2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
← 2009 25 November 2014 – 20 December 2014 2019 →
81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.53% (Increase9.56%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Raghubar Das Hemant Soren Babulal Marandi
Party BJP JMM JVM(P)
Leader's seat Jamshedpur East Barhait (won)
Dumka (lost) 		Giridih (lost)
Dhanwar (lost)
Last election 18 18 11
Seats won 37 19 8
Seat change Increase19 Increase1 Decrease3
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 in five phases between November 25 and December 20 to elect the members of the 4th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The 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 November 25 and ending December 20. Results were announced on December 23, 2014.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "EC announces five-phased polls in J&K, Jharkhand; counting on December 23". 2014-10-25.
  2. ^ a b "EC announces five phased polling for Jharkhand and J-K". Business Standard India. 2014-10-25.
  3. ^ 5-PHASE POLLS IN J&K, J’KHAND FROM NOV 25
  4. ^ 5 phase polls for 4th Assembly to begin on Nov 25