Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jharkhand, India, from 30 November to 20 December 2019 to elect the 81 members of the 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Results were declared on 23 December 2019. The pre-election term of the Assembly was set to end on 27 December 2019.
Schedule The schedule for the election proceedings was announced on 1 November 2019. Poll Event Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Notification date 6 November 2019 11 November 2019 16 November 2019 22 November 2019 26 November 2019Last date for filing nominations13 November 201918 November 201925 November 201929 November 20193 December 2019Scrutiny of nominations14 November 201919 November 201926 November 201930 November 20194 December 2019The last date for withdrawal of candidature16 November 201921 November 201928 November 20192 December 20196 December 2019Date of poll30 November 20197 December 201912 December 201916 December 201920 December 2019 Counting of votes 21 December 2019
Parties and alliances
No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested1. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Hemant Soren 432. Indian National Congress Rameshwar Oraon 313.Rashtriya Janata Dal Abhay Kumar Singh 7
No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested1. Bharatiya Janata Party Raghubar Das 79
No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested1. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) Babulal Marandi 81
No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested1. All Jharkhand Students Union Sudesh Mahto 53
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested1. Communist Party of IndiaMahendra Pathak 182. Communist Party of India (ML) L 143. Communist Party of India (Marxist)Prakash Viplav 94. Marxist Coordination CommitteeArup Chatterjee 8
No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested1. Nationalist Congress Party Kamlesh Kumar Singh 7
List of Candidates ConstituencyMGBBJPJVM(P)AJSUP No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Rajmahal Ketabuddin Sekh Anant Kumar Ojha Rajkumar Yadav Md. Tajuddin 2 Borio Lobin Hembrom Surya Narayan Hansada Babu Ram Murmu Tala Marandi 3 Barhait Hemant Soren Simon Malto Hopna Tudu Gamliyel Hembrom 4 Littipara Dinesh William Marandi Daniel Kisku Raska Hembram 5 Pakur Alamgir Alam Veni Prasad Gupta Qamruddin Ansari Aquil Akhtar 6 Maheshpur Stephen Marandi Mistry Soren Shivdhan Hembrom Suphal Marandi 7 Shikaripara Nalin Soren Paritosh Soren Rajesh Murmu Shyam Marandi 8 Nala Rabindra Nath Mahato Satyanand Jha Pushpa Soren Madhav Chandra Mahto 9 Jamtara Irfan Ansari Birendra Mandal Abdul Mannan Ansari Chameli Devi 10 Dumka Hemant Soren Lois Marandi Anjula Murmu 11 Jama Sita Murmu Suresh Murmu Arjun Marandi Steffy Teresa Murmu 12 Jarmundi Badal Devendra Kunwar Sanjay Kumar 13 Madhupur Haji Hussain Ansari Raj Paliwar Sahim Khan Ganga Narayan Ray 14 Sarath Parimal Kumar Singh Randhir Kumar Singh Uday Shankar Singh Firoj Miyan 15 Deoghar Suresh Paswan Narayan Das Nirmala Bharti Santosh Paswan 16 Poreyahat Ashok Kumar Gajadhar Singh Pradeep Yadav 17 Godda Sanjay Prasad Yadav Amit Kumar Mandal Phool Kumari Awadhesh Kumar Singh 18 Mahagama Dipika Pandey Singh Ashok Kumar Sanjiv Kumar Mishra Ataur Rahaman Siddiki 19 Kodarma Amitabh Kumar Dr. Neera Yadav Ramesh Harshdhar Shalini Gupta 20 Barkatha Mohammad Khalid Khalil Janki Prasad Yadav Bateshwar Prasad Mehta Pradeep Kumar Mehta 21 Barhi Umashankar Akela Manoj Kumar Yadav Arbind Kumar 22 Barkagaon Amba Prasad Loknath Mahto Durga Charan Prasad Roshan Lal Choudhary 23 Ramgarh Mamta Devi Rananjay Kumar @ Kuntu Babu Arif Ahmad Kuraishi Sunita Choudhary 24 Mandu Ram Prakash Bhai Patel Jai Prakash Bhai Patel Chandra Nath Bhai Patel Nirmal Mahto 25 Hazaribagh Dr. Ramchandra Prasad Manish Jaiswal Munna Singh 26 Simaria Yogendra Nath Baitha Kishun Kumar Das Ramadev Singh Bhogta Manoj Kumar Chandra 27 Chatra Satyanand Bhogta Janardan Paswan Tileshwar Ram 28 Dhanwar Nijamuddin Ansari Lakshman Prasad Singh Babulal Marandi 29 Bagodar Vasudev Pra Verma Nagendra Mahto Rajani Kaur Anup Kumar Pandey 30 Jamua Manju Kumari Kedar Hazra Chandrika Mahtha Satyanarayan Das 31 Gandey Sarfaraz Ahmad Jai Prakash Verma Dilip Kumar Verma Arjun Baitha 32 Giridih Sudivya Kumar Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi Chunnu Kant 33 Dumri Jagarnath Mahto Pradeep Kumar Sahu Md. Samsuddin Yashoda Devi 34 Gomia Babita Devi Lakshman Kumar Nayak Gautam Tiwari Lambodar Mahto 35 Bermo Rajendra Pd. Singh Yogeshwar Mahto Ram Kinkar Pandey Kashi Nath Singh 36 Bokaro Shweta Singh Biranchi Narayan Prakash Kumar Rajendra Mahato 37 Chandankyari Bijay Kumar Rajwar Amar Kumar Bauri Rohit Kumar Das Uma Kant Rajak 38 Sindri Fulchand Mandal Indrajit Mahato Ramesh Kumar Rahi Sadanand Mahato 39 Nirsa Ashok Kumar Mandal Aparna Sengupta Bampy Chakrawarty 40 Dhanbad Mannan Mallick Raj Sinha Saroj Kumar Singh Pradip Mohan Sahay 41 Jharia Purnima Niraj Singh Ragini Singh Yogendra Yadav Abadhesh Kumar 42 Tundi Mathura Prasad Mahato Vikram Pandey Saba Ahmad Raj Kishore Mahato 43 Baghmara Jaleshwar Mahato Dulu Mahato Santosh Kumar Mahato 44 Baharagora Samir Kr. Mohanty Kunal Shadangi Harmohan Mahato 45 Ghatsila Ramdas Soren Lakhan Chandra Mardi Dr Sunita Debdoot Soren Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu 46 Potka Sanjib Sardar Menka Sardar Naresh Kumar Murmu Bulu Rani Singh 47 Jugsalai Mangal Kalindi Muchiram Bauri Ramchandra Paswan Ram Chandra Sahis 48 Jamshedpur East Gourav Vallabh Raghubar Das Abhay Singh 49 Jamshedpur West Banna Gupta Devendra Nath Singh Pankaj Kumar Brijesh Singh 50 Ichagarh Sabita Mahato Sadhu Charan Mahato Binod Ray Hare Lal Mahato 51 Saraikella Champai Soren Ganesh Mahali Anil Soren Anant Ram Tudu 52 Chaibasa Deepak Birua J. B. Tubid Chandmani Balmuchu 53 Majhganon Niral Purty Bhupendra Pingua Joseph Purty Nandlal Birua 54 Jagannathpur Sona Ram Sinku Sudhir Kumar Sundi Mangal Singh Bobonga Mangal Singh Suren 55 Manoharpur Joba Majhi Gurucharan Nayak Sushila Toppo Birsa Munda 56 Chakradharpur Sukhram Oraon Laxman Giluwa Shashibhusan Samad Ramlal Munda 57 Kharasawan Dashrath Gagrai Jawahar Lal Banra Ram Honhaga Sanjay Jarika 58 Tamar Vikash Kumar Munda Reeta Devi Prem Shankar Shahi Munda Ram Durlav Singh Munda 59 Torpa Sudeep Guria Koche Munda Ishwardutt Marshal Mundu 60 Khunti Sushil Pahan Nilkanth Singh Munda Dayamani Barla 61 Silli Seema Devi Umesh Mahto Sudesh Kumar Mahto 62 Khijri Rajesh Kachhap Ram Kumar Pahan Antu Tirkey Ramdhan Bediya 63 Ranchi Mahua Maji C. P. Singh Sunil Kumar Gupta Barsha Gari 64 Hatia Ajay Nath Shahdeo Navin Jaiswal Shobha Yadav Bharat Kanshi 65 Kanke Suresh Kumar Baitha Sammari Lal Kamlesh Ram Ramjeet Ganjhu 66 Mandar Sunny Toppo Deo Kumar Dhan Bandhu Tirkey Hemlata Oraon 67 Sisai Jiga Susaran Horo Dinesh Oraon Lohor Main Oraon 68 Gumla Bhushan Tirkey Mishir Kujur Rajneel Tigga 69 Bishunpur Chamra Linda Ashok Oraon Mahatma Oraon 70 Simdega Bhushan Bara Shradhanand Besra Mohan Baraik 71 Kolebira Naman Bixal Kongari Sujan Jojo Deepak Kerketta 72 Lohardaga Rameshwar Oraon Sukhdeo Bhagat Pawan Tigga Neru Shanti Bhagat 73 Manika Ramchandra Singh Raghupal Singh Rajpal Singh 74 Latehar Baidyanath Ram Prakash Ram Aman Kumar Bhogta 75 Panki Devendra Kumar Singh Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Rudra Kumar Shukla 76 Daltonganj Krishna Nand Tripathi Alok Kumar Chaurasiya Rahul Agrawal 77 Bishrampur Chandra Shekhar Dubey Ramchandra Chandravanshi Anju Singh 78 Chattarpur Vijay Kumar Pushpa Devi Dharmendra Prakash Badal Radha Krishna Kishore 79 Hussainabad Sanjay Kumar Singh Birendra Kumar Kushwaha Shivpujan Mehta 80 Garhwa Mithilesh Kumar Thakur Satyendra Nath Tiwari Suraj Prasad Gupta 81 Bhawanathpur Kedar Prasad Yadav Bhanu Pratap Shahi Vijay Kumar Keshri
Surveys and polls Opinion polls Publishing DatePolling AgencyData MetricBJPAJSUJMMINCJVMOthers28 November 2019IANS – CVoterVote share33.3 %4.6 %18 %12.4 %7.7 %23.2 %Seat projection28 – 383 – 918 – 286 – 103 – 93 – 9
Exit polls Publishing datePolling agencyMajority BJP UPA AJSU JVM (P) Others20 December 2019India Today - Axis My India27 (22–32)43 (38–50)5 (3–5)3 (2–4)3 (4–7) UPA20 December 2019ABP - IANS - CVoter32 (28–36)35 (31–39)5 (3–7)3 (1–5)6 (4–8)Hung20 December 2019Times Now2844432UPA
Result
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeatsVotes%± ppWon+/− Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 28,17,442 18.72% 1.71% 30 11 Indian National Congress 20,88,863 13.88% 3.42% 16 10 Rashtriya Janata Dal 4,13,167 2.75% 0.38% 1 1Total 53,19,472 35.35% 1.33% 47 22 Bharatiya Janata Party 50,22,374 33.37% 2.11% 25 12 Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) 8,20,757 5.45% 4.54% 3 5 All Jharkhand Students Union 12,19,535 8.10% 4.42% 2 3 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 1,72,475 1.15% 0.37% 1 Nationalist Congress Party 63,320 0.42% 1 1 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen1,73,980 1.16% Independents 9,85,438 6.55% 0.14% 2 2 None of the Above 2,05,050 1.36%Total1,50,48,908 100.00 81Valid votes1,50,48,90899.82Invalid votes27,2520.18Votes cast / turnout1,50,76,16065.38Abstentions79,81,87534.62Registered voters 2,30,58,035
Alliance wise results Source: AlliancePartyContestedSeats Won Alliance wise seat won/ SeatsUPAJharkhand Mukti Morcha433047 11Indian National Congress3116 10Rashtriya Janata Dal71 1NDABharatiya Janata Party792525 12NoneJharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)8133 5All Jharkhand Students Union5322 3Communist Party of India (M-L) L1411Nationalist Congress Party711 1Independent22 2Total81 Results by Constituency