Jharkhand Assembly Election Latest News & Results

Raghubar Das stepped down as Jharkhand CM after the BJP failed to reach the majority mark. He submitted his resignation the state governor.

JMM leader Hemant Soren has won Dumka and Barhait assembly constituencies

PM Narendra Modi Congratulated JMM leader Hemant Soren on victory of Congress-JMM-RJD allaince in the assemnly elections.

Home Minister Amit Shah tweets on Jharkhand Assembly Election results. In a tweet, Shah said that the BJP respected the mandate given by people of Jharkhand.

Amit Shah's Tweet:

हम झारखंड की जनता द्वारा दिये गये जनादेश का सम्मान करते हैं।

भाजपा को 5 वर्षों तक प्रदेश की सेवा करने का जो मौका दिया था उसके लिए हम जनता का हृदय से आभार व्यक्त करते हैं। भाजपा निरंतर प्रदेश के विकास के लिए कटिबद्ध रहेगी।

सभी कार्यकर्ताओं का उनके अथक परिश्रम के लिए अभिनंदन।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 23, 2019

Congress-JMM-RJD alliance is leading in 46 seats, BJP is ahead in 25 seats.

Jharkhand's prospective chief minister Hemant Soren, while addressing the press for the first time after the election results emerged, expressed gratitude to the voters for granting a "decisive mandate" to the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance. "Today is a historic day. It is also a day for us to take the pledge to wholeheartedly serve the people for the next five years," Soren said. He also thanked RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for jointly projecting him as the chief ministerial candidate.

Chief Minister Raghubar Das has "conceded defeat" as the alliance of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have extended their lead to 47 constituencies. "I tried to serve my best in last five years and can’t say anything before the results are out. I can call it as my defeat. We are not waiting for any miracle to happen," Das said.

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram jabbed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over their rout in Jharkhand. The Congress veteran pointed out that the saffron party has been "dented" in all the three state polls held after the Lok Sabha elections 2019. The Opposition parties must rally around the Congress to provide a nationwide alternative, he said.

See P Chidambaram's Tweet

Dented in Haryana,
Denied in Maharashtra,
Defeated in Jharkhand.

That is the story of the BJP in 2019.

All non-BJP parties must raise their sights and rally around the Congress to save the Constitution of India.

— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) December 23, 2019

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is emerging as the single-largest party with leads in 29 constituencies. The BJP is trailing second with leads in 23 seats and victory in 1 constituency.

According to latest trends, JMM now emerges as single largest party in the state. The trends show JMM leading in 27 seats while the BJP is at 26. The counting of votes for Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 is currently underway.

The JMM-Congress-RJD combine has extended its lead to 45 constituencies, whereas, the BJP is trailing with leads in 25 assembly segments. The AJSU Party is ahead in 4 constituencies, whereas, the JVM(P) is ahead in 3 seats.

After racing ahead in the electoral race against BJP leader Louis Marandi in Dumka, JMM's Hemant Soren is once again trailing from the seat. As per the latest ECI trend, Marandi is leading from the constituency by 724 votes.

Sudesh Mahto of the All Jharkhand Students' Union (AJSU) Party has extended lead in Silli constituency by over 17,000 votes. As per the latest trend, he is ahead of JMM's Seema Devi by a total of 17,125 votes.

AJSU party's Sudesh Mahto leading on Silli by 17125 votes, JMM's Seema Devi trailing. (file pic) #JharkhandElection2019 pic.twitter.com/DSfXjYyv1m

— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2019

As per the numbers released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the alliance of JMM-Congress-RJD has extended their lead in 40 constituencies. The BJP, emerging as a distant second, is ahead in 31 seats.

Counting of votes for #JharkhandAssemblyPolls is underway. As per official Election Commission trends, BJP is currently leading on 31 seats and Congress-JMM-RJD alliance on 40 seats (JMM 23, Congress 13 and RJD 4) pic.twitter.com/AhJtuu2DKC

— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2019

Saryu Rai, the BJP rebel who has emerged as the likely "giant killer" against Chief Minister Raghubar Das from Jamshedpur constituency, is hopeful of defeating his arch rival by a margin of around 30,000 votes. At present, he is leading by a margin of 2,700 votes.

Saryu Rai, independent candidate from Jamshedpur East, leading against Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das says, "Lead of about 1500-2000 will continue in the coming rounds of counting. I could win by a margin of 30,000 votes". #JharkhandElection2019 pic.twitter.com/0nm5Lcjd52

— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2019

BJP rebel and the probable "giant killer" - Saryu Rai - has pinned the blame on party's defeat in the Jharkhand assembly elections 2019 on the leadership of CM Raghubar Das. "Had he been replaced, the results would not had been this worse. People of Jharkhand would had felt that the BJP high command is sensitive to their apprehensions against the CM," he said. Notably, Rai is leading by over 3,000 votes against Das from the Jamshedpur East constituency.

Jabbing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut claimed that their former alliance partner's bid to polarise the voters in Jharkhand along communal lines has failed. "Home Minister raised CAA during his rallies. Attempts were also made to turn this into Hindu-Muslim (battle). But people of Jharkhand have rejected them," Raut said.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) has drawn a blank in Jharkhand, as per the trends so far. The party has secured only 0.97 percent of the total votes, and has largely been rejected by the state's Muslim electorate. The community, along with most of the other sections of Jharkhand society, have largely rallied behind the coalition of Congress, JMM and RJD -- which is closing on the majority mark.

Hemant Soren of the JMM has resurged in the poll battle in Dumka constituency. After trailing in initial rounds, Soren has now taken a lead of over 2,500 votes against his nearest rival - BJP's Louis Marandi.

In a major jolt to the BJP, Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das is trailing from his own constituency of Jamshedpur East. Das, who had won the constituency by a margin of 70,000 votes in the last elections, is now trailing by 771 votes against his one-time Cabinet colleague and BJP rebel Saryu Rai.

Over 60,000 votes polled in Jharkhand were in favour of NOTA or "none of the above". The numbers add up to nearly 1.5 percent of the total electoral share.

From the Maheshpur constituency of Jharkhand, Stephen Marandi of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is leading by over 4,500 votes against his nearest rival - the BJP's Mistry's Soren.

BJP candidate Louis Marandi is leading by over 5,000 votes against JMM leader and prospective CM Hemant Soren from Dumka constituency.

CM Raghubar Das, who leading by over 1,500 votes in Jamshedpur East till the last hour, is now ahead by only 156 votes. His challenger - BJP rebel Saryu Rai - has rapidly gained in the last two rounds of counting of votes.

Congress' Jharkhand in-charge RPN Singh, while calling the initial results are a celebratory news for the party, said that he would not comment on the situation until the final results are out. "We were confident that Jharkhand will give clear majority to our alliance. Trends are good but I won't make comment until final result.We've clearly said that Hemant Soren will be CM candidate of our alliance," he said.

Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters that the party is confident of a "full majority for the (Opposition) coalition". The alliance of Congress-JMM-RJD is leading in 40 seats so far, whereas, the BJP is ahead in 29 assembly segments.

Senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters that the outcome of Jharkhand assembly elections 2019 cannot be considered as a "litmus test" on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP in Jaipur on being asked if BJP trails in #JhakhandAssemblyPolls, will it be a litmus test for #CAA: No such question arises. State elections are fought on issues concerning the state. pic.twitter.com/7narC5Y8Jp

— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2019

Chief Minister Raghubar Das is hopeful of continuing as the Chief Minister, even as the JMM-Congress-RJD is inching close to victory. "We will win, we will form the next government," Das said, claiming that the trends would change shortly.

The rout suffered by the BJP in Jharkhand will begin the party's downfall across the nation, said the Rashtriya Janata Dal. After Jharkhand, the next major defeat will come for the BJP in neighbouring Bihar, said the party.

Hemant Soren, though likely to preside over as the Chief Minister as the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance is expected to cross the majority mark, is trailing from the Dumka constituency. Louis Marandi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading from the assembly segment by  a margin of over 5,000 votes.

Fireworks are underway at the Congress headquarters in the national capital, as the party, in alliance with the JMM and the RJD, is set to unseat the ruling BJP in Jharkhand.

While the current spell of food inflation, along with the dip in popularity of CM Raghubar, may have abetted the BJP's loss, the party has primarily faced a rout due to the ongoing economic slowdown, claim experts. Jharkhand, being an industrial state, was one of the worst affected regions due to the ongoing slowdown.

AJSU chief Sudesh Mahto is trailing from the constituency of Silli by a margin of 284 votes. JMM candidate Seema Devi is leading from the seat.

With the results swinging in favour of the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance, former chief minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren is confident of taking oath as the CM for the second time. His party is currently leading in 26 constituencies, allies Congress and RJD in 11 and 5 respectively. Cumulatively, they have extended their lead in 42 assembly segments. The BJP is a distant second with leads in 28 seats.

The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance has extended their lead to 43 seats, as per the trends released by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The BJP is trailing with leads in 25 seats. The AJSU Party and JVM are ahead in 4 and 3 seats, respectively. Among five others who are leading, one each is from the CPI(L-M) and the NCP -- both of whom would likely support the JMM-Congress-RJD combine in case of a hung assembly.

Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who is being challenged by Congress' Gourav Vallabh and BJP rebel Saryu Rai, is leading from the Jamshedpur East constituency by 1,042 votes. The first runner-up is Rai, an influential leader of the BJP who had quit the party months before the elections. A possibility exists that Rai may end up trumping Das after the final outcome emerges.

As per the trends released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance is leading in 39 constituencies, whereas, the BJP is ahead in 29 out of the 81 seats.

Official Election Commission trends for 78 seats: BJP leading on 29 seats, JMM on 23, Congress on 11, RJD on 5, JVM (P) on 4, AJSU and BSP on 2 each & CPI (ML) on 1 seat. #JharkhandAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/X1CeceNniV

— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2019

JVM(P) chief Babulal Marandi has conceded defeat in the Jharkhand assembly elections 2019. The party, which won 8 assembly seats in the last polls, has been reduced to 2 constituencies. The JMM-Congress-RJD's lead has slipped to 40 seats, whereas, the BJP is ahead in 31 constituencies.

The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance has crossed the majority mark, with leads in 42 out of the 81 constituencies. The BJP is trailing, with its candidates leading in 29 assembly segments.

The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance has surged ahead, with leads in 39 constituencies, as per the trends. The ruling BJP has slipped behind, with leads in 30 constituencies. The AJSU Party and JVM are ahead in 4 seats each.

The battle in Jharkhand continues to appear equally wedged, with the alliance of JMM-Congress-RJD and the BJP leading at 34 seats each. All eyes are set on the AJSU Party and the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha, which could emerge as kingmakers. The two parties are leading in 5 and 4 constituencies, respectively.

The BJP, which is emerging as the single-largest party but short of the halfway majority mark, is hopeful of an alliance with the AJSU Party, which is leading in 6 constituencies. "We have always treated our allies with respect. AJSU was our partner till before the elections. We hope to come together again and form the next government," said BJP spokesperson Zafarul Islam while speaking to news channels.

BJP rebel Saryu Rai is trailing from the Jamshedpur East constituency. He had broke away from the party and challenged Chief Minister Raghubar Das from the seat. While Das is leading, another key challenger - Congress' Gourav Vallabh - is also trailing.

Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das is leading from the Jamshedpur East constituency, whereas, his challenger and Congress leader Gourav Vallabh is trailing in the race from the seat.

With trends indicating a hung assembly in Jharkhand, the BJP has reached out to AJSU Party chief Sudesh Mahto. The backchannel talks are aimed at initiating talks for a post-poll alliance. With the BJP currently leading in 35 seats and the AJSU gaining in 7, the two parties are tentatively posed to form a coalition government.

Trends of the Jharkhand assembly election results 2019 hint at a fractured mandate, with the BJP holding the edge with leads in 35 seats. The JMM-Congress-RJD coalition is ahead in 31 constituencies. The AJSU Party has extended lead in 7 assembly segments.

Trends show a hung verdict in Jharkhand assembly elections 2019, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading in 34 constituencies, whereas, the Congress-JMM-RJD is ahead in 32 seats. The AJSU Party may hold the key power, as it is currently ahead in 7 assembly segments.

As per the latest trends, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading 33 out of 81 seats, whereas, the JMM-Congress-RJD coalition is ahead in 32 constituencies.

Out of nine seats in the Palamu district, the BJP is ahead in 5 constituencies, whereas, the Congress-JMM-RJD is leading in 2 seats. The AJSU Party is ahead in 1 assembly segment, whereas, the leads from 1 seat is yet to emerge.

Former chief minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) chief Babulal Marandi is trailing from his home constituency of Dhanwar in Giridih district.

JMM leader and chief ministerial candidate Hemant Soren is leading from  Dumka constituency. The coalition of JMM-Congress-RJD is leading on 35 seats, whereas, the BJP is ahead in 24 constituencies. The AJSU Party and JVM (Prajatantrik) are ahead in 5 and 3 seats, respectively.

The JMM-Congress-RJD have expanded their lead in 33 constituencies, as per the trends. The coalition requires a win in at least 42 seats to stake claim for government formation. The incumbent ruling BJP is ahead in 20 assembly segments, as per the initial leads.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is leading from Chaibasa constituency based in Gumla-Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. The party has taken its overall lead to 16 constituencies, its allies - Congress and the RJD leading in 10 and 2 assembly segments, respectively.

The Congress candidates are leading in Jharia and Koleberia constituencies of Jharkhand. The two seats were won by the BJP in 2014. Meanwhile, the AJSU Party has also expanded its lead in four constituencies.

The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance has extended its lead to 14 constituencies, whereas, the BJP is ahead in 12 seats. The AJSU Party and JVM are leading in 3 assembly segments each. 

The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance is leading in four constituencies, whereas, the BJP is ahead in 2 seats, as per the early leads emerging so far.

Counting of votes have begun at the designated centres of the Election Commission in Jharkhand. The first trends are expected to emerge in the next few minutes. The voters of Jharkhand, along with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress-JMM-RJD alliance, would remain on the edge.

ECI officials have gathered at the designated counting centres, where the electronic voting machines are being safely brought from the strong rooms. The counting will begin at 8:00 AM. The votes cast through postal ballots would be counted first, followed by the mandate recorded in the EVMs.

Jharkhand: Counting of votes for #JharkhandAssemblyPolls to be done today. Visuals from a counting centre in Ranchi. pic.twitter.com/CgQU7edoV1

— ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2019

The counting of votes is scheduled to begin at 8 am, with voters awaiting the outcome of high-stake assembly elections in the state. Ahead of the results, the exit polls gave the edge to the alliance of JMM-RJD-Congress. The ABP News-C Voter survey predicted 38-50 out of the 81 seats for the Opposition alliance.

Counting will begin from 8 am onwards for 81 Assembly seats.

The Election Commission will soon begin the counting for 81 Assembly seats, which went to polls in five phases.