2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha election, see 2014 Indian general election in Jharkhand.
2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
20 January 2014
81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.53% ( 9.56%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Raghubar Das Hemant Soren
Party BJP JMM
Alliance NDA
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 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election (Hindi: झारखण्ड विधानसभा चुनाव) was held on 20 January 2014 to elect the members of the 4th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The results were announced on January 20, 2014.[1][2] The Bharatiya 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).

The term of the legislative assembly of Jharkhand ended on January 20, 2014. The Chief Election Commissioner announced five-phased assembly elections to be held in Jharkhand along with Jammu and Kashmir beginning January 20. Results were announced on January 20, 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 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party Raghubar Das 72
All Jharkhand Students Union Sudesh Mahto 8
Lok Janshakti Party 1
Total 81
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Hemant Soren 79
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha Babulal Marandi 73
Indian National Congress
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Indian National Congress Sukhdeo Bhagat 62
Other Parties
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Bahujan Samaj Party 61
Rashtriya Janata Dal 19
Trinamool Congress 10
Jharkhand Party 19

Voting

The five stages of the elections were held as follows:

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

Source[9]

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Rajmahal Anant Kumar Ojha BJP 77,481 39.71 Md. Tajuddin JMM 76,779 39.35 702 0.36
2 Borio (ST) Tala Marandi BJP 57,565 36.39 Lobin Hembrom JMM 56,853 35.94 712 0.45
3 Barhait (ST) Hemant Soren JMM 62,515 46.18 Hemlal Murmu BJP 38,428 28.38 24,087 17.80
4 Littipara (ST) Dr. Anil Murmu JMM 67,194 45.93 Simon Marandi BJP 42,111 28.78 25,083 17.15
5 Pakur Alamgir Alam INC 83,338 35.41 Akil Akhtar JMM 65,272 27.74 18,066 7.67
6 Maheshpur (ST) Stephen Marandi JMM 51,866 32.25 Devidhan Tudu BJP 45,710 28.42 6,156 3.83
7 Shikaripara (ST) Nalin Soren JMM 61,901 42.05 Paritosh Soren JVM(P) 37,400 25.41 24,501 16.64
8 Nala Rabindra Nath Mahato JMM 56,131 33.70 Satya Nand Jha BJP 49,116 29.49 7,015 4.21
9 Jamtara Irfan Ansari INC 67,486 35.18 Birendra Mandal BJP 58,349 30.42 9,137 4.76
10 Dumka (ST) Louis Marandi BJP 69,760 44.65 Hemant Soren JMM 64,846 41.51 4,914 3.14
11 Jama (ST) Sita Soren JMM 53,250 39.80 Suresh Murmu BJP 50,944 38.08 2,306 1.72
12 Jarmundi Badal Patralekh INC 43,981 28.83 Hari Narayan Ray JMM 41,273 27.05 2,708 1.78
13 Madhupur Raj Paliwar BJP 74,325 37.34 Hazi Hussain Ansari JMM 67,441 33.88 6,884 3.46
14 Sarath Randhir Kumar Singh JVM(P) 62,717 33.78 Uday Shankar Singh BJP 48,816 26.29 13,901 7.49
15 Deoghar (SC) Narayan Das BJP 92,022 42.42 Suresh Paswan RJD 46,870 21.60 45,152 20.82
16 Poreyahat Pradeep Yadav JVM(P) 64,036 35.51 Devendranath Singh BJP 52,878 29.33 11,158 6.18
17 Godda Raghu Nandan Mandal BJP 87,158 48.71 Sanjay Prasad Yadav RJD 52,672 29.44 34,486 19.27
18 Mahagama Ashok Kumar BJP 70,635 39.28 Shahid Iqbal JVM(P) 39,075 21.73 31,560 17.55
19 Kodarma Dr. Neera Yadav BJP 84,874 42.88 Annpurna Devi RJD 71,349 36.05 13,525 6.83
20 Barkatha Janki Prasad Yadav JVM(P) 63,336 32.53 Amit Kumar Yadav BJP 55,129 28.31 8,207 4.22
21 Barhi Manoj Yadav INC 57,818 33.14 Umashankar Akela BJP 50,733 29.08 7,085 4.06
22 Barkagaon Nirmala Devi INC 61,817 29.24 Roshan Lal Chaudhary AJSU 61,406 29.05 411 0.19
23 Ramgarh Chandra Prakash Choudhary AJSU 98,987 49.06 Shahzada Anwar INC 45,169 22.39 53,818 26.67
24 Mandu Jai Prakash Bhai Patel JMM 78,499 34.38 Kumar Mahesh Singh BJP 71,487 31.31 7,012 3.07
25 Hazaribagh Manish Jaiswal BJP 89,675 44.46 Pradip Prasad IND 62,546 31.01 27,129 13.45
26 Simaria (SC) Ganesh Ganjhu JVM(P) 67,404 36.50 Sujeet Kumar Bharati BJP 51,764 28.03 15,640 8.47
27 Chatra (SC) Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta BJP 69,745 38.34 Satyanand Bhogta JVM(P) 49,169 27.03 20,576 11.31
28 Dhanwar Raj Kumar Yadav CPI(ML) 50,634 28.66 Babulal Marandi JVM(P) 39,922 22.59 10,712 6.07
29 Bagodar Nagendra Mahto BJP 74,898 38.97 Vinod Kumar Singh CPI(ML) 70,559 36.72 4,339 2.25
30 Jamua (SC) Kedar Hazra BJP 56,027 35.32 Satya Narayan Das JVM(P) 32,927 20.76 23,100 14.56
31 Gandey Jai Prakash Verma BJP 48,838 28.90 Salkhan Soren JMM 38,559 22.81 10,279 6.09
32 Giridih Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi BJP 57,450 38.34 Sudivya Kumar JMM 47,517 31.71 9,933 6.63
33 Dumri Jagarnath Mahto JMM 77,984 45.05 Lalchand Mahto BJP 45,503 26.29 32,481 18.76
34 Gomia Yogendra Prasad JMM 97,799 55.25 Madhav Lal Singh BJP 60,285 34.06 37,514 21.19
35 Bermo Yogeshwar Mahto BJP 80,489 42.99 Rajendra Prasad Singh INC 67,876 36.26 12,613 6.73
36 Bokaro Biranchi Narayan BJP 1,14,321 43.38 Samresh Singh IND 41,678 15.82 72,643 27.56
37 Chandankyari (SC) Amar Kumar Bauri JVM(P) 81,925 51.18 Umakant Rajak AJSU 47,761 29.83 34,164 21.35
38 Sindri Fulchand Mandal BJP 58,623 29.01 Anand Mahato MCO 52,075 25.77 6,548 3.24
39 Nirsa Arup Chatterjee MCO 51,581 25.65 Ganesh Mishra BJP 50,546 25.14 1,035 0.51
40 Dhanbad Raj Sinha BJP 1,32,091 58.17 Mannan Mallick INC 79,094 34.83 52,997 23.34
41 Jharia Sanjeev Singh BJP 74,062 48.14 Niraj Singh INC 40,370 26.24 33,692 21.90
42 Tundi Raj Kishore Mahato AJSU 55,466 31.41 Mathura Prasad Mahato JMM 54,340 30.78 1,126 0.63
43 Baghmara Dulu Mahato BJP 86,603 51.65 Jaleshwar Mahato JD(U) 56,980 33.99 29,623 17.66
44 Baharagora Kunal Sarangi JMM 57,973 35.78 Dineshananda Goswami BJP 42,618 26.30 15,355 9.48
45 Ghatsila (ST) Laxman Tudu BJP 52,506 32.48 Ramdas Soren JMM 46,103 28.52 6,403 3.96
46 Potka (ST) Maneka Sardar BJP 68,191 36.69 Sanjib Sardar JMM 61,485 33.08 6,706 3.61
47 Jugsalai (SC) Ram Chandra Sahis AJSU 82,302 40.28 Mangal Kalindi JMM 57,257 28.02 25,045 12.26
48 Jamshedpur East Raghubar Das BJP 1,03,427 61.48 Anand Bihari Dubey INC 33,270 19.78 70,157 41.70
49 Jamshedpur West Saryu Roy BJP 95,346 49.86 Banna Gupta INC 84,829 44.36 10,517 5.50
50 Ichagarh Sadhu Charan Mahato BJP 75,634 42.65 Sabita Mahato JMM 33,384 18.82 42,250 23.83
51 Saraikella (ST) Champai Soren JMM 94,746 45.40 Ganesh Mahali BJP 93,631 44.86 1,115 0.54
52 Chaibasa (ST) Deepak Birua JMM 68,801 48.70 Jyoti Bhramar Tubid BJP 34,086 24.13 34,715 24.57
53 Majhganon (ST) Niral Purty JMM 45,272 35.27 Madhu Kora JBSP 34,090 26.56 11,182 8.71
54 Jaganathpur (ST) Geeta Kora JBSP 48,546 42.84 Mangal Singh Suren BJP 23,935 21.12 24,611 21.72
55 Manoharpur (ST) Joba Manjhi JMM 57,558 45.16 Gurucharan Nayak BJP 40,989 32.16 16,569 13.00
56 Chakradharpur (ST) Shashibhushan Samad JMM 64,396 52.38 Navami Oraon BJP 37,948 30.86 26,448 21.52
57 Kharasawan (ST) Dashrath Gagrai JMM 72,002 49.15 Arjun Munda BJP 60,036 40.99 11,966 8.16
58 Tamar (ST) Vikash Kumar Munda AJSU 57,428 42.87 Gopal Krishna Patar IND 31,422 23.46 26,006 19.41
59 Torpa (ST) Paulus Surin JMM 32,003 30.77 Koche Munda BJP 31,960 30.73 43 0.04
60 Khunti (ST) Nilkanth Singh Munda BJP 47,032 39.25 Jidan Horo JMM 25,517 21.30 21,515 17.95
61 Silli Amit Mahto JMM 79,747 55.71 Sudesh Mahto AJSU 50,007 34.93 29,740 20.78
62 Khijri (ST) Ramkumar Pahan BJP 94,581 52.48 Sundri Devi INC 29,669 16.46 64,912 36.02
63 Ranchi C. P. Singh BJP 95,760 64.38 Mahua Maji JMM 36,897 24.81 58,863 39.57
64 Hatia Navin Jaiswal JVM(P) 88,228 40.45 Seema Sharma BJP 80,210 36.77 8,018 3.68
65 Kanke (SC) Dr. Jitu Charan Ram BJP 1,15,702 55.73 Suresh Kumar Baitha INC 55,898 26.92 59,804 28.81
66 Mandar (ST) Gangotri Kujur BJP 54,200 28.50 Bandhu Tirkey AITC 46,595 24.50 7,605 4.00
67 Sisai (ST) Dinesh Oraon BJP 44,472 31.02 Jiga Susaran Horo JMM 41,879 29.21 2,593 1.81
68 Gumla (ST) Shivshankar Oraon BJP 50,473 38.89 Bhushan Tirkey JMM 46,441 35.78 4,032 3.11
69 Bishunpur (ST) Chamra Linda JMM 55,851 37.95 Samir Oraon BJP 45,008 30.58 10,843 7.37
70 Simdega (ST) Vimla Pradhan BJP 45,343 33.38 Menon Ekka JKP 42,149 31.03 3,194 2.35
71 Kolebira (ST) Anosh Ekka JKP 48,978 39.59 Manoj Nagesiya BJP 31,835 25.74 17,143 13.85
72 Lohardaga (ST) Kamal Kishore Bhagat AJSU 56,920 38.81 Sukhdeo Bhagat INC 56,328 38.41 592 0.40
73 Manika (ST) Harikrishna Singh BJP 31,583 24.70 Ramchandra Singh RJD 30,500 23.86 1,083 0.84
74 Latehar (SC) Prakash Ram JVM(P) 71,189 44.45 Brajmohan Ram BJP 44,402 27.72 26,787 16.73
75 Panki Bidesh Singh INC 41,175 26.23 Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta IND 39,180 24.96 1,995 1.27
76 Daltonganj Alok Kumar Chaurasiya JVM(P) 59,202 29.78 Krishna Nand Tripathi INC 54,855 27.60 4,347 2.18
77 Bishrampur Ramchandra Chandravanshi BJP 37,974 22.70 Anju Singh IND 24,064 14.39 13,910 8.31
78 Chattarpur (SC) Radha Krishna Kishore BJP 43,805 30.62 Manoj Kumar RJD 37,943 26.52 5,862 4.10
79 Hussainabad Shivpujan Mehta BSP 57,275 37.00 Kamlesh Kumar Singh NCP 29,523 19.07 27,752 17.93
80 Garhwa Satyendra Nath Tiwari BJP 75,196 36.95 Girinath Singh RJD 53,441 26.26 21,755 10.69
81 Bhawanathpur Bhanu Pratap Sahi NSAM 58,908 27.80 Anant Pratap Deo BJP 56,247 26.54 2,661 1.26

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

References

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