2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

The 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 3 to 23 February 2005 to elect the 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. It was the first election held in Jharkhand to elect the Second Jharkhand Legislative Assembly; the First/Interim Jharkhand Legislative Assembly was constituted based on the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. Jharkhand was created by carving out the southern districts of Bihar on 15 November 2000. The election resulted in a hung assembly like the first one. No single party or pre-election alliance got the majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party become the biggest party by winning 30 seats. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha got 17 seats and the Indian National Congress got nine seats.

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

← 2000 (Bihar) 3 – 23 February 2005 2009 →

81 seats in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.00%
  Majority party Minority party
 
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Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren
Party BJP JMM
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat Kharsawan Did not contest[a]
Last election 34 12
Seats won 30 17
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 5
Popular vote 23,87,130 14,47,774
Percentage 24.57% 14.29%

Background and Government Formation

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After the formation of Jharkhand on 15 November 2000, the first Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Jharkhand.[1] The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.[2]

Shibu Soren of Congress-JMM alliance was invited to form the government, sparking controversy, but resigned nine days later, on 11 March, following his failure to obtain a vote of confidence in the assembly.

Then Arjun Munda of BJP-led NDA became the CM. In September 2006, Madhu Koda and three other independent legislators withdrew support to the Munda government, bringing it into the minority and led to resignation of Munda.[3]

The United Progressive Alliance, with support of Goans Party, Forward bloc and 3 independents, decided on Madhu Koda as consensus candidate who was sworn in on 14 September 2006, becoming third independent CM in the country.[4]

On 17 August 2008, JMM withdrew support from the Koda government. Shibu Soren again became the CM, but had to resign on 12 January 2009, after he failed to enter the Jharkhand assembly, suffering a humiliating defeat in the assembly bypoll.[5]

Results

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Party-wise

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Alliance Party Popular vote Seats
Contested Won
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 23.57% 63 30
Janata Dal (United) 4.00% 18 6
Total 27.57% 81 36
UPA Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 14.29% 49 17
Indian National Congress 12.05% 41 9
Total 26.34% 81 26
None Rashtriya Janata Dal 8.48% 51 7
All Jharkhand Students Union 2.81% 40 2
United Goans Democratic Party 1.52% 22 2
All India Forward Bloc 1.00% 12 2
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) 2.46% 28 1
Jharkhand Party 0.97% 27 1
Nationalist Congress Party 0.43% 13 1
Independents 15.31% 662 3
Total 100% 81

Constituency-wise

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Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
Sahebganj district
1 Rajmahal Thomas Hansda INC 36472 Arun Mandal IND 25296 11176
2 Borio (ST) Tala Marandi BJP 44546 Lobin Hembrum JMM 38227 6319
3 Barhait (ST) Thomas Soren JMM 42332 Simon Malto BJP 28593 13739
Pakur district
4 Litipara (ST) Sushila Hansdak JMM 29661 Somi Marandi BJP 22464 7197
5 Pakur Alamgir Alam INC 71736 Beni Prasad Gupta BJP 46000 25736
6 Maheshpur (ST) Suphal Marandi JMM 45520 Debidhan Besra BJP 32704 12816
Dumka district
7 Sikaripara (ST) Nalin Soren JMM 27723 Raja Marandi JDU 24641 3082
8 Nala Rabindra Nath Mahato JMM 30847 Satyanand Jha BJP 29725 1122
9 Jamtara Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya BJP 49387 Irfan Ansari INC 45895 3492
10 Dumka (ST) Stephen Marandi IND 41340 Mohril Murmu BJP 35993 5347
11 Jama (ST) Sunil Soren BJP 44073 Durga Soren JMM 37443 6630
12 Jarmundi Hari Narayan Ray IND 28480 Devendra Kunwar BJP 22171 6309
Deoghar district
13 Madhupur Raj Paliwar BJP 48756 Haji Hussain Ansari JMM 42089 6667
14 Sarath Uday Shankar Singh RJD 66335 Shashank Shekhar Bhokta JMM 51429 14906
15 Deoghar (SC) Kameshwar Nath Das JDU 43065 Suresh Paswan RJD 33442 9623
Godda district
16 Poreyahat Pradeep Yadav BJP 72342 Prashant Kumar JMM 48050 24292
17 Godda Manohar Kumar Tekariwal BJP 43728 Sanjay Prasad Yadav RJD 30639 13089
18 Mahagama Ashok Kumar BJP 46253 Ataur Rehman Siddique RJD 39825 6428
Koderma district
19 Kodarma Annapurna Yadav RJD 46452 Sajid Hussain IND 19998 26454
Hazaribagh district
20 Barkatha Chitranjan Yadav BJP 37052 Digambar Mehta IND 30129 6923
21 Barhi Manoj Yadav INC 58313 Umashankar Akela SP 49990 8323
Ramgarh district
22 Barkagaon Loknath Mahto BJP 47283 Yogendra Sao INC 30902 16381
23 Ramgarh Chandra Prakash Choudhary AJSU 51249 Nadra Begum CPI 28970 22279
Hazaribagh district
24 Mandu Khiru Mahto JDU 33350 Ram Prakash Patel JMM 23522 9828
25 Hazaribagh Saurabh Narain Singh INC 39431 Brij Kishore Jaiswal IND 36366 3065
Chatra district
26 Simaria (SC) Upendra Nath Das BJP 31858 Ram Chandra Ram CPI 24438 7420
27 Chatra (SC) Satyanand Bhogta BJP 50332 Janardan Paswan RJD 45650 4682
Giridih district
28 Dhanwar Ravindra Kumar Ray BJP 42357 Raj Kumar Yadav CPIML 39023 3334
29 Bagodar Vinod Kumar Singh CPIML 68752 Nagendra Mahto JMM 44272 24480
30 Jamua (SC) Kedar Hazra BJP 49336 Chandrika Mehta JMM 44202 5134
31 Gandey Salkhan Soren JMM 36849 Sarfaraz Ahmed RJD 35337 1512
32 Giridih Munna Lal JMM 31895 Chandramohan Prasad BJP 24920 6975
33 Dumri Jagarnath Mahto JMM 41784 Lalchand Mahto RJD 23774 18010
Bokaro district
34 Gomia Chhattu Ram Mahto BJP 34669 Madhavlal Singh IND 31227 3442
35 Bermo Yogeshwar Mahto BJP 47569 Rajendra Prasad Singh INC 38108 9461
36 Bokaro Izrail Ansari INC 44939 Ashok Chaudhary JDU 39898 5041
37 Chandankiyari (SC) Haru Rajwar JMM 17823 Umakant Rajak AJSU 13706 4117
Dhanbad district
38 Sindri Raj Kishore Mahato BJP 41361 Anand Mahto MCO 34358 7003
39 Nirsa Aparna Sengupta AIFB 50533 Arup Chatterjee MCO 48196 2337
40 Dhanbad Pashupati Nath Singh BJP 83692 Mannan Mallik INC 62012 21680
41 Jharia Kunti Singh BJP 62900 Suresh Singh INC 31312 31588
42 Tundi Mathura Prasad Mahato JMM 52112 Saba Ahmed RJD 26175 25937
43 Baghmara Jaleshwar Mahato JDU 54206 Om Prakash Lal INC 43955 10251
East Singhbhum district
44 Baharagora Dinesh Sarangi BJP 51753 Bidyut Baran Mahato JMM 48441 3312
45 Ghatsila (ST) Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu INC 50936 Ramdas Soren IND 34489 16447
46 Potka (ST) Amulya Sardar JMM 53760 Maneka Sardar BJP 40001 13759
47 Jugsalai (SC) Dulal Bhuiyan JMM 59649 Haradhan Das BJP 56995 2654
48 Jamshedpur East Raghubar Das BJP 65116 Ramashray Prasad INC 46718 18398
49 Jamshedpur West Saryu Roy BJP 47428 Banna Gupta SP 34733 12695
Seraikela Kharsawan district
50 Ichaghar Sudhir Mahato JMM 56244 Arvind Kumar Singh BJP 45166 11078
51 Seraikella (ST) Champai Soren JMM 61112 Laxman Tudu BJP 60230 882
West Singhbhum district
52 Chaibasa (ST) Putkar Hembrom BJP 23448 Deepak Birua IND 18383 5065
53 Majhgaon (ST) Niral Purty JMM 38827 Barkuwar Gargai BJP 33626 5201
54 Jaganathpur (ST) Madhu Koda IND 26882 Mangal Singh Sinku INC 12095 14787
55 Manoharpur (ST) Joba Majhi UGDP 26810 Guru Charan Nayak BJP 25213 1597
56 Chakradharpur (ST) Sukhram Oraon JMM 41807 Laxman Giluwa BJP 21835 19972
Seraikela Kharsawan district
57 Kharsawan (ST) Arjun Munda BJP 74797 Kunti Soy INC 19543 55344
Ranchi district
58 Tamar (ST) Ramesh Singh Munda JDU 22195 Gopal Krishna Patar IND 16295 5900
59 Torpa (ST) Koche Munda BJP 28965 Niral Enem Horo JHP 20833 8132
60 Khunti (ST) Nilkanth Singh Munda BJP 43663 Roshan Kumar Surin INC 27963 15700
61 Silli Sudesh Mahto AJSU 39281 Amit Kumar JMM 19969 19312
62 Khijri (ST) Kariya Munda BJP 46101 Sawna Lakra INC 43473 2628
63 Ranchi Chandreshwar Prasad Singh BJP 74239 Gopal Prasad Sahu INC 48119 26120
64 Hatia Gopal Sharan Nath Shahdeo INC 46104 Krisha Kumar Poddar BJP 40897 5207
65 Kanke (SC) Ram Chander Baitha BJP 61502 Sammari Lal BJP 46443 15059
66 Mandar (ST) Bandhu Tirkey UGDP 56597 Deo Kumar Dhan INC 36365 20232
Gumla district
67 Sisai (ST) Sameer Oraon BJP 34217 Shashikant Bhagat INC 33574 643
68 Gumla (ST) Bhushan Tirkey JMM 36266 Sudarshan Bhagat BJP 35397 869
69 Bishunpur (ST) Chandresh Oraon BJP 24099 Chamra Linda IND 23530 569
Simdega district
70 Simdega (ST) Neil Tirkey INC 47230 Nirmal Kumar Besra BJP 38119 9111
71 Kolebira (ST) Enos Ekka JHP 34067 Theodore Kiro INC 29781 4286
Lohardaga district
72 Lohardaga (ST) Sukhdeo Bhagat INC 35023 Sadhnu Bhagat BJP 28243 6780
Latehar district
73 Manika (ST) Ramchandra Singh RJD 26460 Deepak Oraon JMM 16577 9883
74 Latehar (SC) Prakash Ram RJD 18819 Ramdev Ganjhu JMM 13421 5398
Palamu district
75 Panki Bidesh Singh RJD 43350 Vishwanath Singh CPIML 22928 20422
76 Daltonganj Inder Singh Namdhari JDU 45386 Anil Chaurasia IND 41625 3761
77 Bishrampur Ramchandra Chandravanshi RJD 40658 Ajay Kumar Dubey INC 22046 18612
78 Chhatarpur (SC) Radha Krishna Kishore JDU 39667 Pushpa Devi RJD 23234 16433
79 Hussainabad Kamlesh Kumar Singh NCP 21661 Sanjay Yadav RJD 21626 35
Garhwa district
80 Garhwa Giri Nath Singh RJD 34374 Sirah Ahmed Ansari JDU 25841 8533
81 Bhawanathpur Bhanu Pratap Sahi AIFB 38090 Anant Pratap Deo INC 33040 5050

Notes

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  1. ^ Soren was the sitting MP for Dumka

References

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  1. ^ Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  2. ^ "First-ever assembly election in Jharkhand". Rediff. 3 February 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Jharkhand political drama ends with Arjun Munda winning trust vote". India Today. 2005-03-28. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  4. ^ "Munda govt has gone: Koda | news.outlookindia.com". 2012-06-12. Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  5. ^ "Soren stakes claim for Jharkhand CM's post". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
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