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2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election Turnout 65.38% (
Constituencies of Jharkhand
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jharkhand , India, from 30 November to 20 December 2019 to elect the 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly . Results were declared on 23 December 2019. The pre-election term of the Assembly was set to end on 27 December 2019.[1] [2]
Schedule [ edit ] The schedule for the election proceedings was announced on 1 November 2019.
Poll Event[3]
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Phase 5
Notification date
6 November 2019
11 November 2019
16 November 2019
22 November 2019
26 November 2019
Last date for filing nominations
13 November 2019
18 November 2019
25 November 2019
29 November 2019
3 December 2019
Scrutiny of nominations
14 November 2019
19 November 2019
26 November 2019
30 November 2019
4 December 2019
The last date for withdrawal of candidature
16 November 2019
21 November 2019
28 November 2019
2 December 2019
6 December 2019
Date of poll
30 November 2019
7 December 2019
12 December 2019
16 December 2019
20 December 2019
Counting of votes
21December 2019
Parties and alliances [ edit ] Surveys and polls [ edit ] Opinion polls [ edit ] Vote share [ edit ]
Poll Type
Publishing Date
Polling Agency
BJP
AJSU
JMM
INC
JVM
Others
Opinion poll
28 November 2019
IANS – C Voter [4] 33.3 %
4.6 %
18 %
12.4 %
7.7 %
23.2 %
Seat projections [ edit ]
Poll type
Publishing Date
Polling Agency
Majority
BJP
AJSU
JMM
INC
JVM
Others
Opinion poll
28 November 2019
IANS – C Voter [4] 28–38
3–9
18–28
6–10
3–9
3–9
HUNG
Exit polls [ edit ] Result of the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election by constituency
Vote Share
Others (17.73%)
Parties and coalitions
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Won
+/−
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
28,17,442
18.72%
30
Bharatiya Janata Party
50,22,374
33.37%
25
Indian National Congress
20,88,863
13.88%
16
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
8,20,757
5.45%
3
All Jharkhand Students Union
12,19,535
8.10%
2
Rashtriya Janata Dal
4,13,167
2.75%
1
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
1,72,475
1.15%
1
Nationalist Congress Party
63,320
0.42%
1
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
1,73,980
1.16%
Independents
9,85,438
6.55%
2
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None of the Above
2,05,050
1.36%
Total
1,50,48,908
100.00
81
±0
Valid votes
1,50,48,908
99.82
Invalid votes
27,252
0.18
Votes cast / turnout
1,50,76,160
65.38
Abstentions
79,81,875
34.62
Registered voters
2,30,58,035
Alliance wise results [ edit ] Results by constituency [ edit ] Government formation [ edit ] After the defeat of the incumbent BJP government , incumbent Chief Minister Raghubar Das tendered his resignation from the post. He tendered his resignation to Governor Draupadi Murmu .
In the evening, during the election results, JMM leader and Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren addressed the media and thanked the people of Jharkhand for the mandate. He also expressed his gratitude to his alliance partners , Congress & RJD and their president, Sonia Gandhi & Lalu Prasad Yadav respectively.
The next day on 24 December 2019, the meeting of all the 30 JMM MLAs was called, in which Hemant Soren was elected as the leader of the JMM legislature group. Hemant Soren was already the leader and Chief Ministerial candidate of the UPA during the election campaign. On the very same day, Alamgir Alam was elected as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP).
After the elections, JVM(P) chief and Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Babulal Marandi extended the support of his party to the Hemant Soren government, thus providing more strength to the government.
On 24 December 2019, Hemant Soren along with the alliance partners , met Governor Draupadi Murmu and staked claim to form the government.
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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