2019 Indian general election in Jharkhand

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

Parties and Alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

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

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	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	Kalicharan 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

No	Constituency	Turnout[3]	Winner	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes	Margin
1	Rajmahal (ST)	72.05	Vijay Kumar Hansdak	JMM	5,07,830	Hemlal Murmu	BJP	4,08,635	99,195
2	Dumka (ST)	73.43	Sunil Soren	BJP	4,84,923	Shibu Soren	JMM	4,37,333	47,590
3	Godda	69.57	Nishikant Dubey	BJP	6,36,100	Pradeep Yadav	JVM	4,53,383	1,84,227
4	Chatra	64.97	Sunil Kumar Singh	BJP	5,28,077	Manoj Kumar Yadav	INC	1,50,206	3,77,871
5	Kodarma	66.68	Annapurna Devi Yadav	BJP	7,53,016	Babulal Marandi	JVM	2,97,416	4,55,600
6	Giridih	67.12	Chandra Prakash Chaudhary	AJSU	6,48,277	Jagarnath Mahto	JMM	3,99,930	2,48,347
7	Dhanbad	60.47	Pashupati Nath Singh	BJP	8,27,234	Kirti Azad	INC	3,41,040	4,86,194
8	Ranchi	64.49	Sanjay Seth	BJP	7,06,828	Subodh Kant Sahay	INC	4,23,802	2,83,026
9	Jamshedpur	67.19	Bidyut Baran Mahato	BJP	6,79,632	Champai Soren	JMM	3,77,542	3,02,090
10	Singhbhum (ST)	69.26	Geeta Koda	INC	4,31,815	Laxman Giluwa	BJP	3,59,660	72,155
11	Khunti (ST)	69.25	Arjun Munda	BJP	3,82,638	Kalicharan Munda	INC	3,81,193	1,445
12	Lohardaga (ST)	66.30	Sudarshan Bhagat	BJP	3,71,595	Sukhdeo Bhagat	INC	3,61,262	10,363
13	Palamau (SC)	64.34	Vishnu Dayal Ram	BJP	7,55,659	Ghuran Ram	RJD	2,78,053	4,77,606
14	Hazaribagh	64.85	Jayant Sinha	BJP	7,28,798	Gopal Sahu	INC	2,49,250	4,79,548

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 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