Jharkhand assembly election 2019

Jharkhand assembly election 2019: BJP reaches out to Sudesh Mahto's AJSU

With the trends of Jharkhand assembly election result showing that the state is heading towards a hung assembly, sources said that senior BJP leader are in touch with All Jharkhand Students Union chief Sudesh Mahto. As per the trends, AJSU is curently leading on eight seats, while the BJP is leading on 35 seats. The magic mark in Jharkhand is 41 seats and if BJP joins hands with AJSU then the alliance could form the next government.

Dec 23, 2019, 09:37 AM IST

Jharkhand election result 2019: List of All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) winners

In 2014, the BJP and AJSU alliance fetched 42 seats - (37 and 5, respectively) - but the Sudesh Mahto-led AJSU decided to jump into the battleground alone.

Dec 23, 2019, 09:27 AM IST

Jharkhand election result 2019: List of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winners

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das is up against Hemant Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), whose party is fighting the election in alliance with the Congress and RJD. Soren is the alliance's CM face. While Das contested from Jamshedpur (East), BJP state unit president Lakshman Gilua fought the election from Chakradharpur. 

Dec 23, 2019, 09:19 AM IST

Jharkhand election result 2019: Full list of winners in 81 seats

The main parties in Jharkhand are the BJP, JMM, All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM), Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. While the Congress has an alliance with JMM and RJD, the BJP and AJSU, who earlier fought the elections together, decided to go solo. 

Dec 23, 2019, 09:11 AM IST

Jharkhand election result 2019: List of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) winners

The alliance of JMM-Congress-RJD has declared JMM's working president Hemant Soren as its chief ministerial candidate. Leaders of this alliance are fairly confident after the reports of dissatisfaction in the BJP ranks after ticket distribution surfaced.

Dec 23, 2019, 09:00 AM IST

Jharkhand election result 2019: List of Congress winners

In the 2014 Assembly election, the JMM, Congress and the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) had formed an alliance. However, the JVM has moved away this time.

Dec 23, 2019, 08:54 AM IST

Jharkhand election result 2019: List of Babulal Marandi's Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) winners

Former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi-led Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) contested on all 81 seats in the state. JVM managed to register win in three constituencies namely Dhanwar, Poreyahat, Sarath

Dec 23, 2019, 08:46 AM IST

Jharkhand assembly election result 2019: JMM-Congress-RJD moves ahead, BJP trails

BJP leader and incumbent chief minister Raghubar Das is leading by a very small margin in Jamshedpur East while Congress candidate Shweta Singh is ahead in Bokaro. JMM's Hemant Soren in leading Barhait and trailing in Dumka.

Dec 23, 2019, 08:44 AM IST

Jharkhand assembly election result 2019: JMM-Congress-RJD alliance leads in initial trend, BJP trails

The initial trend for 79 out of 81 seats in Jharkhand Assembly election 2019 shows BJP is leading in 33 seats, while the Congress-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alliance has grabbed the lead on 32 seats. Others are currently leading on four seats.

Dec 23, 2019, 08:19 AM IST

Jharkhand assembly results 2019: Raghubar Das, Hemant Soren, Babulal Marandi, the key players

The Raghubar Das-led BJP will look to continue for a second term while the Congress and JMM combine look to cause an upset.

Dec 23, 2019, 08:13 AM IST

Jharkhand Assembly election result 2019: Counting for 81 seats begins

According to Election Commission, the counting for Jharkhand Assembly election will begin at 8 AM and will take place at all the 24 district headquarters.

Dec 23, 2019, 07:38 AM IST

Jharkhand Assembly Election Result: Watch live streaming of counting of votes on Zee News

In addition, several allies of NDA, this time chose to contest the 2019 assembly election on their own. Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) also contested the polls solo.

Dec 23, 2019, 07:16 AM IST

Jharkhand Assembly election result 2019: Counting for 81 seats on December 23

The counting for 81 seats in Jharkhand Assembly will take place at all the 24 district headquarters and elaborate arrangements have been made by the Election Commission for counting at all the districts headquarters. 

Dec 23, 2019, 06:40 AM IST

Jharkhand Assembly Election Result: BJP respects mandate given by people of Jharkhand, says Amit Shah

The BJP is hoping to retain power in the state following facing setbacks and winning fewer seats than expected, in both Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections, in comparison to 2014 elections. In addition, several allies of NDA, this time chose to contest the 2019 assembly election on their own.

Dec 23, 2019, 06:26 AM IST

EC develops integrated counting application for displaying Jharkhand assembly election results

Poll panel, its website will start displaying the results of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly with effect from 8 AM onwards on December 23, 2019.

Dec 22, 2019, 19:32 PM IST

BJP, JMM-Congress-RJD eye favourable Jharkhand assembly election result

The counting of votes for 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand, which went to polls in five phases from November 30 to December 20, will take place on Monday (December 23). The counting of the votes will begin at 8:00 am at 24 districts headquarters. The first result is expected by around 1 pm.

Dec 22, 2019, 17:39 PM IST

Anything but '65 par': How BJP got its math wrong in Jharkhand

There are a number of reasons to BJP`s predicted surprise result - CM Raghubar Das`s loss of credibility, and JMM chief Hemant Soren`s "saffron clad" comment and tribal and OBC cocktail.

Dec 22, 2019, 08:55 AM IST

Jharkhand exit polls predict big win for JMM-Congress; BJP likely to fall behind

A hung assembly yet again, and JVM`s Babulal Marandi and AJSU`s Sudesh Mahto ending up as kingmakers in the next government to take shape in Jharkhand, are the big takeaways from the IANS-CVoter-ABP Exit Polls released on Friday after voting ended in the fifth and final phase of the Assembly polls.

Dec 20, 2019, 21:10 PM IST

Jharkhand assembly election 2019: 68.99% voter turnout recorded till 5 PM in final phase

Voting was held in 16 seats to decide the fate of 237 candidates, including 29 women. Former chief minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren were also in the fray along with minister Randhir Singh.

Dec 20, 2019, 18:47 PM IST

Jharkhand Assembly election 2019: PM Modi urges voters to vote in record numbers in fifth phase

"The fifth and the last phase of voting in the Jharkhand assembly elections is today. I request all voters to vote in record numbers and join this festival of democracy," Modi tweeted.

Dec 20, 2019, 08:13 AM IST