2019 Indian general election in Jharkhand

For Assembly election, see 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election.

The 2019 Indian general elections were held in India between 29 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.^[1][2]

2019 Indian general election in Jharkhand

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14 seats
Turnout	66.80% ( 2.98%)
Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren Alliance NDA UPA Leader's seat Khunti (won) Dumka (lost) Last election 12 2 Seats won 12 2 Seat change Percentage 56.00% 34.58% Swing 12.20% 1.72%
Jharkhand
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Arjun Munda	13
	All Jharkhand Students Union			Sudesh Mahato	1

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Alamgir Alam	7
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha			Shibu Soren	4
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)			Babulal Marandi	2
	Rashtriya Janata Dal			Lalu Prasad Yadav	1

Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			UPA
1	Rajmahal (ST)		BJP	Hemlal Murmu		JMM	Vijay Hansdak
2	Dumka (ST)		BJP	Sunil Soren		JMM	Shibu Soren
3	Godda		BJP	Nishikant Dubey		JVM(P)	Pradeep Yadav
4	Chatra		BJP	Sunil Kumar Singh		INC	Manoj Kumar Yadav
5	Kodarma		BJP	Annapurna Devi Yadav		JVM(P)	Babulal Marandi
6	Giridih		AJSU	Chandra Prakash Chaudhary		JMM	Jagarnath Mahto
7	Dhanbad		BJP	Pashupati Nath Singh		INC	Kirti Azad
8	Ranchi		BJP	Sanjay Seth		INC	Subodh Kant Sahay
9	Jamshedpur		BJP	Bidyut Baran Mahato		JMM	Champai Soren
10	Singhbhum (ST)		BJP	Laxman Giluwa		INC	Geeta Koda
11	Khunti (ST)		BJP	Arjun Munda		INC	Kali Charan Munda
12	Lohardaga (ST)		BJP	Sudarshan Bhagat		INC	Sukhdeo Bhagat
13	Palamau (SC)		BJP	Vishnu Dayal Ram		RJD	Ghuran Ram
14	Hazaribagh		BJP	Jayant Sinha		INC	Gopal Sahu

Opinion polling

Date published	Polling agency			Lead
		NDA	UPA
9 April 2019	Times Now - VMR	11	3	8
8 April 2019	News Nation	9	5	4
6 April 2019	India TV - CNX	10	4	6
5 April 2019	Jan Ki Baat	9-11	3-5	6-8
30 March 2019	VDP Associates	7	7	–
24 Jan 2019	Republic TV - Cvoter[citation needed]	5	9	4
05 Jan 2019	VDP Associates	4	10	6

Date published	Polling agency					Lead
		NDA	UPA	JMM	JVM
Jan 2019	Republic TV - Cvoter[citation needed]	41.9%	46.5%		10.1%	4.6%

Results

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Rajmahal	Vijay Kumar Hansdak		JMM	507,830	48.46	Hemlal Murmu		BJP	408,635	39.00	99,195	9.46
2	Dumka	Sunil Soren		BJP	484,923	47.26	Shibu Soren		JMM	437,333	42.63	47,590	4.63
3	Godda	Nishikant Dubey		BJP	637,610	53.39	Pradeep Yadav		JVM	453,383	37.96	184,227	15.43
4	Chatra	Sunil Kumar Singh		BJP	528,077	57.03	Manoj Kumar Yadav		INC	150,206	16.22	377,871	40.81
5	Kodarma	Annpurna Devi		BJP	753,016	62.25	Babu Lal Marandi		JVM	297,416	24.59	455,600	37.66
6	Giridih	Chandra Prakash Choudhary		AJSU	648,277	58.55	Jagarnath Mahto		JMM	399,930	36.12	248,347	22.43
7	Dhanbad	Pashupati Nath Singh		BJP	827,234	66.01	Kirti Azad		INC	341,040	27.21	486,194	38.80
8	Ranchi	Sanjay Seth		BJP	706,510	57.18	Subodh Kant Sahay		INC	423,730	34.29	282,780	22.89
9	Jamshedpur	Bidyut Baran Mahato		BJP	679,632	59.39	Champai Soren		JMM	377,542	32.99	302,090	26.40
10	Singhbhum	Geeta Kora		INC	431,815	49.10	Laxman Giluwa		BJP	359,660	40.89	72,155	8.21
11	Khunti	Arjun Munda		BJP	382,638	45.94	Kali Charan Munda		INC	381,193	45.77	1,445	0.17
12	Lohardaga	Sudarshan Bhagat		BJP	371,595	45.41	Sukhdeo Bhagat		INC	361,232	44.14	10,363	1.27
13	Palamau	Vishnu Dayal Ram		BJP	755,659	62.43	Ghuran Ram		RJD	278,053	22.97	477,606	39.46
14	Hazaribagh	Jayant Sinha		BJP	728,798	67.40	Gopal Prasad Sahu		INC	249,250	23.05	479,548	44.35

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jharkhand

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Arjun Munda	Khunti	Cabinet Minister	Tribal Affairs	31 May 2019	9 June 2024		BJP
				Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (Additional charge)	7 December 2023	9 June 2024		BJP
2	Annpurna Devi	Kodarma	Minister of State	Education	7 July 2021	9 June 2024		BJP

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2014& 2019 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	57	25
	Indian National Congress	11	16
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	7	30
	All Jharkhand Students Union	6	2
	Others	–	8
Total		81

Jharkhand Lok Sabha Election 2019 AC Wise Lead