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. 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. The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.

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.

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.

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.

Interim Jharkhand Legislative Assembly (2000-2005) Party SymbolSeatsBharatiya Janata Party32Jharkhand Mukti Morcha12Indian National Congress11Rashtriya Janata Dal9Samata Party5Janata Dal (United)3Communist Party of India3United Goans Democratic Party2Communist Party of India (M-L) L1Marxist Co-ordination Committee1Independent2Total81

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 NDABharatiya Janata PartyArjun Munda63Janata Dal (United)Inder Singh Namdhari18rowspan=2 UPAJharkhand Mukti MorchaShibu Soren43 + 6Indian National CongressPradeep Kumar Balmuchu38 + 3Rashtriya Janata DalLalu Prasad Yadav51Communist Party of India A. B. Bardhan15Communist Party of India (Marxist)Prakash Karat13All Jharkhand Students UnionSudesh Mahato40Lok Jan Shakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan38Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationVinod Kumar Singh28Jharkhand Party Enos Ekka27United Goans Democratic PartyJoba Majhi22Nationalist Congress Party Kamlesh Kumar Singh13All India Forward Bloc Aparna Sengupta12

Results Party-wise AlliancePartyPopular 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 36,472 25.72 Arun Mandal 25,296 17.8411,1767.88 2 Borio (ST) Tala Marandi 44,546 39.74 Lobin Hembrom 38,227 34.106,3195.64 3 Barhait (ST) Thomas Soren 42,332 45.92 Simon Malto 28,593 31.0213,73914.90 Pakur 4 Litipara (ST) Sushila Hansdak 29,661 32.28 Simon Marandi 22,464 24.457,1977.83 5 Pakaur Alamgir Alam 71,736 48.10 Beni Prasad Gupta 46,000 30.8425,73617.26 6 Maheshpur (ST) Suphal Marandi 45,520 41.98 Devidhan Besra 32,704 30.1612,81611.82 Dumka 7 Sikaripara (ST) Nalin Soren 27,723 29.66 Raja Marandi 24,641 26.363,0823.30 8 Nala Rabindra Nath Mahato 30,847 30.00 Satyanand Jha 29,725 28.911,1221.09 9 Jamtara Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya 49,387 39.02 Irfan Ansari 45,895 36.263,4922.76 10 Dumka (ST) Stephen Marandi 41,340 38.65 Mohril Murmu 35,993 33.655,3475.00 11 Jama (ST) Sunil Soren 44,073 46.24 Durga Soren 37,443 39.296,6306.95 12 Jarmundi Hari Narayan Ray 28,480 25.84 Devendra Kunwar 22,171 20.126,3095.72 Deoghar 13 Madhupur Raj Paliwar 48,756 32.59 Hussain Ansari 42,089 28.136,6674.46 14 Sarath Uday Shankar Singh 66,335 49.52 Shashank Sekhar Bhokta 51,429 38.3914,90611.13 15 Deoghar (SC) Kameshwar Nath Das 43,065 29.55 Suresh Paswan 33,442 22.959,6236.60 Godda 16 Poreyahat Pradeep Yadav 72,342 52.56 Prashant Kumar 48,050 34.9124,29217.65 17 Godda Manohar Kumar Tekariwal 43,728 31.96 Sanjay Prasad Yadav 30,639 22.3913,0899.57 18 Mahagama Ashok Kumar 46,253 33.49 Ataur Rahman Siddique 39,825 28.846,4284.65 Koderma 19 Kodarma Annapurna Devi 46,452 31.12 Sajid Hussain 19,998 13.4026,45417.72 Hazaribagh 20 Barkatha Chitranjan Yadav 37,052 24.25 Digambar Kumar Mehata 30,129 19.726,9234.53 21 Barhi Manoj Kumar Yadav 58,313 46.06 Umashankar Akela 49,990 39.488,3236.58 Ramgarh 22 Barkagaon Lok Nath Mahto 47,283 29.17 Yogendra Saw 30,902 19.0716,38110.10 23 Ramgarh Chandra Prakash 51,249 33.89 Nadra Bagum 28,970 19.1622,27914.73 Hazaribagh 24 Mandu Khiru Mahto 33,350 20.80 Ram Prakash Bhai Patel 23,522 14.679,8286.13 25 Hazaribagh Saurabh Narain 39,431 26.13 Braj Kishor Jaiswal 36,366 24.093,0652.04 Chatra 26 Simaria (SC) Upendra Nath Das 31,858 30.19 Ram Chandra Ram 24,438 23.167,4207.03 27 Chatra (SC) Satyanand Bhokta 50,332 39.42 Janardan Paswan 45,650 35.754,6823.67 Giridih 28 Dhanwar Ravindra Kumar Rai 42,357 29.71 Raj Kumar Yadav 39,023 27.373,3342.34 29 Bagodar Binod Kr. Singh 68,752 47.98 Nagendra Mahto 44,272 30.9024,48017.08 30 Jamua (SC) Kedar Hazra 49,336 36.35 Chandrika Mahtha 44,202 32.565,1343.79 31 Gandey Salkhan Soren 36,849 28.46 Sarfaraz Ahmed 35,337 27.291,5121.17 32 Giridih Munna Lal 31,895 30.08 Chandramohan Prasad 24,920 23.506,9756.58 33 Dumri Jagarnath Mahto 41,784 41.45 Lalchand Mahto 23,774 23.5818,01017.87 Bokaro 34 Gomia Chhattu Ram Mahto 34,669 28.58 Madhaw Lal Singh 31,227 25.743,4422.84 35 Bermo Yogeshwar Mahto 47,569 34.57 Rajendra Prasad Singh 38,108 27.699,4616.88 36 Bokaro Md. Izrail Ansari 44,939 20.19 Ashok Chaudhary 39,898 17.925,0412.27 37 Chandankiyari (SC) Haru Rajwar 17,823 16.34 Uma Kant Rajak 13,706 12.574,1173.77 Dhanbad 38 Sindri Raj Kishore Mahato 41,361 27.56 Anand Mahato 34,358 22.897,0034.67 39 Nirsa Aparna Sengupta 50,533 31.72 Arup Chatterjee 48,196 30.252,3371.47 40 Dhanbad Pashupati Nath Singh 83,692 44.50 Mannan Mallik 62,012 32.9721,68011.53 41 Jharia Kunti Devi 62,900 43.41 Suresh Singh 31,312 21.6131,58821.80 42 Tundi Mathura Prasad Mahato 52,112 37.84 Saba Ahmad 26,175 19.0125,93718.83 43 Baghmara Jaleshwar Mahato 54,206 36.88 Om Prakash Lal 43,955 29.9010,2516.98 East Singhbhum 44 Baharagora Dinesh Ku. Sarangi 51,753 38.03 Vidyut Varan Mahato 48,441 35.603,3122.43 45 Ghatsila (ST) Pradeep Balmuchu 50,936 39.95 Ramdas Soren 34,489 27.0516,44712.90 46 Potka (ST) Amulya Sardar 53,760 40.57 Menka Sardar 40,001 30.1913,75910.38 47 Jugsalai (SC) Dulal Bhuiyan 59,649 42.45 Haradhan Das 56,995 40.562,6541.89 48 Jamshedpur East Raghubar Das 65,116 52.96 Ramashray Prasad 46,718 38.0018,39814.96 49 Jamshedpur West Saryu Roy 47,428 32.29 Banna Gupta 34,733 23.6512,6958.64 Seraikela Kharsawan 50 Ichagarh Sudhir Mahto 56,244 42.20 Arvind Kumar Singh 45,166 33.8911,0788.31 51 Seraikella (ST) Champai Soren 61,112 40.81 Lakxhman Tudu 60,230 40.228820.59 West Singhbhum 52 Chaibasa (ST) Putkar Hembrom 23,448 25.34 Deepak Birua 18,383 19.865,0655.48 53 Majhgaon (ST) Niral Purty 38,827 44.74 Barkuwar Gagrai 33,626 38.755,2015.99 54 Jaganathpur (ST) Madhu Kodah 26,882 36.74 Mangal Singh Sinku 12,095 16.5314,78720.21 55 Manoharpur (ST) Joba Majhi 26,810 30.68 Guru Charan Nayak 25,213 28.851,5971.83 56 Chakradharpur (ST) Sukhram Oraon 41,807 50.07 Laxman Gilua 21,835 26.1519,97223.92 Seraikela Kharsawan 57 Kharsawan (ST) Arjun Munda 74,797 68.43 Kunti Soy 19,453 17.8055,34450.63 Ranchi 58 Tamar (ST) Ramesh Singh Munda 22,195 25.53 Gopal Krishna Patar 16,295 18.745,9006.79 59 Torpa (ST) Koche Munda 28,965 35.26 Niral Enem Horo 20,833 25.368,1329.90 60 Khunti (ST) Nilkanth Singh Munda 43,663 45.82 Roshan Kumar Surin 27,963 29.3515,70016.47 61 Silli Sudesh Mahto 39,281 36.69 Amit Kumar 19,969 18.6519,31218.04 62 Khijri (ST) Karia Munda 46,101 31.36 Sawna Lakra 43,473 29.572,6281.79 63 Ranchi Chandreshwar Prasad Singh 74,239 51.58 Gopal Prasad Sahu 48,119 33.4326,12018.15 64 Hatia Gopal S. N. Shahdeo 46,104 27.80 Krishna Kumar Poddar 40,897 24.665,2073.14 65 Kanke (SC) Ram Chander Baitha 61,502 40.73 Samari Lal 46,443 30.7515,0599.98 66 Mandar (ST) Bandhu Tirkey 56,597 40.36 Deo Kumar Dhan 36,365 25.9320,23214.43 Gumla 67 Sisai (ST) Sri Samir Oraon 34,217 33.39 Sri Shashi Kant Bhagat 33,574 32.766430.63 68 Gumla (ST) Bhushan Tirkey 36,266 38.68 Sudarshan Bhagat 35,397 37.758690.93 69 Bishunpur (ST) Chandresh Oraon 24,099 24.83 Chamra Linda 23,530 24.245690.59 Simdega 70 Simdega (ST) Neil Tirkey 47,230 41.02 Nirmal Kumar Besra 38,119 33.109,1117.92 71 Kolebira (ST) Enos Ekka 34,067 34.36 Theodore Kiro 29,781 30.034,2864.33 Lohardaga 72 Lohardaga (ST) Sukhdeo Bhagat 35,023 32.80 Sadhnu Bhagat 28,243 26.456,7806.35 Latehar 73 Manika (ST) Ramchandra Singh 26,460 31.38 Dr. Deepak Oraon 16,577 19.669,88311.72 74 Latehar (SC) Prakash Ram 18,819 26.90 Ramdev Ganjhu 13,421 19.195,3987.71 Palamu 75 Panki Bidesh Singh 43,350 39.74 Vishwanath Singh 22,928 21.0220,42218.72 76 Daltonganj Indar Singh Namdhari 45,386 31.68 Anil Kumar Chaurasia 41,625 29.053,7612.63 77 Bishrampur Ramchandra Chandravansi 40,658 32.02 Ajay Kumar Dubey 22,046 17.3618,61214.66 78 Chhatarpur (SC) Radha Kishore 39,667 39.17 Pushpa Devi 23,234 22.9416,43316.23 79 Hussainabad Kamlesh Kumar 21,661 19.75 Sanjay Kr. Singh Yadav 21,626 19.72350.03 Garhwa 80 Garhwa Giri Nath Singh 34,374 24.72 Sairaj Ahmed Ansari 25,841 18.588,5336.14 81 Bhawanathpur Bhanu Pratap Sahi 38,090 24.68 Anant Pratap Deo 33,040 21.405,0503.28

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