2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

Elections held in 2005 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election India legislative 2000 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election 2000 2010 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election 2010 81 seats in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly 41 3 – 23 February 2005 57.00% Arjun Munda 8992.JPG 100 100 120 09 0 Arjun Munda Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance Kharsawan 30 2 24.57% 2,387,130 32 Rahul Gandhi in Shillong (cropped).jpg 100 100 120 0 0 Rahul Gandhi Indian National Congress United Progressive Alliance Did not contestGandhi was the sitting MP for Amethi 17 5 1,447,774 14.29% 12 Hand INC.svg 140 100 120 10 0 Jyotiraditya India Indian National Congress United Progressive Alliance Did not contestScindia was the sitting MP of Guna 9 2 1,220,498 12.05% 11 The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad addressing the Media to announce a policy matter in New Delhi on September 12, 2004.jpg 100 100 120 0 09 Lalu Singh Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal United Progressive Alliance Did not contest 7 2 859,169 8.48% 9 Chief Minister Chief Minister Arjun Munda BJP Arjun Munda BJP 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. The results were counted on 27 February 2005. 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 Jharkhand 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. Background and Government Formation 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.https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1717/17170390.htm Jharkhand, at last 1 September 2000 Chaudhuri Kalyan Frontline 4 August 2019 24 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190724114939/https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1717/17170390.htm dead The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.https://rediff.com/election/2005/feb/03jhar1.htm First-ever assembly election in Jharkhand Rediff 3 February 2005 25 September 2019 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.2005-03-28 Jharkhand political drama ends with Arjun Munda winning trust vote https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20050328-jharkhand-political-drama-ends-with-arjun-munda-winning-trust-vote-788024-2005-03-27 2024-09-27 India Today en 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.2012-06-12 Munda govt has gone: Koda news.outlookindia.com http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=412539 2024-09-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20120612051834/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=412539 2012-06-12 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.Soren stakes claim for Jharkhand CM's post https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/12soren.htm 2024-09-27 www.rediff.com Interim Jharkhand Legislative Assembly (2000-2005) Party SymbolSeatsBharatiya Janata Party50px32Jharkhand Mukti Morcha50px12Indian National Congress50px11Rashtriya Janata Dal50px9Samata Party50px5Janata Dal (United)50px3Communist Party of India50px3United Goans Democratic Party50px2Communist Party of India (M-L) L50px1Marxist Co-ordination Committee50px1Independent50px2Total81 The First assembly of Jharkhand was constituted on the basis of the Bihar state legislative assembly elections held in February, 2000. Parties and Alliances Party/Alliance FlagSymbolLeaderSeats rowspan=2 National Democratic Alliance NDABharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party50px50pxArjun Munda63Janata Dal (United)Janata Dal (United)50px50pxInder Singh Namdhari18rowspan=2 United Progressive Alliance UPAJharkhand Mukti MorchaJharkhand Mukti Morcha50px50pxShibu Soren43 + 6Friendly contest on 6 constituencies between JMM and INC.Indian National CongressIndian National Congress50px50pxPradeep Kumar Balmuchu38 + 3Friendly contest on 3 constituencies between INC and JMM.Rashtriya Janata DalRashtriya Janata Dal50px30pxLalu Prasad Yadav51Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of India 50px 50px A. B. Bardhan15Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)50px50pxPrakash Karat13All Jharkhand Students UnionAll Jharkhand Students Union50px50pxSudesh Mahato40Lok Jan Shakti PartyLok Jan Shakti Party50px Ram Vilas Paswan38Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation50px50pxVinod Kumar Singh28Jharkhand PartyJharkhand Party 75px Enos Ekka27United Goans Democratic PartyUnited Goans Democratic Party75px50pxJoba Majhi22Nationalist Congress Party (pre–2023)Nationalist Congress Party 50px 50pxKamlesh Kumar Singh13All India Forward BlocAll India Forward Bloc 50px 50px Aparna Sengupta12 Results Party-wise File:India Jharkhand Legislative Assembly 2005.svgAlliancePartyPopular voteSeatsContestedWonNDABharatiya Janata Party23.57%6330Janata Dal (United)4.00%186Total27.57%8136UPAJharkhand Mukti Morcha14.29%4917Indian National Congress12.05%419Total26.34%8126NoneRashtriya Janata Dal8.48%517All Jharkhand Students Union2.81%402United Goans Democratic Party1.52%222All India Forward Bloc1.00%122Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)2.46%281Jharkhand Party0.97%271Nationalist Congress Party0.43%131Independents15.31%6623Total100%81 Constituency-wise District Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Sahebganj 1 Rajmahal Thomas Hansda Indian National Congress 36,472 25.72 Arun Mandal Independent politician IND 25,296 17.8411,1767.88 2 Borio (ST) Tala Marandi Bharatiya Janata Party 44,546 39.74 Lobin Hembrom Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 38,227 34.106,3195.64 3 Barhait (ST) Thomas Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 42,332 45.92 Simon Malto Bharatiya Janata Party 28,593 31.0213,73914.90 Pakur 4 Litipara (ST) Sushila Hansdak Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 29,661 32.28 Simon Marandi Bharatiya Janata Party 22,464 24.457,1977.83 5 Pakaur Alamgir Alam Indian National Congress 71,736 48.10 Beni Prasad Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 46,000 30.8425,73617.26 6 Maheshpur (ST) Suphal Marandi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 45,520 41.98 Devidhan Besra Bharatiya Janata Party 32,704 30.1612,81611.82 Dumka 7 Sikaripara (ST) Nalin Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 27,723 29.66 Raja Marandi Janata Dal (United) 24,641 26.363,0823.30 8 Nala Rabindra Nath Mahato Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 30,847 30.00 Satyanand Jha Bharatiya Janata Party 29,725 28.911,1221.09 9 Jamtara Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya Bharatiya Janata Party 49,387 39.02 Irfan Ansari Indian National Congress 45,895 36.263,4922.76 10 Dumka (ST) Stephen Marandi Independent politician IND 41,340 38.65 Mohril Murmu Bharatiya Janata Party 35,993 33.655,3475.00 11 Jama (ST) Sunil Soren Bharatiya Janata Party 44,073 46.24 Durga Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 37,443 39.296,6306.95 12 Jarmundi Hari Narayan Ray Independent politician IND 28,480 25.84 Devendra Kunwar Bharatiya Janata Party 22,171 20.126,3095.72 Deoghar 13 Madhupur Raj Paliwar Bharatiya Janata Party 48,756 32.59 Hussain Ansari Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 42,089 28.136,6674.46 14 Sarath Uday Shankar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 66,335 49.52 Shashank Sekhar Bhokta Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 51,429 38.3914,90611.13 15 Deoghar (SC) Kameshwar Nath Das Janata Dal (United) 43,065 29.55 Suresh Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 33,442 22.959,6236.60 Godda 16 Poreyahat Pradeep Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 72,342 52.56 Prashant Kumar Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 48,050 34.9124,29217.65 17 Godda Manohar Kumar Tekariwal Bharatiya Janata Party 43,728 31.96 Sanjay Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 30,639 22.3913,0899.57 18 Mahagama Ashok Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 46,253 33.49 Ataur Rahman Siddique Rashtriya Janata Dal 39,825 28.846,4284.65 Koderma 19 Kodarma Annapurna Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 46,452 31.12 Sajid Hussain Independent politician IND 19,998 13.4026,45417.72 Hazaribagh 20 Barkatha Chitranjan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 37,052 24.25 Digambar Kumar Mehata Independent politician IND 30,129 19.726,9234.53 21 Barhi Manoj Kumar Yadav Indian National Congress 58,313 46.06 Umashankar Akela Samajwadi Party 49,990 39.488,3236.58 Ramgarh 22 Barkagaon Lok Nath Mahto Bharatiya Janata Party 47,283 29.17 Yogendra Saw Indian National Congress 30,902 19.0716,38110.10 23 Ramgarh Chandra Prakash All Jharkhand Students Union 51,249 33.89 Nadra Bagum Communist Party of India 28,970 19.1622,27914.73 Hazaribagh 24 Mandu Khiru Mahto Janata Dal (United) 33,350 20.80 Ram Prakash Bhai Patel Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 23,522 14.679,8286.13 25 Hazaribagh Saurabh Narain Indian National Congress 39,431 26.13 Braj Kishor Jaiswal Independent politician IND 36,366 24.093,0652.04 Chatra 26 Simaria (SC) Upendra Nath Das Bharatiya Janata Party 31,858 30.19 Ram Chandra Ram Communist Party of India 24,438 23.167,4207.03 27 Chatra (SC) Satyanand Bhokta Bharatiya Janata Party 50,332 39.42 Janardan Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 45,650 35.754,6823.67 Giridih 28 Dhanwar Ravindra Kumar Rai Bharatiya Janata Party 42,357 29.71 Raj Kumar Yadav Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML) 39,023 27.373,3342.34 29 Bagodar Binod Kr. Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML) 68,752 47.98 Nagendra Mahto Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 44,272 30.9024,48017.08 30 Jamua (SC) Kedar Hazra Bharatiya Janata Party 49,336 36.35 Chandrika Mahtha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 44,202 32.565,1343.79 31 Gandey Salkhan Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 36,849 28.46 Sarfaraz Ahmed Rashtriya Janata Dal 35,337 27.291,5121.17 32 Giridih Munna Lal Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 31,895 30.08 Chandramohan Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 24,920 23.506,9756.58 33 Dumri Jagarnath Mahto Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 41,784 41.45 Lalchand Mahto Rashtriya Janata Dal 23,774 23.5818,01017.87 Bokaro 34 Gomia Chhattu Ram Mahto Bharatiya Janata Party 34,669 28.58 Madhaw Lal Singh Independent politician IND 31,227 25.743,4422.84 35 Bermo Yogeshwar Mahto Bharatiya Janata Party 47,569 34.57 Rajendra Prasad Singh Indian National Congress 38,108 27.699,4616.88 36 Bokaro Md. Izrail Ansari Indian National Congress 44,939 20.19 Ashok Chaudhary Janata Dal (United) 39,898 17.925,0412.27 37 Chandankiyari (SC) Haru Rajwar Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 17,823 16.34 Uma Kant Rajak All Jharkhand Students Union 13,706 12.574,1173.77 Dhanbad 38 Sindri Raj Kishore Mahato Bharatiya Janata Party 41,361 27.56 Anand Mahato Marxist Co-ordination Committee 34,358 22.897,0034.67 39 Nirsa Aparna Sengupta All India Forward Bloc 50,533 31.72 Arup Chatterjee Marxist Co-ordination Committee 48,196 30.252,3371.47 40 Dhanbad Pashupati Nath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 83,692 44.50 Mannan Mallik Indian National Congress 62,012 32.9721,68011.53 41 Jharia Kunti Devi Bharatiya Janata Party 62,900 43.41 Suresh Singh Indian National Congress 31,312 21.6131,58821.80 42 Tundi Mathura Prasad Mahato Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 52,112 37.84 Saba Ahmad Rashtriya Janata Dal 26,175 19.0125,93718.83 43 Baghmara Jaleshwar Mahato Janata Dal (United) 54,206 36.88 Om Prakash Lal Indian National Congress 43,955 29.9010,2516.98 East Singhbhum 44 Baharagora Dinesh Ku. Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party 51,753 38.03 Vidyut Varan Mahato Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 48,441 35.603,3122.43 45 Ghatsila (ST) Pradeep Balmuchu Indian National Congress 50,936 39.95 Ramdas Soren Independent politician IND 34,489 27.0516,44712.90 46 Potka (ST) Amulya Sardar Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 53,760 40.57 Menka Sardar Bharatiya Janata Party 40,001 30.1913,75910.38 47 Jugsalai (SC) Dulal Bhuiyan Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 59,649 42.45 Haradhan Das Bharatiya Janata Party 56,995 40.562,6541.89 48 Jamshedpur East Raghubar Das Bharatiya Janata Party 65,116 52.96 Ramashray Prasad Indian National Congress 46,718 38.0018,39814.96 49 Jamshedpur West Saryu Roy Bharatiya Janata Party 47,428 32.29 Banna Gupta Samajwadi Party 34,733 23.6512,6958.64 Seraikela Kharsawan 50 Ichagarh Sudhir Mahto Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 56,244 42.20 Arvind Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 45,166 33.8911,0788.31 51 Seraikella (ST) Champai Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 61,112 40.81 Lakxhman Tudu Bharatiya Janata Party 60,230 40.228820.59 West Singhbhum 52 Chaibasa (ST) Putkar Hembrom Bharatiya Janata Party 23,448 25.34 Deepak Birua Independent politician IND 18,383 19.865,0655.48 53 Majhgaon (ST) Niral Purty Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 38,827 44.74 Barkuwar Gagrai Bharatiya Janata Party 33,626 38.755,2015.99 54 Jaganathpur (ST) Madhu Kodah Independent politician IND 26,882 36.74 Mangal Singh Sinku Indian National Congress 12,095 16.5314,78720.21 55 Manoharpur (ST) Joba Majhi United Goans Democratic Party 26,810 30.68 Guru Charan Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party 25,213 28.851,5971.83 56 Chakradharpur (ST) Sukhram Oraon Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 41,807 50.07 Laxman Gilua Bharatiya Janata Party 21,835 26.1519,97223.92 Seraikela Kharsawan 57 Kharsawan (ST) Arjun Munda Bharatiya Janata Party 74,797 68.43 Kunti Soy Indian National Congress 19,453 17.8055,34450.63 Ranchi 58 Tamar (ST) Ramesh Singh Munda Janata Dal (United) 22,195 25.53 Gopal Krishna Patar Independent politician IND 16,295 18.745,9006.79 59 Torpa (ST) Koche Munda Bharatiya Janata Party 28,965 35.26 Niral Enem Horo Jharkhand Party JKP 20,833 25.368,1329.90 60 Khunti (ST) Nilkanth Singh Munda Bharatiya Janata Party 43,663 45.82 Roshan Kumar Surin Indian National Congress 27,963 29.3515,70016.47 61 Silli Sudesh Mahto All Jharkhand Students Union 39,281 36.69 Amit Kumar Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 19,969 18.6519,31218.04 62 Khijri (ST) Karia Munda Bharatiya Janata Party 46,101 31.36 Sawna Lakra Indian National Congress 43,473 29.572,6281.79 63 Ranchi Chandreshwar Prasad Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 74,239 51.58 Gopal Prasad Sahu Indian National Congress 48,119 33.4326,12018.15 64 Hatia Gopal S. 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Shahdeo Indian National Congress 46,104 27.80 Krishna Kumar Poddar Bharatiya Janata Party 40,897 24.665,2073.14 65 Kanke (SC) Ram Chander Baitha Bharatiya Janata Party 61,502 40.73 Samari Lal Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 46,443 30.7515,0599.98 66 Mandar (ST) Bandhu Tirkey United Goans Democratic Party 56,597 40.36 Deo Kumar Dhan Indian National Congress 36,365 25.9320,23214.43 Gumla 67 Sisai (ST) Sri Samir Oraon Bharatiya Janata Party 34,217 33.39 Sri Shashi Kant Bhagat Indian National Congress 33,574 32.766430.63 68 Gumla (ST) Bhushan Tirkey Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 36,266 38.68 Sudarshan Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party 35,397 37.758690.93 69 Bishunpur (ST) Chandresh Oraon Bharatiya Janata Party 24,099 24.83 Chamra Linda Independent politician IND 23,530 24.245690.59 Simdega 70 Simdega (ST) Neil Tirkey Indian National Congress 47,230 41.02 Nirmal Kumar Besra Bharatiya Janata Party 38,119 33.109,1117.92 71 Kolebira (ST) Enos Ekka Jharkhand Party JKP 34,067 34.36 Theodore Kiro Indian National Congress 29,781 30.034,2864.33 Lohardaga 72 Lohardaga (ST) Sukhdeo Bhagat Indian National Congress 35,023 32.80 Sadhnu Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party 28,243 26.456,7806.35 Latehar 73 Manika (ST) Ramchandra Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 26,460 31.38 Dr. Deepak Oraon Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 16,577 19.669,88311.72 74 Latehar (SC) Prakash Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal 18,819 26.90 Ramdev Ganjhu Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 13,421 19.195,3987.71 Palamu 75 Panki Bidesh Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 43,350 39.74 Vishwanath Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML) 22,928 21.0220,42218.72 76 Daltonganj Indar Singh Namdhari Janata Dal (United) 45,386 31.68 Anil Kumar Chaurasia Independent politician IND 41,625 29.053,7612.63 77 Bishrampur Ramchandra Chandravansi Rashtriya Janata Dal 40,658 32.02 Ajay Kumar Dubey Indian National Congress 22,046 17.3618,61214.66 78 Chhatarpur (SC) Radha Kishore Janata Dal (United) 39,667 39.17 Pushpa Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 23,234 22.9416,43316.23 79 Hussainabad Kamlesh Kumar Nationalist Congress Party (pre–2023) 21,661 19.75 Sanjay Kr. Singh Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 21,626 19.72350.03 Garhwa 80 Garhwa Giri Nath Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 34,374 24.72 Sairaj Ahmed Ansari Janata Dal (United) 25,841 18.588,5336.14 81 Bhawanathpur Bhanu Pratap Sahi All India Forward Bloc 38,090 24.68 Anant Pratap Deo Indian National Congress 33,040 21.405,0503.28 Notes References External links http://eci.nic.in/eci/eci.html Category:State Assembly elections in Jharkhand Category:2000s in Jharkhand Jharkhand Category:November 2005 in India Category:December 2005 in India