2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 2014 (Hindi: झारखण्ड विधानसभा चुनाव) was held in five phases between November 25, and December 20, counting of votes and 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
25 November 2014 – 20 December 2014
81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.53%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Raghubar Das Hemant Soren Babulal Marandi
Party BJP JMM JVM(P)
Leader's seat Jamshedpur East Barhait,
Dumka (lost)		 Giridih (lost)
Dhanwar (lost)
Last election 18 18 11
Seats won 37 19 8
Seat change 19 1 3
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 from November 25 and ending December 20; counting of votes and results were announced on December 23, 2014.[1][2] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs were used in 7 assembly seats out of 81 in Jharkhand elections- Jamshedpur East, Jamshedpur West, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Kanke and Hatia.[3][4]

Voting

The five stages of the elections were held as follows:

Voting stages
DateSeatsTurnout
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%
Total8166.03%

Result
Party Flag or symbol Seats on Vote percentage
Bharatiya Janata Party 37 31.26%
All Jharkhand Students Union 5 3.68%
JVM(P) MLA's joined BJP (11 feb 2015) 6
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) 8-6=2 9.99%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 19 20.43%
Indian National Congress 6 10.46%
Bahujan Samaj Party
1 1.82%
Communist Party of India (ML)(L)
1 1.52%
Jharkhand Party 1 1.11%
Marxist Co-ordination Committee 1 1.02%
Jai Bharat Samanta Party 1 0.79%
Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha 1 0.49%
Left Parties 0 1.66%
Others 0 15.77%
Nominated 1
Source:[9]

Government Formation

Raghubar Das was sworn in as the 10th chief minister of Jharkhand state on 28 December 2014.

Six Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) MLAs on 11 February 2015 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”

See also

References
  1. "EC announces five-phased polls in J&K, Jharkhand; counting on December 23". 2014-10-25.
  2. "EC announces five phased polling for Jharkhand and J-K". Business Standard India. 2014-10-25.
  3. 5-PHASE POLLS IN J&K, J’KHAND FROM NOV 25
  4. 5 phase polls for 4th Assembly to begin on Nov 25
  5. "Impressive turnout in J&K and Jharkhand". The Hindu. thehindu. 2014-11-25. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  6. "Assembly polls 2nd phase: 71 pc voting in J&K, 65.46 pc in Jharkhand". indianexpress. 2014-12-03. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  7. "Polls in the Shadow of Terror: 58% People Vote in Jammu and Kashmir". NDTV. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  8. "Braving bullets 58% cast ballot in Jammu and Kashmir, 61% voting in Jharkhand in third phase of elections". dna India. 2014-12-09. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  9. "2014 Assembly Election Results of Jammu & Kasmir / Jharkhand". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
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