2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
Elections for the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand, India
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Schedule
The schedule for the election proceedings was announced on 1 November 2019.
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Parties and alliances
United Progressive Alliance
National Democratic Alliance
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)
All Jharkhand Students Union
Left Front
Nationalist Congress Party
List of Candidates
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
Exit polls
Result
Alliance wise results
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Results by Constituency
Government formation
After the defeat of the incumbent BJP government, incumbent Chief Minister Raghubar Das tendered his resignation from the post. He tendered his resignation to Governor Draupadi Murmu.
In the evening, during the election results, JMM leader and Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren addressed the media and thanked the people of Jharkhand for the mandate. He also expressed his gratitude to his alliance partners, Congress & RJD and their president, Sonia Gandhi & Lalu Prasad Yadav respectively.
The next day on 24 December 2019, the meeting of all the 30 JMM MLAs was called, in which Hemant Soren was elected as the leader of the JMM legislature group. Hemant Soren was already the leader and Chief Ministerial candidate of the UPA during the election campaign. On the very same day, Alamgir Alam was elected as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP).
After the elections, JVM(P) chief and Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Babulal Marandi extended the support of his party to the Hemant Soren government, thus providing more strength to the government.
On 24 December 2019, Hemant Soren along with the alliance partners, met Governor Draupadi Murmu and staked claim to form the government.