There are 81 constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the state of Jharkhand in Eastern India. Its seat is at Ranchi, the capital of the state, and it sits for a term of five years unless it is dissolved early. Jharkhand is India's fourteenth largest state by population and the fifteenth largest by area.
Constituency boundaries are periodically redrawn by the delimitation commission which tries to keep them as geographically compact areas, and with due consideration to existing boundaries of administrative units. The latest census is used to draw the boundaries and every assembly constituency has to be completely within a parliamentary constituency. Jharkhand's constituencies are single-seat ones, and they each directly elect a representative based on a first past the post election.
Jharkhand was formed in 2000 when the state of Bihar was split after the passage of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000. Its legislative assembly was formed out of the 81 constituencies that were in the new state. Since the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs. When the first delimitation happened in Jharkhand, based on the 2001 census, it was found that the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes was going to be reduced from 28 to 21. This led to widespread protests in the state, leading to the President of India passing an order which meant that the 2006 delimitation would not be implemented in the state of Jharkhand. According to the 2011 census of India the Scheduled Castes constitute , while the Scheduled Tribes constitute 26.2% of the population of the state. The Scheduled Castes have been granted a reservation of 9 seats in the assembly, while 28 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Tribes.
Constituencies
+Constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Name Reservation District Lok Sabhaconstituency Electorate(2024) 1 Rajmahal None Sahibganj Rajmahal 2 Borio ST 3 Barhait 4 Litipara Pakur 5 PakurNone 6 Maheshpur ST 7 Sikaripara Dumka Dumka 8 NalaNone Jamtara 9 Jamtara 10 Dumka ST Dumka 11 Jama 12 JarmundiNone Godda 13 Madhupur Deoghar 14 Sarath Dumka 15 Deoghar SC Godda 16 PoreyahatNone Godda 17 Godda 18 Mahagama 19 Kodarma Kodarma Kodarma 20 Barkatha Hazaribagh 21 Barhi Hazaribagh 22 Barkagaon Ramgarh 23 Ramgarh 24 Mandu Hazaribagh 25 Hazaribagh 26 SimariaSC Chatra Chatra 27 Chatra 28 DhanwarNone Giridih Kodarma 29 Bagodar 30 Jamua SC 31 GandeyNone 32 Giridih Giridih 33 Dumri 34 Gomia Bokaro 35 Bermo 36 Bokaro Dhanbad 37 Chandankiyari SC 38 SindriNone Dhanbad 39 Nirsa 40 Dhanbad 41 Jharia 42 Tundi Giridih 43 Baghmara 44 Baharagora East Singhbhum Jamshedpur 45 Ghatsila ST 46 Potka 47 Jugsalai SC 48 Jamshedpur EastNone 49 Jamshedpur West 50 Ichagarh Seraikela Kharsawan Ranchi 51 Seraikella ST Singhbhum 52 Chaibasa West Singhbhum 53 Majhgaon 54 Jaganathpur 55 Manoharpur 56 Chakradharpur 57 Kharsawan Seraikela Kharsawan Khunti 58 Tamar Ranchi 59 Torpa Khunti 60 Khunti 61 SilliNone Ranchi Ranchi 62 Khijri ST 63 RanchiNone 64 Hatia 65 Kanke SC 66 Mandar ST Lohardaga 67 Sisai Gumla 68 Gumla 69 Bishunpur 70 Simdega Simdega Khunti 71 Kolebira 72 Lohardaga Lohardaga Lohardaga 73 Manika Latehar Chatra 74 Latehar SC 75 PankiNone Palamu 76 Daltonganj Palamu 77 Bishrampur 78 Chhatarpur SC 79 HussainabadNone 80 Garhwa Garhwa 81 Bhawanathpur
See also List of parliamentary constituencies in Jharkhand List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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