2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha election, see 2014 Indian general election in Jharkhand.

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).

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

← 2009 25 November 2014 – 20 December 2014 2019 →
81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.53% ( 9.56%)
Majority party Minority party   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%   Third party Fourth party   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%
Seatwise map of the election results
Structure of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Hemant Soren JMM Elected Chief Minister Raghubar Das BJP

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]

Parties and Alliances

National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Raghubar Das	72
	All Jharkhand Students Union			Sudesh Mahato	8

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha			Hemant Soren	79

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)			Babulal Marandi	73

Indian National Congress

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Sukhdeo Bhagat	62

Voting

The five stages of the elections were held as follows:

Voting stages

	Date	Seats	Turnout
	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

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

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

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#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

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.

Bypolls (2014-2019)

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
72	14 December 2015	Lohardaga	Kamal Kishore Bhagat		All Jharkhand Students Union	Sukhdeo Bhagat		Indian National Congress
75	16 May 2016	Panki	Bidesh Singh		Indian National Congress	Devendra Kumar Singh
17		Godda	Raghu Nandan Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Amit Kumar Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party
4	9 April 2017	Litipara	Dr. Anil Murmu		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Simon Marandi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
34	28 May 2018	Gomia	Yogendra Prasad			Babita Devi
61		Silli	Amit Kumar			Seema Devi
71	20 December 2018	Kolebira	Anosh Ekka		Jharkhand Party	Naman Bixal Kongari		Indian National Congress

See also

• 2014 elections in India