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2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
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81 seats in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 3 to 23 February 2005 to elect the 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. It was the first election held in Jharkhand to elect the Second Jharkhand Legislative Assembly; the First/Interim Jharkhand Legislative Assembly was constituted based on the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. Jharkhand was created by carving out the southern districts of Bihar on 15 November 2000. The election resulted in a hung assembly like the first one. No single party or pre-election alliance got the majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party become the biggest party by winning 30 seats. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha got 17 seats and the Indian National Congress got nine seats.
Background
After the formation of Jharkhand on 15 November 2000, the first Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Jharkhand.[1] The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.[2]
Results
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| # | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested |
Alliance | |||
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 63 | 30 | 23.57 | 30.19 | NDA | |||
| 2 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 49 | 17 | 14.29 | 24.04 | UPA | |||
| 3 | Indian National Congress | 41 | 9 | 12.05 | 22.74 | UPA | |||
| 4 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 51 | 7 | 8.48 | 13.14 | NONE | |||
| 5 | Janata Dal (United) | 18 | 6 | 4.0 | 18.25 | NDA | |||
| 6 | Independents | 662 | 3 | 15.31 | 15.53 | NONE | |||
| 7 | All India Forward Bloc | 12 | 2 | 1.0 | 6.37 | NONE | |||
| 7 | United Goans Democratic Party | 22 | 2 | 1.52 | 5.92 | NONE | |||
| 7 | All Jharkhand Students Union | 40 | 2 | 2.81 | 5.75 | NONE | |||
| 8 | Nationalist Congress Party | 13 | 1 | 0.43 | 2.35 | NONE | |||
| 8 | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 28 | 1 | 2.46 | 6.58 | NONE | |||
| 8 | Jharkhand Party | 27 | 1 | 0.97 | 3.14 | NONE | |||
| Total | 81 | ||||||||
Elected members
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajmahal | None | Thomas Hansda | Indian National Congress | |
| Borio | ST | Tala Marandi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Barhait | ST | Thomas Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Litipara | ST | Sushila Hansdak | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Pakaur | None | Alamgir Alam | Indian National Congress | |
| Maheshpur | ST | Suphal Marandi | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Sikaripara | ST | Nalin Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Nala | None | Rabindra Nath Mahato | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Jamtara | None | Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dumka | ST | Stephen Marandi | Independent | |
| Jama | ST | Sunil Soren | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jarmundi | None | Hari Narayan Ray | Independent | |
| Madhupur | None | Raj Paliwar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Sarath | None | Uday Shankar Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Deoghar | SC | Kameshwar Nath Das | Janata Dal | |
| Poreyahat | None | Pradeep Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Godda | None | Manohar Kumar Tekariwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mahagama | None | Ashok Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kodarma | None | Annapurna Devi | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Barkatha | None | Chitranjan Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Barhi | None | Manoj Kumar Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| Barkagaon | None | Lok Nath Mahto | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Ramgarh | None | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | All Jharkhand Students Union | |
| Mandu | None | Khiru Mahto | Janata Dal | |
| Hazaribagh | None | Saurabh Narayan Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Simaria | SC | Upendra Nath Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chatra | SC | Satyanand Bhokta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dhanwar | None | Ravindra Kumar Rai | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bagodar | None | Binod Kr. Singh | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) | |
| Jamua | SC | Kedar Hazra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Gandey | None | Salkhan Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Giridih | None | Munna Lal | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Dumri | None | Jagarnath Mahto | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Gomia | None | Chhattu Ram Mahto | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bermo | None | Yogeshwar Mahto | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bokaro | None | Md.izrail Ansari | Indian National Congress | |
| Chandankiyari | SC | Haru Rajwar | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Sindri | None | Raj Kishore Mahato | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Nirsa | None | Aparna Sengupta | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Dhanbad | None | Pashupati Nath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jharia | None | Kunti Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Tundi | None | Mathura Prasad Mahato | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Baghmara | None | Jaleshwar Mahato | Janata Dal | |
| Baharagora | None | Dinesh Ku. Sarangi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Ghatsila | ST | Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu | Indian National Congress | |
| Potka | ST | Amulya Sardar | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Jugsalai | SC | Dulal Bhuiyan | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Jamshedpur East | None | Raghubar Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jamshedpur West | None | Saryu Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Ichagarh | None | Sudhir Mahto | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Seraikella | ST | Champai Soren | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Chaibasa | ST | Putkar Hembrom | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Majhgaon | ST | Niral Purty | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Jaganathpur | ST | Madhu Kodah | Independent | |
| Manoharpur | ST | Joba Majhi | United Goans Democratic Party | |
| Chakradharpur | ST | Sukhram Oraon | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Kharsawan | ST | Arjun Munda | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Tamar | ST | Ramesh Singh Munda | Janata Dal | |
| Torpa | ST | Koche Munda | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Khunti | ST | Nilkanth Singh Munda | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Silli | None | Sudesh Kumar Mahto | All Jharkhand Students Union | |
| Khijri | ST | Karia Munda | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Ranchi | None | Chandreshwar Prasad Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Hatia | None | Gopal S.n. Shahdeo | Indian National Congress | |
| Kanke | SC | Ram Chander Baitha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mandar | ST | Bandhu Tirkey | United Goans Democratic Party | |
| Sisai | ST | Sri Samir Oraon | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Gumla | ST | Bhushan Tirkey | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | |
| Bishunpur | ST | Chandresh Oraon | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Simdega | ST | Neil Tirkey | Indian National Congress | |
| Kolebira | ST | Enos Ekka | All India Jharkhand Party | |
| Lohardaga | ST | Sukhdeo Bhagat | Indian National Congress | |
| Manika | ST | Ramchandra Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Latehar | SC | Prakash Ram | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Panki | None | Bidesh Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Daltonganj | None | Indar Singh Namdhari | Janata Dal | |
| Bishrampur | None | Ramchandra Chandravansi | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Chhatarpur | SC | Radha Krishna Kishore | Janata Dal | |
| Hussainabad | None | Kamlesh Kr. Singh | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| Garhwa | None | Giri Nath Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Bhawanathpur | None | Bhanu Pratap Sahi | All India Forward Bloc | |
References
- ↑ Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ↑ "First-ever assembly election in Jharkhand". Rediff. 3 February 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
