Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Jharkhand

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 assemblies

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There are 5 assemblies in Jharkhand.[citation needed][1]

## Members of Legislative Assembly

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District  | No.  | Constituency  | Name  | Party  | Alliance  | Remarks

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Sahebganj | 1  | Rajmahal | Anant Kumar Ojha |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |  | NDA |
2  | Borio | Lobin Hembrom |  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |  | Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand) | Disqualified on 25 July 2024[2]
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) |
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
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
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[3]
| Indian National Congress |  | Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
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.
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[4]
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[5]
Vacant
25  | Hazaribagh | Manish Jaiswal |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |  | NDA | Won in 2024 Indian general election to Hazaribagh Lok Sabha Constituency
Vacant
Chatra | 26  | Simaria | Kishun Kumar Das |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |  | NDA |
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[6]
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[7]
Kalpana Soren |  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |  | Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand) | Won in 2024 Bypoll[8]
32  | Giridih | Sudivya Kumar |  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |  | Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand) |
33  | Dumri | Jagarnath Mahto |  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |  | Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand) | Died on 6 April 2023[9]
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
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) |
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
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 |
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[10]
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) |
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) |
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
81  | Bhawanathpur | Bhanu Pratap Shahi |  | Bharatiya Janata Party |  | NDA |
| 82  | Nominated  | Glen Joseph Galstaun |  | Nominated  |

## See also

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* List of chief ministers of Jharkhand
* List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
* List of deputy chief ministers of Jharkhand
* List of speakers of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
* List of leaders of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

## Notes

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## References

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1. ^ "Stay Update on Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha Election with Latest News".`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. ^ Bhelari, Amit (25 July 2024). "Speaker disqualifies two Jharkhand MLAs under anti-defection law". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
3. ^ "JVM-P splits: Babulal Marandi in BJP, 2 MLAs join Congress". The Indian Express. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
4. ^ "Jharkhand: Congress legislator Mamata Devi loses membership post conviction". Hindustan Times. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
5. ^ Bhelari, Amit (25 July 2024). "Speaker disqualifies two Jharkhand MLAs under anti-defection law". The Hindu - via www.thehindu.com.
6. ^ "Babulal Marandi announces merger of JVM(P) and BJP on Feb. 17". The Hindu. 9 June 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
7. ^ "Jharkhand's JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad resigns from assembly". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
8. ^ 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.
9. ^ "Jharkhand minister Jagarnath Mahto dies at Chennai hospital". The Times of India. 6 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
10. ^ "Speaker passes disqualification order of MLA Bandhu Tirkey". The Pioneer. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

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