Jama (ST) Vidhan Sabha Constituency Result in Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019: Sita Murmu of JMM Wins MLA Seat

Jama, December 17: Sita Murmu of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has won the Jama Vidhan Sabha seat. The polling in Jama assembly constituency in Jharkhand was held in the fifth phase on December 20, 2019. The Jama seat comes under the Dumka Lok Sabha constituency. The sitting MLA of the Jama constituency is Sita Murmu alias Sita Soren. Even this year, the BJP had given its ticket to Suresh Murmu while the JMM had given its ticket to Sita Murmu. Jharkhand Assembly Elections Results 2019: JMM-Congress-RJD Alliance Set to Form Government, BJP Trounced.

The major poll battle in the Assembly Elections in Jharkhand was between BJP, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) and the alliance between Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). These three parties had come together to take on the Saffron party in the ensuing elections. While BJP had planned to go solo this time, the JMM fought on 43 seats, Congress on 31 seats and RJD on 7.

A total of 16 constituencies went into polls in phase five. The notification was issued on November 26. The last date of filing the nomination papers was December 3. The counting of votes and result will be declared on December 23.

In the 2014 Assembly elections in Jharkhand, the BJP had won the elections by defeating the Congress and its allies. BJP had won 43 seats out of 81 seats. Ever since Jharkhand was formed, it was the first time (2014), that a single-party (BJP) formed a majority in the state assembly.

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