2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

Elections for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly were held in December 2009. It was a contest between three alliances The Indian National Congress (INC), The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its major ally Janata Dal (United), and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). The poll result was a shock for the incumbent BJP-JD(U) Alliance as they could muster only a quarter of the state assembly's 81 seats. The JMM emerged as a formidable force and finally turned out to be the kingmaker. The election turned out to be a stalemate as many expected because no major party or group was able to come even close to the 41-seat majority.

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

25 November – 18 December 2009
81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	56.97%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren Party BJP JMM Alliance NDA UPA Leader's seat Kharsawan (Won) Did not contest Last election 30 17 Seats won 18 18 Seat change 12 1 Popular vote 2,074,215 1,562,060 Percentage 20.18% 15.20% Swing 3.39% 0.91%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu Babulal Marandi Party INC JVM(P) Alliance UPA - Leader's seat Ghatsila (lost) Did not contest Last election 9 New Seats won 14 11 Seat change 5 New Popular vote 1,660,977 923,671 Percentage 16.16% 8.99% Swing 4.11% New
Chief Minister before election Madhu Koda Independent Elected Chief Minister Shibu Soren JMM

The JMM has always been an important factor in the state's political scenario even before the creation of the state. It then served as a rallying point for the people who demanded statehood for Jharkhand from Bihar.

Results

Parties and Coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Vote	%	+/-	Contested	Won	+/-
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,074,215	20.18		67	18	12
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1,562,060	15.20		78	18	1
	Indian National Congress	1,660,977	16.16		61	14	5
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	923,671	8.99		25	11
	All Jharkhand Students Union	526,231	5.12		54	5
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	517,324	5.03		56	5
	Janata Dal (United)	285,565	2.78		14	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	241,436	2.35		33	1
	Jharkhand Party	112,821	1.10		41	1
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	111,996	1.09		6	1
	Jai Bharat Samanta Party	93,280	0.91		9	1
	Jharkhand Janadikhar Manch	74,320	0.72		9	1
	Rashtriya Kalyan Paksha	72,401	0.70		3	1
	Bahujan Samaj Party	250,751	2.44		78	0
	Nav Jawan Sangharsh Morcha	54,931	0.53		12	0
	Independents	1,091,011	10.61		647	2
Total		10,279,009	100.00				±0
Valid votes		10,279,009	99.98
Invalid votes		1,993	0.02
Votes cast / turnout		10,281,002	56.97
Abstentions		7,764,636	43.03
Registered voters		18,045,638
Source: ECI

Results by constituency

Results

Assembly Constituency		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
1	Rajmahal	Arun Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party	51277	Md Tajuddin		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	40874	10403
2	Borio	Lobin Hembrom		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	37586	Tala Marandi		Bharatiya Janata Party	28546	9040
3	Barhait	Hemlal Murmu		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	40621	Vijay Hansdak		Independent	20303	20318
4	Litipara	Simon Marandi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	29875	Anil Murmu		Indian National Congress	24478	5397
5	Pakaur	Akil Akhtar		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	62246	Alamgir Alam		Indian National Congress	56570	5676
6	Maheshpur	Mistri Soren		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	50746	Devidhan Tudu		Bharatiya Janata Party	28772	21974
7	Shikaripara	Nalin Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	30474	Paritosh Soren		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	29471	1003
8	Nala	Satyanand Jha		Bharatiya Janata Party	38119	Rabindra Nath Mahato		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	34171	3948
9	Jamtara	Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	62795	Furqan Ansari		Indian National Congress	49952	12843
10	Dumka	Hemant Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	35129	Louis Marandi		Bharatiya Janata Party	32460	2669
11	Jama	Sita Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	38550	Manoj Kumar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	25844	12706
12	Jarmundi	Hari Narayan Ray		Independent	33512	Devendra Kunwar		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	23025	10487
13	Madhupur	Haji Hussain Ansari		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	47880	Shiv Dutt Sharma		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	27412	20468
14	Sarath	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	40282	Uday Shankar Singh		Indian National Congress	30862	9420
15	Deoghar	Suresh Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal	49602	Baldeo Das		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	31862	17740
16	Poreyahat	Pradeep Yadav		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	67105	Suraj Mandal		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	30401	36704
17	Godda	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal	43502	Raghu Nandan Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party	34747	8755
18	Mahagama	Rajesh Ranjan		Indian National Congress	43834	Ashok Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	35648	8186
19	Kodarma	Annapurna Devi Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal	46922	Ramesh Singh		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	29639	17283
20	Barkatha	Amit Kumar Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party	39485	Janki Prasad Yadav		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	30117	9368
21	Barhi	Umashankar Akela		Bharatiya Janata Party	60044	Manoj Yadav		Indian National Congress	51959	8085
22	Barkagaon	Yogendra Sao		Indian National Congress	38683	Loknath Mahto		Bharatiya Janata Party	37319	1364
23	Ramgarh	Chandra Prakash Choudhary		All Jharkhand Students Union	61947	Shahzada Anwar		Indian National Congress	36472	25475
24	Mandu	Tek Lal Mahto		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	37198	Kumar Mahesh Singh		Indian National Congress	29220	7978
25	Hazaribagh	Saurabh Narain Singh		Indian National Congress	66514	Deo Dayal		Bharatiya Janata Party	57227	9287
26	Simaria	Jay Prakash Singh Bhogta		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	34007	Ganesh Ganjhu		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	25982	8025
27	Chatra	Janardan Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal	67441	Subedar Paswan		Bharatiya Janata Party	28886	38555
28	Dhanwar	Nizamuddin Ansari		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	50392	Raj Kumar Yadav		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	45419	4973
29	Bagodar	Vinod Kumar Singh		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	54436	Nagendra Mahto		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	47718	6718
30	Jamua	Chandrika Mahtha		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	42824	Satya Narayan Das		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	24297	18527
31	Gandey	Sarfaraz Ahmad		Indian National Congress	39625	Salkhan Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	31170	8455
32	Giridih	Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	28771	Munna Lal		Independent	21669	7102
33	Dumri	Jagarnath Mahto		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	33960	Damodar Prasad Mahto		Janata Dal (United)	20292	13668
34	Gomia	Madhav Lal Singh		Indian National Congress	31540	Yogendra Prasad		All Jharkhand Students Union	23237	8303
35	Bermo	Rajendra Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress	47744	Yogeshwar Mahto		Bharatiya Janata Party	41133	6611
36	Bokaro	Samresh Singh		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	53757	Md Izrail Ansari		Indian National Congress	37452	16305
37	Chandankiyari	Umakant Rajak		All Jharkhand Students Union	36620	Amar Kumar Bauri		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	33103	3517
38	Sindri	Fulchand Mandal		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	40048	Anand Mahato		Marxist Co-ordination Committee	36288	3760
39	Nirsa	Arup Chatterjee		Marxist Co-ordination Committee	68965	Ashok Kumar Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party	33388	35577
40	Dhanbad	Mannan Mallick		Indian National Congress	55641	Raj Sinha		Bharatiya Janata Party	54751	890
41	Jharia	Kunti Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	49131	Suresh Singh		Indian National Congress	46115	3016
42	Tundi	Mathura Prasad Mahato		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	40787	Saba Ahmad		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	39869	918
43	Baghmara	Dulu Mahato		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	56026	Jaleshwar Mahato		Janata Dal (United)	36066	19960
44	Baharagora	Bidyut Baran Mahato		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	59228	Dinesh Kumar Sarangi		Bharatiya Janata Party	42074	17154
45	Ghatsila	Ramdas Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	38283	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu		Indian National Congress	37091	1192
46	Potka	Maneka Sardar		Bharatiya Janata Party	44095	Subodh Singh Sardar		Indian National Congress	28385	15710
47	Jugsalai	Ram Chandra Sahis		All Jharkhand Students Union	42810	Rakhi Roy		Bharatiya Janata Party	39328	3482
48	Jamshedpur East	Raghubar Das		Bharatiya Janata Party	56165	Abhay Singh		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	33202	22963
49	Jamshedpur West	Banna Gupta		Indian National Congress	55638	Saryu Roy		Bharatiya Janata Party	52341	3297
50	Ichaghar	Arvind Kumar Singh		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	45465	Bishwa Ranjan Mahato		All Jharkhand Students Union	27829	17636
51	Seraikella	Champai Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	57156	Lakshman Tudu		Bharatiya Janata Party	53910	3246
52	Chaibasa	Deepak Birua		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	30274	Bagun Sumbrai		Indian National Congress	22726	7548
53	Majhgaon	Barkuwar Gagrai		Bharatiya Janata Party	34534	Niral Purty		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	24644	9890
54	Jaganathpur	Geeta Koda		Jai Bharat Samanta Party	37145	Sonaram Birua		Bharatiya Janata Party	11405	25740
55	Manoharpur	Gurucharan Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party	27360	Navami Oraon		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	21090	6270
56	Chakradharpur	Laxman Giluwa		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	26984	Sukhram Oraon		Bharatiya Janata Party	26694	290
57	Kharsawan	Mangal Singh Soy		Bharatiya Janata Party	52661	Basko Besra		Indian National Congress	25442	27219
58	Tamar	Gopal Krishna Patar		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	30678	Vikash Kumar Munda		All Jharkhand Students Union	29207	1471
59	Torpa	Paulus Surin		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	34551	Koche Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party	18752	15799
60	Khunti	Nilkanth Singh Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party	32067	Masi Charan Munda		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	31631	436
61	Silli	Sudesh Mahto		All Jharkhand Students Union	45673	Amit Kumar		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	37966	7707
62	Khijri	Sawna Lakra		Indian National Congress	41172	Ram Kumar Pahan		Bharatiya Janata Party	38394	2778
63	Ranchi	C.P.Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	66161	Pradeep Tulsyan		Indian National Congress	39050	27111
64	Hatia	Gopal Sharan Nath Shahdeo		Indian National Congress	39921	Ram Ji Lal Sharda		Bharatiya Janata Party	39896	25
65	Kanke	Ramchandra Baitha		Bharatiya Janata Party	45245	Suresh Kumar Baitha		Indian National Congress	40674	4571
66	Mandar	Bandhu Tirkey		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	58924	Deo Kumar Dhan		Indian National Congress	28953	29971
67	Sisai	Geeta Shree Oraon		Indian National Congress	39260	Sameer Oraon		Bharatiya Janata Party	24319	14941
68	Gumla	Kamlesh Oraon		Bharatiya Janata Party	39555	Bhushan Tirkey		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	27468	12087
69	Bishunpur	Chamra Linda		Rashtriya Kalyan Paksha	44461	Shiv Kumar Bhagat		Indian National Congress	27751	16710
70	Simdega	Vimla Pradhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	38476	Neil Tirkey		Indian National Congress	37363	1113
71	Kolebira	Anosh Ekka		Jharkhand Party	28834	Mahendra Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party	21332	7502
72	Lohardaga	Kamal Kishore Bhagat		All Jharkhand Students Union	35816	Sukhdeo Bhagat		Indian National Congress	35210	606
73	Manika	Harikrishna Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	18645	Rameshwar Oraon		Indian National Congress	16876	1769
74	Latehar	Baidyanath Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	34522	Prakash Ram		Rashtriya Janata Dal	34084	438
75	Panki	Bidesh Singh		Independent	38458	Madhu Singh		Janata Dal (United)	18240	20218
76	Daltonganj	Krishna Nand Tripathi		Indian National Congress	43571	Dileep Singh Namdhari		Bharatiya Janata Party	39338	4233
77	Bishrampur	Chandra Shekhar Dubey		Indian National Congress	25609	Ramchandra Chandravanshi		Rashtriya Janata Dal	17257	8352
78	Chhatarpur	Sudha Choudhary		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	25854	Manoj Kumar		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	16108	9746
79	Hussainabad	Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal	26735	Kushwaha Shivpujan Mehta		Bahujan Samaj Party	23172	3563
80	Garhwa	Satyendra Nath Tiwari		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)	50474	Girinath Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal	40412	10062
81	Bhawanathpur	Anant Pratap Deo		Indian National Congress	54690	Bhanu Pratap Sahi		Nav Jawan Sangharsh Morcha	32522	22168

Government Formation

A compromise formula was worked out between the BJP-JD(U) Alliance and the JMM. These two groups, with the help of independents and other minor parties, had run the state government, and the president rules the state.