8  | 6
Seat change  |  3  |  8
Popular vote  | 13,85,080  | 14,50,640
Percentage  | 9.99%  | 10.46%
Swing  |  1.00%  |  5.70%

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Seatwise map of the election results

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Structure of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the election

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| Chief Minister before election

Hemant Soren
JMM

| Elected Chief Minister

Raghubar Das
BJP

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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

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The five stages of the elections were held as follows:

Voting stages | Date | Seats | Turnout

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| 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

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Parties and Coalitions  | Popular vote  | Seats
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

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* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[9]

Assembly Constituency  | Turnout  | Winner  | Runner Up  | Margin

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#k  | Names  | %  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %
1 | Rajmahal | 72.28 | Anant Kumar Ojha |  | BJP | 77481 | 39.71 | Md. Tajuddin |  | JMM | 76779 | 39.35 | 702
2 | Borio (ST) | 67.86 | Tala Marandi |  | BJP | 57565 | 36.27 | Lobin Hembrom |  | JMM | 56853 | 35.82 | 712
3 | Barhait (ST) | 72.9 | Hemant Soren |  | JMM | 62515 | 46.18 | Hemlal Murmu |  | BJP | 38428 | 28.38 | 24,087
4 | Litipara (ST) | 75.96 | Dr. Anil Murmu |  | JMM | 67194 | 45.93 | Simon Marandi |  | BJP | 42111 | 28.78 | 25,083
5 | Pakur | 80.76 | Alamgir Alam |  | INC | 83338 | 35.41 | Akil Akhtar |  | JMM | 65272 | 0.2773 | 18,066
6 | Maheshpur (ST) | 79.88 | Stephen Marandi |  | JMM | 51866 | 32.25 | Devidhan Tudu |  | BJP | 45710 | 0.2842 | 6,156
7 | Sikaripara (ST) | 76.18 | Nalin Soren |  | JMM | 61901 | 42.04 | Paritosh Soren |  | JVM(P) | 37400 | 0.254 | 24,501
8 | Nala | 80.62 | Rabindra Nath Mahato |  | JMM | 56131 | 33.69 | Satyanand Jha |  | BJP | 49116 | 0.2948 | 7,015
9 | Jamtara | 78.63 | Irfan Ansari |  | INC | 67486 | 35.17 | Birendra Mandal |  | BJP | 58349 | 0.3041 | 9,137
10 | Dumka (ST) | 69.24 | Louis Marandi |  | BJP | 69760 | 44.65 | Hemant Soren |  | JMM | 64846 | 0.415 | 4,914
11 | Jama (ST) | 71.48 | Sita Soren |  | JMM | 53250 | 39.8 | Suresh Murmu |  | BJP | 50944 | 0.3808 | 2,306
12 | Jarmundi | 73.74 | Badal Patralekh |  | INC | 43981 | 28.82 | Hari Narayan Ray |  | JMM | 41273 | 0.2705 | 2,708
13 | Madhupur | 71.02 | Raj Paliwar |  | BJP | 74325 | 37.32 | Hafizul Hasan |  | JMM | 67441 | 0.3387 | 6,884
14 | Sarath | 76.76 | Randhir Kumar Singh |  | JVM(P) | 62717 | 33.78 | Uday Shankar Singh |  | BJP | 48816 | 0.2629 | 13,901
15 | Deoghar (SC) | 64.79 | Narayan Das |  | BJP | 92022 | 42.31 | Suresh Paswan |  | RJD | 46870 | 0.2155 | 45,152
16 | Poreyahat | 68.52 | Pradeep Yadav |  | JVM(P) | 64036 | 35.51 | Devendranath Singh |  | BJP | 52878 | 0.2933 | 11,158
17 | Godda | 66.09 | Raghu Nandan Mandal |  | BJP | 87158 | 48.7 | Sanjay Prasad Yadav |  | RJD | 52672 | 0.2943 | 34,486
18 | Mahagama | 65.43 | Ashok Kumar |  | BJP | 70635 | 39.16 | Shahid Iqbal |  | JVM(P) | 39075 | 0.2167 | 31,560
19 | Kodarma | 65.93 | Dr. Neera Yadav |  | BJP | 84874 | 42.87 | Annpurna Devi |  | RJD | 71349 | 0.3604 | 13,525
20 | Barkatha | 64.53 | Janki Prasad Yadav |  | JVM(P) | 63336 | 32.51 | Amit Kumar Yadav |  | BJP | 55129 | 0.283 | 8,207
21 | Barhi | 66.37 | Manoj Yadav |  | INC | 57818 | 33.13 | Umashankar Akela |  | BJP | 50733 | 0.2907 | 7,085
22 | Barkagaon | 65.87 | Nirmala Devi |  | INC | 61817 | 29.24 | Roshan Lal Chaudhary |  | AJSU | 61406 | 0.2904 | 411
23 | Ramgarh | 70.72 | Chandra Prakash Choudhary |  | AJSU | 98987 | 49.06 | Shahzada Anwar |  | INC | 45169 | 0.2239 | 53,818
24 | Mandu | 64.56 | Jai Prakash Bhai Patel |  | JMM | 78499 | 34.38 | Mahesh Singh |  | BJP | 71487 | 0.3131 | 7,012
25 | Hazaribagh | 60.11 | Manish Jaiswal |  | BJP | 89675 | 44.42 | Pradip Prasad |  | Independent | 62546 | 0.3098 | 27,129
26 | Simaria (SC) | 61.66 | Ganesh Ganjhu |  | JVM(P) | 67404 | 36.51 | Sujeet Kumar Bharati |  | BJP | 51764 | 0.2803 | 15,640
27 | Chatra (SC) | 53.62 | Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta |  | BJP | 69745 | 38.34 | Satyanand Bhogta |  | JVM(P) | 49169 | 0.2703 | 20,576
28 | Dhanwar | 63.64 | Raj Kumar Yadav |  | CPI(ML)L | 50634 | 28.66 | Babulal Marandi |  | JVM(P) | 39922 | 0.2259 | 10,712
29 | Bagodar | 66.72 | Nagendra Mahto |  | BJP | 74898 | 38.97 | Vinod Kumar Singh |  | CPI(ML)L | 70559 | 0.3671 | 4,339
30 | Jamua (SC) | 58.99 | Kedar Hazra |  | BJP | 56027 | 35.32 | Satya Narayan Das |  | JVM(P) | 32927 | 0.2075 | 23,100
31 | Gandey | 70.69 | Jai Prakash Verma |  | BJP | 48838 | 28.89 | Salkhan Soren |  | JMM | 38559 | 0.2281 | 10,279
32 | Giridih | 63.89 | Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi |  | BJP | 57450 | 38.34 | Sudivya Kumar |  | JMM | 47517 | 0.3171 | 9,933
33 | Dumri | 70.7 | Jagarnath Mahto |  | JMM | 77984 | 45.05 | Lalchand Mahto |  | BJP | 45503 | 0.2629 | 32,481
34 | Gomia | 69.64 | Yogendra Prasad |  | JMM | 97799 | 55.25 | Madhav Lal Singh |  | BJP | 60285 | 0.3406 | 37,514
35 | Bermo | 65.14 | Yogeshwar Mahto |  | BJP | 80489 | 42.99 | Rajendra Prasad Singh |  | INC | 67876 | 0.3625 | 12,613
36 | Bokaro | 53.47 | Biranchi Narayan |  | BJP | 114321 | 43.38 | Samresh Singh |  | Independent | 41678 | 0.1581 | 72,643
37 | Chandankiyari

(SC)

| 73.42 | Amar Kumar Bauri |  | JVM(P) | 81925 | 51.17 | Umakant Rajak |  | AJSU | 47761 | 0.2983 | 34,164
38 | Sindri | 70.3 | Fulchand Mandal |  | BJP | 58623 | 28.99 | Anand Mahato |  | Marxist Co-Ordination | 52075 | 0.2575 | 6,548
39 | Nirsa | 68.2 | Arup Chatterjee |  | Marxist Co-Ordination  | 51581 | 25.65 | Ganesh Mishra |  | BJP | 50546 | 0.2514 | 1,035
40 | Dhanbad | 59.27 | Raj Sinha |  | BJP | 132091 | 58.13 | Mannan Mallick |  | INC | 79094 | 0.3481 | 52,997
41 | Jharia | 57.74 | Sanjeev Singh |  | BJP | 74062 | 48.14 | Niraj Singh |  | INC | 40370 | 0.2624 | 33,692
42 | Tundi | 69.56 | Raj Kishore Mahato |  | AJSU | 55466 | 31.41 | Mathura Prasad Mahato |  | JMM | 54340 | 0.3078 | 1,126
43 | Baghmara | 64.49 | Dulu Mahato |  | BJP | 86603 | 51.65 | Jaleshwar Mahato |  | JD(U) | 56980 | 0.3398 | 29,623
44 | Baharagora | 76.01 | Kunal Sarangi |  | JMM | 57973 | 35.77 | Dineshananda Goswami |  | BJP | 42618 | 0.2629 | 15,355
45 | Ghatsila (ST) | 69.26 | Laxman Tudu |  | BJP | 52506 | 32.48 | Ramdas Soren |  | JMM | 46103 | 0.2852 | 6,403
46 | Potka (ST) | 68.71 | Maneka Sardar |  | BJP | 68191 | 36.68 | Sanjib Sardar |  | JMM | 61485 | 0.3307 | 6,706
47 | Jugsalai (SC) | 67.38 | Ram Chandra Sahis |  | AJSU | 82302 | 40.28 | Mangal Kalindi |  | JMM | 57257 | 0.2802 | 25,045
48 | Jamshedpur East | 60.9 | Raghubar Das |  | BJP | 103427 | 61.46 | Anand Bihari Dubey |  | INC | 33270 | 0.1977 | 70,157
49 | Jamshedpur West | 59.67 | Saryu Roy |  | BJP | 95346 | 49.85 | Banna Gupta |  | INC | 84829 | 0.4435 | 10,517
50 | Ichagarh | 79.69 | Sadhu Charan Mahato |  | BJP | 75634 | 42.65 | Sabita Mahato |  | JMM | 33384 | 0.1882 | 42,250
51 | Seraikella (ST) | 72 | Champai Soren |  | JMM | 94746 | 45.4 | Ganesh Mahali |  | BJP | 93631 | 0.4486 | 1,115
52 | Chaibasa (ST) | 72.76 | Deepak Birua |  | JMM | 68801 | 48.7 | Jyoti Bhramar Tubid |  | BJP | 34086 | 0.2413 | 34,715
53 | Majhgaon (ST) | 73.2 | Niral Purty |  | JMM | 45272 | 35.27 | Madhu Kora |  | JBSP | 34090 | 0.2656 | 11,182
54 | Jaganathpur (ST) | 70.92 | Geeta Koda |  | JBSP | 48546 | 42.84 | Mangal Singh Suren |  | BJP | 23935 | 0.2112 | 24,611
55 | Manoharpur (ST) | 68.71 | Joba Majhi |  | JMM | 57558 | 45.16 | Gurucharan Nayak |  | BJP | 40989 | 0.3216 | 16,569
56 | Chakradharpur (ST) | 71.54 | Shashibhusan Samad |  | JMM | 64396 | 52.37 | Navami Oraon |  | BJP | 37948 | 0.3086 | 26,448
57 | Kharsawan (ST) | 77.76 | Dashrath Gagrai |  | JMM | 72002 | 49.15 | Arjun Munda |  | BJP | 60036 | 0.4098 | 11,966
58 | Tamar (ST) | 70.91 | Vikash Kumar Munda |  | AJSU | 57428 | 42.87 | Gopal Krishna Patar |  | Independent | 31422 | 0.2346 | 26,006
59 | Torpa (ST) | 61.08 | Paulus Surin |  | JMM | 32003 | 30.76 | Koche Munda |  | BJP | 31960 | 0.3072 | 43
60 | Khunti (ST) | 63.34 | Nilkanth Singh Munda |  | BJP | 47032 | 39.01 | Jidan Horo |  | JMM | 25517 | 0.2116 | 21,515
61 | Silli | 77.66 | Amit Mahto |  | JMM | 79747 | 55.69 | Sudesh Mahto |  | AJSU | 50007 | 0.3492 | 29,740
62 | Khijri (ST) | 60.63 | Ram Kumar Pahan |  | BJP | 94581 | 52.47 | Sundri Devi |  | INC | 29669 | 0.1646 | 64,912
63 | Ranchi | 48.63 | C. P. Singh |  | BJP | 95760 | 64.36 | Mahua Maji |  | JMM | 36897 | 0.248 | 58,863
64 | Hatia | 57.28 | Navin Jaiswal |  | JVM(P) | 88228 | 40.44 | Seema Sharma |  | BJP | 80210 | 0.3676 | 8,018
65 | Kanke (SC) | 59.81 | Dr. Jitu Charan Ram |  | BJP | 115702 | 55.69 | Suresh Kumar Baitha |  | INC | 55898 | 0.269 | 59,804
66 | Mandar (ST) | 66.17 | Gangotri Kujur |  | BJP | 54200 | 28.5 | Bandhu Tirkey |  | AITC | 46595 | 0.245 | 7,605
67 | Sisai (ST) | 65.98 | Dinesh Oraon |  | BJP | 44472 | 31.01 | Jiga Susaran Horo |  | JMM | 41879 | 0.2921 | 2,593
68 | Gumla (ST) | 60.73 | Shivshankar Oraon |  | BJP | 50473 | 38.89 | Bhushan Tirkey |  | JMM | 46441 | 0.3578 | 4,032
69 | Bishunpur (ST) | 66.92 | Chamra Linda |  | JMM | 55851 | 37.95 | Samir Oraon |  | BJP | 45008 | 0.3058 | 10,843
70 | Simdega (ST) | 65.89 | Vimla Pradhan |  | BJP | 45343 | 33.37 | Menon Ekka |  | Jharkhand Party | 42149 | 0.3102 | 3,194
71 | Kolebira (ST) | 65.66 | Anosh Ekka |  | Jharkhand Party | 48978 | 39.59 | Manoj Nagesiya |  | BJP | 31835 | 0.2573 | 17,143
72 | Lohardaga (ST) | 67.75 | Kamal Kishore Bhagat |  | AJSU | 56920 | 38.81 | Sukhdeo Bhagat |  | INC | 56328 | 0.3841 | 592
73 | Manika (ST) | 59.77 | Harikrishna Singh |  | BJP | 31583 | 24.7 | Ramchandra Singh |  | RJD | 30500 | 0.2386 | 1,083
74 | Latehar (SC) | 66.17 | Prakash Ram |  | JVM(P) | 71189 | 44.45 | Brajmohan Ram |  | BJP | 44402 | 0.2772 | 26,787
75 | Panki | 65.32 | Bidesh Singh |  | INC | 41175 | 26.2 | Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta |  | Independent | 39180 | 0.2493 | 1,995
76 | Daltonganj | 64.7 | Alok Kumar Chaurasiya |  | JVM(P) | 59202 | 29.78 | Krishna Nand Tripathi |  | INC | 54855 | 0.2759 | 4,347
77 | Bishrampur | 61.31 | Ramchandra Chandravanshi |  | BJP | 37974 | 22.7 | Ajay Kumar Dubey |  | INC | 22417 | 0.134 | 15,557
78 | Chhatarpur (SC) | 59.63 | Radha Krishna Kishore |  | BJP | 43805 | 30.6 | Manoj Kumar |  | RJD | 37943 | 0.265 | 5,862
79 | Hussainabad | 62.31 | Shivpujan Mehta |  | BSP | 57275 | 36.99 | Kamlesh Kumar Singh |  | NCP | 29523 | 0.1907 | 27,752
80 | Garhwa | 67.81 | Satyendra Nath Tiwari |  | BJP | 75196 | 36.94 | Girinath Singh |  | RJD | 53441 | 0.2625 | 21,755
81 | Bhawanathpur | 68.16 | Bhanu Pratap Sahi |  | NJSM | 58908 | 27.79 | Anant Pratap Deo |  | BJP | 56247 | 0.2654 | 2,661

## Government formation

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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.

## See also

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* 2014 elections in India

## References

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1. ^ a b "EC announces five-phased polls in J&K, Jharkhand; counting on December 23". 2014-10-25.
2. ^ a b "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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