2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
3 – 23 February 2005
81 seats in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.00%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren
Party BJP JMM
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat Kharsawan Did not contest[a]
Last election 32 12
Seats won 30 17
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 5
Popular vote 2,387,130 1,447,774
Percentage 24.57% 14.29%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu Lalu Prasad Yadav
Party INC RJD
Alliance UPA UPA
Leader's seat Ghatsila Did not contest
Last election 11 9
Seats won 9 7
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 1,220,498 859,169
Percentage 12.05% 8.48%
Chief Minister before election

Arjun Munda
BJP

 Chief Minister

Shibu Soren
JMM

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 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.

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.[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]

Interim Jharkhand Legislative Assembly (2000-2005)

Party Symbol Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 32
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 12
Indian National Congress 11
Rashtriya Janata Dal 9
Samata Party 5
Janata Dal (United) 3
Communist Party of India 3
United Goans Democratic Party 2
Communist Party of India (M-L) L 1
Marxist Co-ordination Committee 1
Independent 2
Total 81
  • 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 Flag Symbol Leader Seats
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party Arjun Munda 63
Janata Dal (United) Inder Singh Namdhari 18
UPA Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Shibu Soren 43 + 6[b]
Indian National Congress Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu 38 + 3[c]
Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav 51
Communist Party of India A. B. Bardhan 15
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat 13
All Jharkhand Students Union Sudesh Mahato 40
Lok Jan Shakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan 38
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Vinod Kumar Singh 28
Jharkhand Party Enos Ekka 27
United Goans Democratic Party Joba Majhi 22
Nationalist Congress Party Kamlesh Kumar Singh 13
All India Forward Bloc Aparna Sengupta 12

Results

Party-wise

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

District Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin %
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Sahebganj 1 Rajmahal Thomas Hansda INC 36,472 25.72 Arun Mandal IND 25,296 17.84 11,176 7.88
2 Borio (ST) Tala Marandi BJP 44,546 39.74 Lobin Hembrom JMM 38,227 34.10 6,319 5.64
3 Barhait (ST) Thomas Soren JMM 42,332 45.92 Simon Malto BJP 28,593 31.02 13,739 14.90
Pakur 4 Litipara (ST) Sushila Hansdak JMM 29,661 32.28 Simon Marandi BJP 22,464 24.45 7,197 7.83
5 Pakaur Alamgir Alam INC 71,736 48.10 Beni Prasad Gupta BJP 46,000 30.84 25,736 17.26
6 Maheshpur (ST) Suphal Marandi JMM 45,520 41.98 Devidhan Besra BJP 32,704 30.16 12,816 11.82
Dumka 7 Sikaripara (ST) Nalin Soren JMM 27,723 29.66 Raja Marandi JD(U) 24,641 26.36 3,082 3.30
8 Nala Rabindra Nath Mahato JMM 30,847 30.00 Satyanand Jha BJP 29,725 28.91 1,122 1.09
9 Jamtara Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya BJP 49,387 39.02 Irfan Ansari INC 45,895 36.26 3,492 2.76
10 Dumka (ST) Stephen Marandi IND 41,340 38.65 Mohril Murmu BJP 35,993 33.65 5,347 5.00
11 Jama (ST) Sunil Soren BJP 44,073 46.24 Durga Soren JMM 37,443 39.29 6,630 6.95
12 Jarmundi Hari Narayan Ray IND 28,480 25.84 Devendra Kunwar BJP 22,171 20.12 6,309 5.72
Deoghar 13 Madhupur Raj Paliwar BJP 48,756 32.59 Hussain Ansari JMM 42,089 28.13 6,667 4.46
14 Sarath Uday Shankar Singh RJD 66,335 49.52 Shashank Sekhar Bhokta JMM 51,429 38.39 14,906 11.13
15 Deoghar (SC) Kameshwar Nath Das JD(U) 43,065 29.55 Suresh Paswan RJD 33,442 22.95 9,623 6.60
Godda 16 Poreyahat Pradeep Yadav BJP 72,342 52.56 Prashant Kumar JMM 48,050 34.91 24,292 17.65
17 Godda Manohar Kumar Tekariwal BJP 43,728 31.96 Sanjay Prasad Yadav RJD 30,639 22.39 13,089 9.57
18 Mahagama Ashok Kumar BJP 46,253 33.49 Ataur Rahman Siddique RJD 39,825 28.84 6,428 4.65
Koderma 19 Kodarma Annapurna Devi RJD 46,452 31.12 Sajid Hussain IND 19,998 13.40 26,454 17.72
Hazaribagh 20 Barkatha Chitranjan Yadav BJP 37,052 24.25 Digambar Kumar Mehata IND 30,129 19.72 6,923 4.53
21 Barhi Manoj Kumar Yadav INC 58,313 46.06 Umashankar Akela SP 49,990 39.48 8,323 6.58
Ramgarh 22 Barkagaon Lok Nath Mahto BJP 47,283 29.17 Yogendra Saw INC 30,902 19.07 16,381 10.10
23 Ramgarh Chandra Prakash AJSU 51,249 33.89 Nadra Bagum CPI 28,970 19.16 22,279 14.73
Hazaribagh 24 Mandu Khiru Mahto JD(U) 33,350 20.80 Ram Prakash Bhai Patel JMM 23,522 14.67 9,828 6.13
25 Hazaribagh Saurabh Narain INC 39,431 26.13 Braj Kishor Jaiswal IND 36,366 24.09 3,065 2.04
Chatra 26 Simaria (SC) Upendra Nath Das BJP 31,858 30.19 Ram Chandra Ram CPI 24,438 23.16 7,420 7.03
27 Chatra (SC) Satyanand Bhokta BJP 50,332 39.42 Janardan Paswan RJD 45,650 35.75 4,682 3.67
Giridih 28 Dhanwar Ravindra Kumar Rai BJP 42,357 29.71 Raj Kumar Yadav CPI(ML) 39,023 27.37 3,334 2.34
29 Bagodar Binod Kr. Singh CPI(ML) 68,752 47.98 Nagendra Mahto JMM 44,272 30.90 24,480 17.08
30 Jamua (SC) Kedar Hazra BJP 49,336 36.35 Chandrika Mahtha JMM 44,202 32.56 5,134 3.79
31 Gandey Salkhan Soren JMM 36,849 28.46 Sarfaraz Ahmed RJD 35,337 27.29 1,512 1.17
32 Giridih Munna Lal JMM 31,895 30.08 Chandramohan Prasad BJP 24,920 23.50 6,975 6.58
33 Dumri Jagarnath Mahto JMM 41,784 41.45 Lalchand Mahto RJD 23,774 23.58 18,010 17.87
Bokaro 34 Gomia Chhattu Ram Mahto BJP 34,669 28.58 Madhaw Lal Singh IND 31,227 25.74 3,442 2.84
35 Bermo Yogeshwar Mahto BJP 47,569 34.57 Rajendra Prasad Singh INC 38,108 27.69 9,461 6.88
36 Bokaro Md. Izrail Ansari INC 44,939 20.19 Ashok Chaudhary JD(U) 39,898 17.92 5,041 2.27
37 Chandankiyari (SC) Haru Rajwar JMM 17,823 16.34 Uma Kant Rajak AJSU 13,706 12.57 4,117 3.77
Dhanbad 38 Sindri Raj Kishore Mahato BJP 41,361 27.56 Anand Mahato MCC 34,358 22.89 7,003 4.67
39 Nirsa Aparna Sengupta AIFB 50,533 31.72 Arup Chatterjee MCC 48,196 30.25 2,337 1.47
40 Dhanbad Pashupati Nath Singh BJP 83,692 44.50 Mannan Mallik INC 62,012 32.97 21,680 11.53
41 Jharia Kunti Devi BJP 62,900 43.41 Suresh Singh INC 31,312 21.61 31,588 21.80
42 Tundi Mathura Prasad Mahato JMM 52,112 37.84 Saba Ahmad RJD 26,175 19.01 25,937 18.83
43 Baghmara Jaleshwar Mahato JD(U) 54,206 36.88 Om Prakash Lal INC 43,955 29.90 10,251 6.98
East Singhbhum 44 Baharagora Dinesh Ku. Sarangi BJP 51,753 38.03 Vidyut Varan Mahato JMM 48,441 35.60 3,312 2.43
45 Ghatsila (ST) Pradeep Balmuchu INC 50,936 39.95 Ramdas Soren IND 34,489 27.05 16,447 12.90
46 Potka (ST) Amulya Sardar JMM 53,760 40.57 Menka Sardar BJP 40,001 30.19 13,759 10.38
47 Jugsalai (SC) Dulal Bhuiyan JMM 59,649 42.45 Haradhan Das BJP 56,995 40.56 2,654 1.89
48 Jamshedpur East Raghubar Das BJP 65,116 52.96 Ramashray Prasad INC 46,718 38.00 18,398 14.96
49 Jamshedpur West Saryu Roy BJP 47,428 32.29 Banna Gupta SP 34,733 23.65 12,695 8.64
Seraikela Kharsawan 50 Ichagarh Sudhir Mahto JMM 56,244 42.20 Arvind Kumar Singh BJP 45,166 33.89 11,078 8.31
51 Seraikella (ST) Champai Soren JMM 61,112 40.81 Lakxhman Tudu BJP 60,230 40.22 882 0.59
West Singhbhum 52 Chaibasa (ST) Putkar Hembrom BJP 23,448 25.34 Deepak Birua IND 18,383 19.86 5,065 5.48
53 Majhgaon (ST) Niral Purty JMM 38,827 44.74 Barkuwar Gagrai BJP 33,626 38.75 5,201 5.99
54 Jaganathpur (ST) Madhu Kodah IND 26,882 36.74 Mangal Singh Sinku INC 12,095 16.53 14,787 20.21
55 Manoharpur (ST) Joba Majhi UGDP 26,810 30.68 Guru Charan Nayak BJP 25,213 28.85 1,597 1.83
56 Chakradharpur (ST) Sukhram Oraon JMM 41,807 50.07 Laxman Gilua BJP 21,835 26.15 19,972 23.92
Seraikela Kharsawan 57 Kharsawan (ST) Arjun Munda BJP 74,797 68.43 Kunti Soy INC 19,453 17.80 55,344 50.63
Ranchi 58 Tamar (ST) Ramesh Singh Munda JD(U) 22,195 25.53 Gopal Krishna Patar IND 16,295 18.74 5,900 6.79
59 Torpa (ST) Koche Munda BJP 28,965 35.26 Niral Enem Horo JKP 20,833 25.36 8,132 9.90
60 Khunti (ST) Nilkanth Singh Munda BJP 43,663 45.82 Roshan Kumar Surin INC 27,963 29.35 15,700 16.47
61 Silli Sudesh Mahto AJSU 39,281 36.69 Amit Kumar JMM 19,969 18.65 19,312 18.04
62 Khijri (ST) Karia Munda BJP 46,101 31.36 Sawna Lakra INC 43,473 29.57 2,628 1.79
63 Ranchi Chandreshwar Prasad Singh BJP 74,239 51.58 Gopal Prasad Sahu INC 48,119 33.43 26,120 18.15
64 Hatia Gopal S. N. Shahdeo INC 46,104 27.80 Krishna Kumar Poddar BJP 40,897 24.66 5,207 3.14
65 Kanke (SC) Ram Chander Baitha BJP 61,502 40.73 Samari Lal JMM 46,443 30.75 15,059 9.98
66 Mandar (ST) Bandhu Tirkey UGDP 56,597 40.36 Deo Kumar Dhan INC 36,365 25.93 20,232 14.43
Gumla 67 Sisai (ST) Sri Samir Oraon BJP 34,217 33.39 Sri Shashi Kant Bhagat INC 33,574 32.76 643 0.63
68 Gumla (ST) Bhushan Tirkey JMM 36,266 38.68 Sudarshan Bhagat BJP 35,397 37.75 869 0.93
69 Bishunpur (ST) Chandresh Oraon BJP 24,099 24.83 Chamra Linda IND 23,530 24.24 569 0.59
Simdega 70 Simdega (ST) Neil Tirkey INC 47,230 41.02 Nirmal Kumar Besra BJP 38,119 33.10 9,111 7.92
71 Kolebira (ST) Enos Ekka JKP 34,067 34.36 Theodore Kiro INC 29,781 30.03 4,286 4.33
Lohardaga 72 Lohardaga (ST) Sukhdeo Bhagat INC 35,023 32.80 Sadhnu Bhagat BJP 28,243 26.45 6,780 6.35
Latehar 73 Manika (ST) Ramchandra Singh RJD 26,460 31.38 Dr. Deepak Oraon JMM 16,577 19.66 9,883 11.72
74 Latehar (SC) Prakash Ram RJD 18,819 26.90 Ramdev Ganjhu JMM 13,421 19.19 5,398 7.71
Palamu 75 Panki Bidesh Singh RJD 43,350 39.74 Vishwanath Singh CPI(ML) 22,928 21.02 20,422 18.72
76 Daltonganj Indar Singh Namdhari JD(U) 45,386 31.68 Anil Kumar Chaurasia IND 41,625 29.05 3,761 2.63
77 Bishrampur Ramchandra Chandravansi RJD 40,658 32.02 Ajay Kumar Dubey INC 22,046 17.36 18,612 14.66
78 Chhatarpur (SC) Radha Kishore JD(U) 39,667 39.17 Pushpa Devi RJD 23,234 22.94 16,433 16.23
79 Hussainabad Kamlesh Kumar NCP 21,661 19.75 Sanjay Kr. Singh Yadav RJD 21,626 19.72 35 0.03
Garhwa 80 Garhwa Giri Nath Singh RJD 34,374 24.72 Sairaj Ahmed Ansari JD(U) 25,841 18.58 8,533 6.14
81 Bhawanathpur Bhanu Pratap Sahi AIFB 38,090 24.68 Anant Pratap Deo INC 33,040 21.40 5,050 3.28

Notes

  1. ↑ Soren was the sitting MP for Dumka
  2. ↑ Friendly contest on 6 constituencies between JMM and INC.
  3. ↑ Friendly contest on 3 constituencies between INC and JMM.

References

  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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