Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P)) (transl. 'Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)') was a state political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by former Union Minister and First Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Babulal Marandi.

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
Abbreviation	JVM (P)
Founder	Babulal Marandi
Founded	24 September 2006 (18 years ago) (2006-09-24)
Dissolved	17 February 2020 (5 years ago) (2020-02-17)
Split from	Bharatiya Janata Party
Merged into	Bharatiya Janata Party
Headquarters	Ranchi, Jharkhand
Student wing	Jharkhand Vikas Chatra Morcha
Youth wing	Jharkhand Vikas Yuva Morcha
Peasant's wing	Jharkhand Vikas Kissan Morcha
Ideology	Big tent
Colours	Green & Yellow
ECI Status	State Party[1]
Alliance	Mahagathbandhan (2018-2020) United Progressive Alliance (2009-2012)
Election symbol
Website
jvmp.in
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Formation

Babulal Marandi, Founder and Leader of the party (2006-2020).

The party's formation was announced by Marandi at Hazaribagh on 24 September 2006.^[2] Marandi was earlier a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, but he quit in mid-2006 because he felt he was being sidelined in the party.

Six JVM(P) MLAs on 11 Feb 2015 joined the BJP, a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside the ruling BJP-led coalition members in the state Assembly. Naveen Jaiswal (Hatia), Amar Kumar Bauri (Chandankiyari), Ganesh Ganju (Simaria), Alok Kumar Chourasia (Daltonganj), Randhir Kumar Singh (Sarath) and Janki Yadav (Barkatha) joined the BJP at the Jharkhand Bhavan in New Delhi.^{[citation needed]}

Dissolution

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party on February 17, 2020, at Jagannathpur Maidan, Ranchi in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda and former Chief Ministers of Jharkhand Arjun Munda and Raghubar Das. Earlier, Marandi had expelled MLAs Pradeep Yadav and Bandhu Tirkey from the party for “anti-party activities”. Both of them later joined Indian National Congress in its Delhi headquarters.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Electoral history

General election results

Election Year	Seats contested	Seats won	+/- seats	Overall Votes	Voteshare (%)
2009	14	1	New	963,274	0.23
2014	14	0	1	1,579,772	0.29
2019	2	0		750,799	0.12

Legislative Assembly election results

Election Year	Seats contested	Seats won	+/- seats	Overall Votes	Voteshare (%)
2009	25	11	New	923,671	8.99
2014	73	8	3	1,385,080	9.99
2019	81	3	5	820,757	5.45