Elections in Jharkhand are being conducted since the formation of the state in 2000, to elect the members of Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha and to the members of the lower house of the Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha. There are 81 Vidhan Sabha constituencies and 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.[1]
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha have been the most dominant parties in the state since its formation. Other major parties include Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, Janata Dal (United) and All Jharkhand Students Union.
It is worth noting that till the year 2000, Jharkhand was a part of undivided Bihar state.
Total Seats- 14
| Year | 1st Party | 2nd Party | 3rd Party | Others | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | INC 6 | JMM 4 | RJD 2 | BJP 1 | |||||
| CPI 1 | |||||||||
| 2009 | BJP 8 | JMM 2 | INC 1 | JVM 1 | |||||
| Ind 2 | |||||||||
| 2014 | BJP 12 | JMM 2 | |||||||
| 2019 | BJP 11 | AJSU 1 | INC 1 | JMM 1 | |||||
| 2024 | BJP 8 | JMM 3 | INC 2 | AJSU 1 | |||||
| Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/− | % | ± pp | |||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 72 | 37 | 19 | 31.26% | 11.08% | ||
| All Jharkhand Students Union | 8 | 5 | 3.68% | 1.44% | |||
| Total | 80 | 42 | 19 | 34.94% | 9.64% | ||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 79 | 19 | 1 | 20.43% | 5.23% | ||
| Jharkhand Vikas Morcha | 73 | 8 | 3 | 9.99% | 1.00% | ||
| Indian National Congress | 62 | 6 | 8 | 10.46% | 5.7% | ||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1.82% | |||
| Communist Party of India (M-L) L | 39 | 1 | 1.52% | ||||
| Jharkhand Party | 19 | 1 | 1.11% | ||||
| Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 13 | 1 | 1.02% | ||||
| Jai Bharat Samanta Party | 19 | 1 | 0.79% | ||||
| Nav Jawan Sangharsh Morcha | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.49% | |||
| Total | 81 | ||||||
Chief Minister(s): Hemant Soren (JMM), Champai Soren (JMM)
| Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/− | % | ± pp | |||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 43 | 30 | 11 | 18.72% | 1.71% | ||
| Indian National Congress | 31 | 16 | 10 | 13.88% | 3.42% | ||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2.75% | 0.38% | ||
| Total | 81 | 47 | 22 | 35.35% | 1.33% | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 79 | 25 | 12 | 33.37% | 2.11% | ||
| Jharkhand Vikas Morcha | 81 | 3 | 5 | 5.45% | 4.54% | ||
| All Jharkhand Students Union | 53 | 2 | 3 | 8.10% | 4.42% | ||
| Communist Party of India (M-L) L | 14 | 1 | 1.15% | 0.37% | |||
| Nationalist Congress Party | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.42% | |||
| Independents | 2 | 2 | 6.55% | 0.14% | |||
| Total | 81 | ||||||
| Year | Vidhan Sabha Election | Party-wise Details | Chief Minister | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | First Assembly* | Total: 81. NDA: 40 (BJP: 32, Samata Party: 5 and JD(U): 3), JMM:12, INC: 11, RJD: 9, CPI:3, Others:6 | Babulal Marandi Arjun Munda | BJP BJP | |
| 2005 | Second Assembly | Total: 81. NDA: 36 (BJP: 30 and JD(U): 6), UPA: 26 (JMM: 17 and INC: 9), RJD: 7, Others: 12 | Shibu Soren Arjun Munda Madhu Koda Shibu Soren | JMM BJP Independent JMM | |
| 2009 | Third Assembly | Total: 81. UPA: 25 (INC: 14, JVM(P): 11), NDA: 20 (BJP: 18 and JD(U): 2), JMM: 18, RJD: 5, AJSU: 5, Others:8 | JMM BJP JMM | ||