Jharkhand: still BJP country
5 Assembly elections · 2005–2024 · every seat count and share is read from the official record.
Jharkhand has voted in 5 Assembly elections between 2005 and 2024. Bharatiya Janata Party has been the largest party in 3 of them — more than any rival.
Power has changed hands 1 time. The steadiest run was Bharatiya Janata Party's — the top party from 2005 to 2014 across 3 elections.
In 2019, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha broke through — 30 of 81 seats — ending Bharatiya Janata Party's hold, which fell from 37 to 25.
The sharpest single swing was 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party went from 18 to 37 seats, a gain of 19.
The closest verdict was 2009: Bharatiya Janata Party finished just 0 seats ahead of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
Most recently, in 2024, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha holds 34 of 81 seats on 23.5% of the vote — short of the 41-seat majority.
Pivotal elections
who held the house, seat by seat- BJP3037%
- JMM1721%
- INC911%
- RJD79%
- Others1822%
Bharatiya Janata Party · 23.6% of the vote · short of majority
- BJP3746%
- JMM1923%
- JVM810%
- INC67%
- Others1114%
Bharatiya Janata Party · 31.3% of the vote · short of majority
- JMM3442%
- BJP2126%
- INC1620%
- RJD45%
- Others67%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha · 23.5% of the vote · short of majority
Party identity
renames, splits and mergers along the way- Bharatiya Janata Party broke away from Janata Party in 1980.
- Indian National Congress saw All India Trinamool Congress break away in 1998; saw Nationalist Congress Party break away in 1999; saw YSR Congress Party break away in 2011; saw NCO break away in 1969; saw INCU break away in 1979; saw ICS break away in 1978; saw BAC break away in 1966; saw UTC break away in 1969; saw HVP break away in 1996; saw AINRC break away in 2011; took in MSCP in 2014; took in ICS in 1986; took in NNO in 1976; took in HVP in 2004; took in VHP in 1978.