2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
Country:	India
Type:	legislative
Previous Election:	2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:	2009
Election Date:	25 November 2014 – 20 December 2014
Next Election:	2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	2019
Seats For Election:	81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:	41
Turnout:	66.53% (9.56%)
Leader1:	Raghubar Das
Party1:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Leaders Seat1:	Jamshedpur East
Last Election1:	18
Seats1:	37
Seat Change1:	19
Leader2:	Hemant Soren
Party2:	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Leaders Seat2:	Barhait (won) Dumka (lost)
Last Election2:	18
Seats2:	19
Seat Change2:	1
Image3:	File:Marandi During March 2020.jpg
Leader3:	Babulal Marandi
Party3:	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
Leaders Seat3:	Giridih (lost) Dhanwar (lost)
Last Election3:	11
Seats3:	8
Seat Change3:	3
Map Size:	300px
Map2 Image:	Bharat Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha 2014.svg
Map2 Caption:	Structure of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the election
Map2 Size:	300px
Chief Minister
Before Election:	Hemant Soren
Before Party:	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
After Election:	Raghubar Das
After Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party

The 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election (Hindi: झारखण्ड विधानसभा चुनाव) was held in five phases between November 25 and December 20 to elect the members of the 4th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The 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).

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 November 25 and ending December 20. Results were announced on December 23, 2014. 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]}

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
		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

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[9]

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Assembly Constituency	Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		data-sort-type=number	Votes	%	Candidate	Party			data-sort-type=number	Votes	%
1	Rajmahal	72.28	Anant Kumar Ojha		77481	39.71	Md. Tajuddin		76779	39.35	702
2	Borio	67.86	Tala Marandi		57565	36.27	Lobin Hembrom		56853	35.82	712
3	Barhait	72.9	Hemant Soren		62515	0.4618	Hemlal Murmu		38428	28.38	24,087
4	Litipara	0.7596	Dr. Anil Murmu		67194	0.4593	Simon Marandi		42111	0.2878	25,083
5	Pakur	0.8076	Alamgir Alam		83338	0.3541	Akil Akhtar		65272	0.2773	18,066
6	Maheshpur	0.7988	Stephen Marandi		51866	0.3225	Devidhan Tudu		45710	0.2842	6,156
7	Sikaripara	0.7618	Nalin Soren		61901	0.4204	Paritosh Soren		37400	0.254	24,501
8	Nala	0.8062	Rabindra Nath Mahato		56131	0.3369	Satyanand Jha		49116	0.2948	7,015
9	Jamtara	0.7863	Irfan Ansari		67486	0.3517	Birendra Mandal		58349	0.3041	9,137
10	Dumka	0.6924	Louis Marandi		69760	0.4465	Hemant Soren		64846	0.415	4,914
11	Jama	0.7148	Sita Soren		53250	0.398	Suresh Murmu		50944	0.3808	2,306
12	Jarmundi	0.7374	Badal Patralekh		43981	0.2882	Hari Narayan Ray		41273	0.2705	2,708
13	Madhupur	0.71	Raj Paliwar		74325	0.3732	Hafizul Hasan		67441	0.3387	6,884
14	Sarath	0.7676	Randhir Kumar Singh		62717	0.3378	Uday Shankar Singh		48816	0.2629	13,901
15	Deoghar	0.6479	Narayan Das		92022	0.4231	Suresh Paswan		46870	0.2155	45,152
16	Poreyahat	0.6852	Pradeep Yadav		64036	0.3551	Devendranath Singh		52878	0.2933	11,158
17	Godda	0.6609	Raghu Nandan Mandal		87158	0.487	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		52672	0.2943	34,486
18	Mahagama	0.6543	Ashok Kumar		70635	0.3916	Shahid Iqbal		39075	0.2167	31,560
19	Kodarma	0.6593	Dr. Neera Yadav		84874	0.4287	Annpurna Devi		71349	0.3604	13,525
20	Barkatha	0.6453	Janki Prasad Yadav		63336	0.3251	Amit Kumar Yadav		55129	0.283	8,207
21	Barhi	0.6637	Manoj Yadav		57818	0.3313	Umashankar Akela		50733	0.2907	7,085
22	Barkagaon	0.6587	Nirmala Devi		61817	0.2924	Roshan Lal Chaudhary		61406	0.2904	411
23	Ramgarh	0.7072	Chandra Prakash Choudhary		98987	0.4906	Shahzada Anwar		45169	0.2239	53,818
24	Mandu	0.6456	Jai Prakash Bhai Patel		78499	0.3438	Kumar Mahesh Singh		71487	0.3131	7,012
25	Hazaribagh	0.6011	Manish Jaiswal		89675	0.4442	Pradip Prasad		62546	0.3098	27,129
26	Simaria	0.6166	Ganesh Ganjhu		67404	0.365	Sujeet Kumar Bharati		51764	0.2803	15,640
27	Chatra	0.5362	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta		69745	0.3834	Satyanand Bhogta		49169	0.2703	20,576
28	Dhanwar	0.6364	Raj Kumar Yadav		50634	0.2866	Babulal Marandi		39922	0.2259	10,712
29	Bagodar	0.6672	Nagendra Mahto		74898	0.3897	Vinod Kumar Singh		70559	0.3671	4,339
30	Jamua	0.5899	Kedar Hazra		56027	0.3532	Satya Narayan Das		32927	0.2075	23,100
31	Gandey	0.7069	Jai Prakash Verma		48838	0.2889	Salkhan Soren		38559	0.2281	10,279
32	Giridih	0.6389	Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi		57450	0.3834	Sudivya Kumar		47517	0.3171	9,933
33	Dumri	0.707	Jagarnath Mahto		77984	0.4505	Lalchand Mahto		45503	0.2629	32,481
34	Gomia	0.6964	Yogendra Prasad		97799	0.5525	Madhav Lal Singh		60285	0.3406	37,514
35	Bermo	0.654	Yogeshwar Mahto		80489	0.4299	Rajendra Prasad Singh		67876	0.3625	12,613
36	Bokaro	0.5347	Biranchi Narayan		114321	0.4338	Samresh Singh		41678	0.1581	72,643
37	Chandankiyari	0.7342	Amar Kumar Bauri		81925	0.5117	Umakant Rajak		47761	0.2983	34,164
38	Sindri	0.703	Fulchand Mandal		58623	0.2899	Anand Mahato		52075	0.2575	6,548
39	Nirsa	0.682	Arup Chatterjee		51581	0.2565	Ganesh Mishra		50546	0.2514	1,035
40	Dhanbad	0.5927	Raj Sinha		132091	0.5813	Mannan Mallick		79094	0.3481	52,997
41	Jharia	0.5774	Sanjeev Singh		74062	0.4814	Niraj Singh		40370	0.2624	33,692
42	Tundi	0.6956	Raj Kishore Mahato		55466	0.3141	Mathura Prasad Mahato		54340	0.3078	1,126
43	Baghmara	0.6449	Dulu Mahato		86603	0.5165	Jaleshwar Mahato		56980	0.3398	29,623
44	Baharagora	0.76	Kunal Sarangi		57973	0.3577	Dineshananda Goswami		42618	0.2629	15,355
45	Ghatsila	0.6926	Laxman Tudu		52506	0.3248	Ramdas Soren		46103	0.2852	6,403
46	Potka	0.6871	Maneka Sardar		68191	0.3668	Sanjib Sardar		61485	0.3307	6,706
47	Jugsalai	0.6738	Ram Chandra Sahis		82302	0.4028	Mangal Kalindi		57257	0.2802	25,045
48	Jamshedpur East	0.609	Raghubar Das		103427	0.6146	Anand Bihari Dubey		33270	0.1977	70,157
49	Jamshedpur West	0.5967	Saryu Roy		95346	0.4985	Banna Gupta		84829	0.4435	10,517
50	Ichagarh	0.7969	Sadhu Charan Mahato		75634	0.4265	Sabita Mahato		33384	0.1882	42,250
51	Seraikella	0.72	Champai Soren		94746	0.454	Ganesh Mahali		93631	0.4486	1,115
52	Chaibasa	0.7276	Deepak Birua		68801	0.487	Jyoti Bhramar Tubid		34086	0.2413	34,715
53	Majhgaon	0.732	Niral Purty		45272	0.3527	Madhu Kora		34090	0.2656	11,182
54	Jaganathpur	0.7092	Geeta Koda		48546	0.4284	Mangal Singh Suren		23935	0.2112	24,611
55	Manoharpur	0.6871	Joba Majhi		57558	0.4516	Gurucharan Nayak		40989	0.3216	16,569
56	Chakradharpur	0.7154	Shashibhusan Samad		64396	0.5237	Navami Oraon		37948	0.3086	26,448
57	Kharsawan	0.7776	Dashrath Gagrai		72002	0.4915	Arjun Munda		60036	0.4098	11,966
58	Tamar	0.7091	Vikash Kumar Munda		57428	0.4287	Gopal Krishna Patar		31422	0.2346	26,006
59	Torpa	0.6108	Paulus Surin		32003	0.3076	Koche Munda		31960	0.3072	43
60	Khunti	0.6334	Nilkanth Singh Munda		47032	0.3901	Jidan Horo		25517	0.2116	21,515
61	Silli	0.7766	Amit Mahto		79747	0.5569	Sudesh Mahto		50007	0.3492	29,740
62	Khijri	0.6063	Ram Kumar Pahan		94581	0.5247	Sundri Devi		29669	0.1646	64,912
63	Ranchi	0.4863	C. P. Singh		95760	0.6436	Mahua Maji		36897	0.248	58,863
64	Hatia	0.5728	Navin Jaiswal		88228	0.4044	Seema Sharma		80210	0.3676	8,018
65	Kanke	0.5981	Dr. Jitu Charan Ram		115702	0.5569	Suresh Kumar Baitha		55898	0.269	59,804
66	Mandar	0.6617	Gangotri Kujur		54200	0.285	Bandhu Tirkey		46595	0.245	7,605
67	Sisai	0.6598	Dinesh Oraon		44472	0.3101	Jiga Susaran Horo		41879	0.2921	2,593
68	Gumla	0.6073	Shivshankar Oraon		50473	0.3889	Bhushan Tirkey		46441	0.3578	4,032
69	Bishunpur	0.6692	Chamra Linda		55851	0.3795	Samir Oraon		45008	0.3058	10,843
70	Simdega	0.6589	Vimla Pradhan		45343	0.3337	Menon Ekka		42149	0.3102	3,194
71	Kolebira	0.6566	Anosh Ekka		48978	0.3959	Manoj Nagesiya		31835	0.2573	17,143
72	Lohardaga	0.6775	Kamal Kishore Bhagat		56920	0.3881	Sukhdeo Bhagat		56328	0.3841	592
73	Manika	0.5977	Harikrishna Singh		31583	0.247	Ramchandra Singh		30500	0.2386	1,083
74	Latehar	0.6617	Prakash Ram		71189	0.4445	Brajmohan Ram		44402	0.2772	26,787
75	Panki	0.6532	Bidesh Singh		41175	0.262	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta		39180	0.2493	1,995
76	Daltonganj	0.647	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya		59202	0.2978	Krishna Nand Tripathi		54855	0.2759	4,347
77	Bishrampur	0.6131	Ramchandra Chandravanshi		37974	0.227	Ajay Kumar Dubey		22417	0.134	15,557
78	Chhatarpur	0.5963	Radha Krishna Kishore		43805	0.306	Manoj Kumar		37943	0.265	5,862
79	Hussainabad	0.6231	Kushwaha Shivpujan Mehta		57275	0.3699	Kamlesh Kumar Singh		29523	0.1907	27,752
80	Garhwa	0.6781	Satyendra Nath Tiwari		75196	0.3694	Girinath Singh		53441	0.2625	21,755
81	Bhawanathpur	0.6816	Bhanu Pratap Sahi		58908	0.2779	Anant Pratap Deo		56247	0.2654	2,661

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.

See also

• 2014 elections in India

Notes and References

1. Web site: EC announces five-phased polls in J&K, Jharkhand; counting on December 23. 2014-10-25.
2. News: EC announces five phased polling for Jharkhand and J-K. Business Standard India. 2014-10-25.
3. http://www.dailypioneer.com/todays-newspaper/5-phase-polls-in-jandk-jkhand-from-nov-25.html 5-PHASE POLLS IN J&K, J’KHAND FROM NOV 25
4. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/5-phase-polls-for-4th-Assembly-to-begin-on-Nov-25/articleshow/44935526.cms 5 phase polls for 4th Assembly to begin on Nov 25
5. News: Impressive turnout in J&K and Jharkhand . thehindu . 6 December 2014. The Hindu . 2014-11-25 .
6. Web site: Assembly polls 2nd phase: 71 pc voting in J&K, 65.46 pc in Jharkhand . indianexpress . 6 December 2014. 2014-12-03 .
7. Web site: Polls in the Shadow of Terror: 58% People Vote in Jammu and Kashmir . NDTV . 9 December 2014.
8. Web site: Braving bullets 58% cast ballot in Jammu and Kashmir, 61% voting in Jharkhand in third phase of elections . dna India . 9 December 2014. 2014-12-09 .
9. Web site: Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014 . . 13 October 2021.