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{{Short description|Electoral mechanism in Jharkhand}}
{{Sources exist|date=January 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/jharkhand/ | title=Elections in Jharkhand | publisher=elections.in | accessdate=2013-05-27}}</ref>

== Major Political parties in Jharkhand ==
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]].

== Lok Sabha elections ==
It is worth noting that till the year 2000, Jharkhand was a part of undivided [[Bihar]] state.

'''Total Seats- 14'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Lok Sabha
! Election Year
! colspan="2"|1st Party
! colspan="2"|2nd Party
! colspan="2"|3rd Party
! colspan="2"|Others
! Prime Minister
! PM's Party
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 6'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"|
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] 4
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
|[[RJD]] 2
|colspan="2"|[[BJP]] 1, [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 1
|rowspan=2|'''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''
|rowspan=2: style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''INC'''
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2009|2009]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|[[BJP]] 8
|style="background-color: {{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"|
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] 2
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 1
|colspan="2"|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|JVM(P)]] 1, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 2
|-
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|'''[[BJP]] 12'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"|
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] 2
|colspan=4|
| rowspan=2|'''[[Narendra Modi]]'''
|rowspan=2: style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}"|'''BJP'''
|-
|[[17th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2019 Indian general election in Jharkhand|2019]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|'''[[BJP]] 11'''
| bgcolor=#FF33FF|
|'''[[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]] 1'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 1
|style="background-color: {{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"|
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] 1
|-
|}

==Vidhan Sabha elections==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Vidhan Sabha Election
| style=" background-color:#666666; width:5px" |
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"| Party-wise Details
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"| Chief Minister
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"| Party
|----
|----
|2000
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|First Assembly*]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 81. [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]: 40 ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 32, [[Samata Party]]: 5 and [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]: 3), [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]:12, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 11, [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]: 9, [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]:3, Others:6
|[[Babulal Marandi]] [[Arjun Munda]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|----
|2005
|[[2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|Second Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 81. [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]: 36 ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 30 and [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]: 6), [[United Progressive Alliance (India)|UPA]]: 26 ([[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]: 17 and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 9), [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]: 7, Others: 12
|[[Shibu Soren]] [[Arjun Munda]] [[Madhu Koda]] [[Shibu Soren]]
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] Independent [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|----
|2009
|[[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|Third Assembly]]
! style="background-color:#666666" |
| Total: 81. [[United Progressive Alliance (India)|UPA]]: 25 ([[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 14, [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|JVM(P)]]: 11), [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]: 20 ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 18 and [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]: 2), [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]: 18, [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]: 5, [[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]]: 5, Others:8
|[[Shibu Soren]] [[Arjun Munda]] [[Hemant Soren]]
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|----
|2014
|[[2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|Fourth Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| Total: 81. [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]: 42 ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 37 and [[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]]: 5), [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]: 19, [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|JVM(P)]]: 8, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 6, Others:6
|[[Raghubar Das]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|----
|2019
|[[2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|Fifth Assembly]]
! style="background-color:#0087BD"|
| Total: 81. [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]: 51 [ [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]: 30, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]: 18,[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]: 1,[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(M-L)]]: 1,[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]: 1 ]

Others:

[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]:28
[ [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]: 26,
[[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]]: 2 ]

[[Independent politician|IND]]: 2

|[[Hemant Soren]]
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|}
* The First assembly of Jharkhand was constituted on the basis of the Bihar state legislative assembly elections held in February, 2000.

== References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Jharkhand elections}}
{{Indian elections |state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Elections in Jharkhand| ]]

Elections in Jharkhand - Revision history

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