The Hemant Soren-led alliance of JMM, Congress and RJD attained a
majority in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly on Monday Dec 23,2019
The coalition has clinched 47 seats, which is way past the required majority mark in the Jharkhand assembly, while BJP has won only 25
The BJP contested 79 of 81 seats in the Jharkhand assembly, supported an Independent candidate in one constituency and did not put up nominee against AJSU Party president Sudesh Mahto
Chief Minister Raghubar Das was dealt a severe blow in the Jharkhand assembly elections in which he failed to retain even his own seat, Jamshedpur East, which he lost to Independent candidate Saryu Roy, who is a BJP rebel and former minister.
Jharkhand is home to four major tribal groups - Santhal, Munda, Ho and Oraon. While the BJP is traditionally known to control the Munda votes, the JMM has a following among the Santhali vote while the Congress is believed to have the backing of the Ho and Oraon
All of Raghubar Das's predecessors, including Jharkhand's first chief minister Babulal Marandi, have been from the tribal community. The BJP tried to change the pro-tribal script in 2014 when it picked a non-tribal, Raghubar Das, from the backward Teli caste, to head the state
Raghubar Das, the first chief minister to complete a full term in office, proved anything but a deft politician. His attempts to change the tribal tenancy laws in 2017, which sought to dilute the protection the scheduled tribe had over their land, created a huge trust deficit for BJP in Jharkhand. The Congress-JMM led opposition along with the Church opposed the proposed amendments.The Das government had brought two bills in 2017 to change the two tenancy acts-the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act (CNTA) and the Santhal Parganas Tenancy Act (SPTA)--to allow commercial use of tribal land. The move was largely seen as a pro-corporate and anti-tribal. Sensing the anger of the tribal community, the BJP had put the decision on hold before the Lok Sabha polls, but the opposition succeeded in conveying the message that Das would push the bills through if voted back to power
28 assembly seats are reserved for STs and 9 assembly seats are reserved for SCs out of the total 81 assembly seats
In 2014, when the BJP bagged its highest tally of 37 assembly seats in Jharkhand, it was largely possible because a significant section of the tribal community voted for the saffron party. It was manifested in the BJP's performance in the 28 ST seats, where it was almost on par with the JMM, often seen as the first claimant of tribal votes in Jharkhand (the BJP had bagged 11 seats whereas the JMM tally was 13). However in 2019, the JMM-Congress combine has now won 25 of these 28 seats and the BJP which contested all the seats could manage to win just 2 seats
However,BJP improved its performance in seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes. Of the 9 SC assembly seats in Jharkhand, the BJP bagged 6, one more than its 2014 tally of 5 seats
The last three-phases of voting were held in Jharkhand amid nationwide protests against the NRC and the CAA. On December 12, 16 and 20, polls took place for 43 seats out of the total 81 seats in the state. The result tally shows that the BJP won 17 seats followed by the JMM (11) and Congress (9), while the AJSU, a former election ally of the BJP, got two seats in the last three phases.
In 2014, the BJP had won 15 seats. In 2019, as per available data of the Election Commission, the BJP was able to retain only 10 seats. However, Congress and the JMM have gained two and six extra seats over their previous wins in the last assembly election.
This was the first state election since the creation of Jharkhand in 2000 that the BJP contested the polls alone. It junked its oldest ally in the state, the All Jharkhand Students Union Party, whose Sudesh Mahto tried till the very last moment to have a pre-poll tie-up with the BJP.
The BJP leadership, then smarting under the Maharashtra experience of having been "ditched" by 35-year-old ally Shiv Sena, decided to go solo in Jharkhand. The party, however, did not put up its candidate against Sudesh Mahto at Silli seat in Ranchi.
The trend from the counting of votes in Jharkhand shows that the BJP would have been in advantageous position had it conceded to demands by the AJSUP in the assembly election
The coalition has clinched 47 seats, which is way past the required majority mark in the Jharkhand assembly, while BJP has won only 25
Constituency | Assembly Constituency No | Winning Candidate | Winning Party | Losing Candidate | Losing Party | Vote Margin |
Baghmara | 43 | Dulu Mahato | BJP | Jaleshwar Mahato | Congress | 824 |
Bagodar | 29 | Vinod Kumar Singh | CPIML | Nagendra Mahto | BJP | 14545 |
Baharagora | 44 | Samir Kr. Mohanty | JMM | Kunal Shadangi | BJP | 60565 |
Barhait | 3 | Hemant Soren | JMM | Simon Malto | BJP | 25740 |
Barhi | 21 | Umashankar Akela | Congress | Manoj Kumar Yadav | BJP | 11371 |
Barkagaon | 22 | Amba Prasad | Congress | Roshan Lal Choudhary | AJSU | 31514 |
Barkatha | 20 | Amit Kumar Yadav S/O-Chitranjan Yadav | Independent | Janki Prasad Yadav | BJP | 24812 |
Bermo | 35 | Rajendra Pd. Singh | Congress | Yogeshwar Mahto | BJP | 25172 |
Bhawanathpur | 81 | Bhanu Pratap Shahi | BJP | Sogra Bibi | BSP | 39904 |
Bishrampur | 77 | Ramchandra Chandravanshi | BJP | Rajesh Mehta | BSP | 8513 |
Bishunpur | 69 | Chamra Linda | JMM | Ashok Oraon | BJP | 17382 |
Bokaro | 36 | Biranchi Narayan | BJP | Shweta Singh | Congress | 13313 |
Borio | 2 | Lobin Hembrom | JMM | Surya Narayan Hansada | BJP | 17924 |
Chaibasa | 52 | Deepak Birua | JMM | J. B. Tubid | BJP | 26159 |
Chakradharpur | 56 | Sukhram Oraon | JMM | Laxman Giluwa | BJP | 12234 |
Chandankyari | 37 | Amar Kumar Bauri | BJP | Uma Kant Rajak | AJSU | 9211 |
Chatra | 27 | Satyanand Bhokta | RJD | Janardan Paswan | BJP | 24055 |
Chattarpur | 78 | Pushpa Devi | BJP | Vijay Kumar | RJD | 26792 |
Daltonganj | 76 | Alok Kumar Chaurasiya | BJP | Krishna Nand Tripathi | Congress | 21517 |
Deoghar | 15 | Narayan Das | BJP | Suresh Paswan | RJD | 2624 |
Dhanbad | 40 | Raj Sinha | BJP | Mannan Mallick | Congress | 30629 |
Dhanwar | 28 | Babulal Marandi | JVM(P) | Lakshman Prasad Singh | BJP | 17550 |
Dumka | 10 | Hemant Soren | JMM | Lois Marandi | BJP | 13188 |
Dumri | 33 | Jagarnath Mahto | JMM | Yashoda Devi | AJSU | 34288 |
Gandey | 31 | Dr Sarfraz Ahmad | JMM | Jai Prakash Verma | BJP | 8855 |
Garhwa | 80 | Mithilesh Kumar Thakur | JMM | Satyendra Nath Tiwari | BJP | 23522 |
Ghatsila | 45 | Ramdas Soren | JMM | Lakhan Chandra Mardi | BJP | 6724 |
Giridih | 32 | Sudivya Kumar | JMM | Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi | BJP | 15884 |
Godda | 17 | Amit Kumar Mandal | BJP | Sanjay Prasad Yadav | RJD | 4512 |
Gomia | 34 | Lambodar Mahto | AJSU | Babita Devi | JMM | 10937 |
Gumla | 68 | Bhushan Tirkey | JMM | Mishir Kujur | BJP | 7667 |
Hatia | 64 | Navin Jaiswal | BJP | Ajay Nath Shahdeo | Congress | 16264 |
Hazaribagh | 25 | Manish Jaiswal | BJP | Dr. Ramchandra Prasad | Congress | 51812 |
Hussainabad | 79 | Kamlesh Kumar Singh | NCP | Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav | RJD | 9849 |
Ichagarh | 50 | Sabita Mahato | JMM | Hare Lal Mahato | AJSU | 18710 |
Jagannathpur | 54 | Sona Ram Sinku | Congress | Mangal Singh Bobonga | JVM(P) | 11606 |
Jama | 11 | Sita Murmu | JMM | Suresh Murmu | BJP | 2426 |
Jamshedpur East | 48 | Saryu Roy | Independent | Raghubar Das | BJP | 15833 |
Jamshedpur West | 49 | Banna Gupta | Congress | Devendra Nath Singh | BJP | 22583 |
Jamtara | 9 | Irfan Ansari | Congress | Birendra Mandal | BJP | 38741 |
Jamua | 30 | Kedar Hazra | BJP | Manju Kumari | Congress | 18175 |
Jarmundi | 12 | Badal | Congress | Devendra Kunwar | BJP | 3099 |
Jharia | 41 | Purnima Niraj Singh | Congress | Ragini Singh | BJP | 12054 |
Jugsalai | 47 | Mangal Kalindi | JMM | Muchiram Bauri | BJP | 21934 |
Kanke | 65 | Sammari Lal | BJP | Suresh Kumar Baitha | Congress | 22540 |
Kharasawan | 57 | Dashrath Gagrai | JMM | Jawahar Lal Banra | BJP | 22795 |
Khijri | 62 | Rajesh Kachhap | Congress | Ram Kumar Pahan | BJP | 5469 |
Khunti | 60 | Nilkanth Singh Munda | BJP | Sushil Pahan | JMM | 26327 |
Kodarma | 19 | Dr. Neera Yadav | BJP | Amitabh Kumar | RJD | 1797 |
Kolebira | 71 | Naman Bixal Kongari | Congress | Sujan Jojo | BJP | 12338 |
Manoharpur | 55 | Joba Majhi | JMM | Gurucharan Nayak | BJP | 16019 |
Nala | 8 | Rabindra Nath Mahato | JMM | Satyanand Jha | BJP | 3520 |
Nirsa | 39 | Aparna Sengupta | BJP | Arup Chatterjee | Marxist Co-Ordination | 25458 |
Pakur | 5 | Alamgir Alam | Congress | Veni Prasad Gupta | BJP | 65108 |
Panki | 75 | Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta | BJP | Devendra Kumar Singh | Congress | 37190 |
Poreyahat | 16 | Pradeep Yadav | JVM(P) | Gajadhar Singh | BJP | 13597 |
Potka | 46 | Sanjib Sardar | JMM | Menka Sardar | BJP | 43110 |
Rajmahal | 1 | Anant Kumar Ojha | BJP | Md. Tajuddin | AJSU | 12372 |
Ramgarh | 23 | Mamta Devi | Congress | Sunita Choudhary | AJSU | 28718 |
Ranchi | 63 | Chandreshwar Prasad Singh | BJP | Mahua Maji | JMM | 5904 |
Latehar | 74 | Baidyanath Ram | JMM | Prakash Ram | BJP | 16328 |
Littipara | 4 | Dinesh William Marandi | JMM | Daniel Kisku | BJP | 13903 |
Lohardaga | 72 | Rameshwar Oraon | Congress | Sukhdeo Bhagat | BJP | 30150 |
Madhupur | 13 | Haji Hussain Ansari | JMM | Raj Paliwar | BJP | 23069 |
Mahagama | 18 | Deepika Pandey Singh | Congress | Ashok Kumar | BJP | 12499 |
Maheshpur | 6 | Stephen Marandi | JMM | Mistry Soren | BJP | 34106 |
Majhganon | 53 | Niral Purty | JMM | Bhupendra Pingua | BJP | 47192 |
Mandar | 66 | Bandhu Tirkey | JVM(P) | Deo Kumar Dhan | BJP | 23127 |
Mandu | 24 | Jai Prakash Bhai Patel | BJP | Nirmal Mahto | AJSU | 2062 |
Manika | 73 | Ramchandra Singh | Congress | Raghupal Singh | BJP | 16240 |
Saraikella | 51 | Champai Soren | JMM | Ganesh Mahali | BJP | 15667 |
Sarath | 14 | Randhir Kumar Singh | BJP | Uday Shankar Singh | JVM(P) | 28720 |
Shikaripara | 7 | Nalin Soren | JMM | Paritosh Soren | BJP | 29471 |
Silli | 61 | Sudesh Kumar Mahto | AJSU | Seema Devi | JMM | 20195 |
Simaria | 26 | Kishun Kumar Das | BJP | Manoj Kumar Chandra | AJSU | 10996 |
Simdega | 70 | Bhushan Bara | Congress | Shradhanand Besra | BJP | 285 |
Sindri | 38 | Indrajit Mahato | BJP | Anand Mahato | Marxist Co-Ordination | 8253 |
Sisai | 67 | Jiga Susaran Horo | JMM | Dinesh Oraon | BJP | 38418 |
Tamar | 58 | Vikas Kumar Munda | JMM | Ram Durlav Singh Munda | AJSU | 30971 |
Torpa | 59 | Koche Munda | BJP | Sudeep Guria | JMM | 9630 |
Tundi | 42 | Mathura Prasad Mahato | JMM | Vikram Pandey | BJP | 25659 |
The BJP contested 79 of 81 seats in the Jharkhand assembly, supported an Independent candidate in one constituency and did not put up nominee against AJSU Party president Sudesh Mahto
Chief Minister Raghubar Das was dealt a severe blow in the Jharkhand assembly elections in which he failed to retain even his own seat, Jamshedpur East, which he lost to Independent candidate Saryu Roy, who is a BJP rebel and former minister.
Jharkhand is home to four major tribal groups - Santhal, Munda, Ho and Oraon. While the BJP is traditionally known to control the Munda votes, the JMM has a following among the Santhali vote while the Congress is believed to have the backing of the Ho and Oraon
All of Raghubar Das's predecessors, including Jharkhand's first chief minister Babulal Marandi, have been from the tribal community. The BJP tried to change the pro-tribal script in 2014 when it picked a non-tribal, Raghubar Das, from the backward Teli caste, to head the state
Raghubar Das, the first chief minister to complete a full term in office, proved anything but a deft politician. His attempts to change the tribal tenancy laws in 2017, which sought to dilute the protection the scheduled tribe had over their land, created a huge trust deficit for BJP in Jharkhand. The Congress-JMM led opposition along with the Church opposed the proposed amendments.The Das government had brought two bills in 2017 to change the two tenancy acts-the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act (CNTA) and the Santhal Parganas Tenancy Act (SPTA)--to allow commercial use of tribal land. The move was largely seen as a pro-corporate and anti-tribal. Sensing the anger of the tribal community, the BJP had put the decision on hold before the Lok Sabha polls, but the opposition succeeded in conveying the message that Das would push the bills through if voted back to power
28 assembly seats are reserved for STs and 9 assembly seats are reserved for SCs out of the total 81 assembly seats
In 2014, when the BJP bagged its highest tally of 37 assembly seats in Jharkhand, it was largely possible because a significant section of the tribal community voted for the saffron party. It was manifested in the BJP's performance in the 28 ST seats, where it was almost on par with the JMM, often seen as the first claimant of tribal votes in Jharkhand (the BJP had bagged 11 seats whereas the JMM tally was 13). However in 2019, the JMM-Congress combine has now won 25 of these 28 seats and the BJP which contested all the seats could manage to win just 2 seats
However,BJP improved its performance in seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes. Of the 9 SC assembly seats in Jharkhand, the BJP bagged 6, one more than its 2014 tally of 5 seats
The last three-phases of voting were held in Jharkhand amid nationwide protests against the NRC and the CAA. On December 12, 16 and 20, polls took place for 43 seats out of the total 81 seats in the state. The result tally shows that the BJP won 17 seats followed by the JMM (11) and Congress (9), while the AJSU, a former election ally of the BJP, got two seats in the last three phases.
In 2014, the BJP had won 15 seats. In 2019, as per available data of the Election Commission, the BJP was able to retain only 10 seats. However, Congress and the JMM have gained two and six extra seats over their previous wins in the last assembly election.
This was the first state election since the creation of Jharkhand in 2000 that the BJP contested the polls alone. It junked its oldest ally in the state, the All Jharkhand Students Union Party, whose Sudesh Mahto tried till the very last moment to have a pre-poll tie-up with the BJP.
The BJP leadership, then smarting under the Maharashtra experience of having been "ditched" by 35-year-old ally Shiv Sena, decided to go solo in Jharkhand. The party, however, did not put up its candidate against Sudesh Mahto at Silli seat in Ranchi.
The trend from the counting of votes in Jharkhand shows that the BJP would have been in advantageous position had it conceded to demands by the AJSUP in the assembly election
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