The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 2014 (Hindi: झारखण्ड विधानसभा चुनाव) was held in five phases between November 25, and December 20, counting of votes and 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 from November 25 and ending December 20; counting of votes and results were announced on December 23, 2014.[1][2] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs were used in 7 assembly seats out of 81 in Jharkhand elections- 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 | +/- | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 4,334,728 | 31.26 | Template:Increase11.08 | 72 | 37 | Template:Increase19 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 2,832,921 | 20.43 | Template:Increase5.23 | 79 | 19 | Template:Increase1 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | 1,385,080 | 9.99 | Template:Increase1.00 | 73 | 8 | Template:Decrease3 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Indian National Congress | 1,450,640 | 10.46 | Template:Decrease5.7 | 62 | 6 | Template:Decrease8 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | All Jharkhand Students Union | 510,277 | 3.68 | Template:Decrease1.44 | 8 | 5 | Template:Steady | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | Bahujan Samaj Party | 252,033 | 1.82 | 61 | 1 | Template:Increase1 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 210,446 | 1.52 | 39 | 1 | Template:Steady | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Jharkhand Party | 153,483 | 1.11 | 19 | 1 | Template:Steady | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 141,853 | 1.02 | 13 | 1 | Template:Steady | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | Jai Bharat Samanta Party | 110,029 | 0.79 | 19 | 1 | Template:Steady | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | Nav Jawan Sangharsh Morcha | 68,121 | 0.49 | 9 | 1 | Template:Increase1 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 433,429 | 3.13 | 19 | 0 | Template:Decrease5 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Janata Dal (United) | 133,815 | 0.96 | 11 | 0 | Template:Decrease2 | ||
| Independents | 927,840 | 6.69 | 363 | 0 | Template:Decrease2 | |||
| 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
Government Formation
Raghubar Das was sworn in as the 10th chief minister of Jharkhand state on 28 December 2014.
Six Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) MLAs on 11 February 2015 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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 EC announces five-phased polls in J&K, Jharkhand; counting on December 23(2014-10-25).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 EC announces five phased polling for Jharkhand and J-K. Business Standard India(2014-10-25).
- ↑ 5-PHASE POLLS IN J&K, J’KHAND FROM NOV 25
- ↑ 5 phase polls for 4th Assembly to begin on Nov 25
- ↑ Impressive turnout in J&K and Jharkhand. The Hindu(2014-11-25).
- ↑ Assembly polls 2nd phase: 71 pc voting in J&K, 65.46 pc in Jharkhand. indianexpress(2014-12-03).
- ↑ Polls in the Shadow of Terror: 58% People Vote in Jammu and Kashmir. NDTV.
- ↑ Braving bullets 58% cast ballot in Jammu and Kashmir, 61% voting in Jharkhand in third phase of elections. dna India(2014-12-09).