2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

20 January 2014

81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.53% ( 9.56%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Raghubar Das Hemant Soren
Party BJP JMM
Alliance NDA
Leader's seat Jamshedpur East (won) Barhait
(won)
Dumka
(lost)
Last election 18 18
Seats won 37 19
Seat change 19 1
Popular vote 43,34,728 28,32,921
Percentage 31.26% 20.43%
Swing 11.08% 5.23%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Babulal Marandi Sukhdeo Bhagat
Party JVM(P) INC
Leader's seat Giridih
(lost)
Dhanwar
(lost)
Lohardaga
(won)
Last election 11 14
Seats won 8 6
Seat change 3 8
Popular vote 13,85,080 14,50,640
Percentage 9.99% 10.46%
Swing 1.00% 5.70%

Seatwise map of the election results

Structure of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Hemant Soren
JMM

Elected Chief Minister

Raghubar Das
BJP

The 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election (Hindi: झारखण्ड विधानसभा चुनाव) was held on 20 January 2014 to elect the members of the 4th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The results were announced on January 20, 2014. The Bharatiya 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 20, 2014. The Chief Election Commissioner announced five-phased assembly elections to be held in Jharkhand along with Jammu and Kashmir beginning January 20. Results were announced on January 20, 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.