This is the alphabetical categorized list of statewide, regional, and local political families involved in the politics and various elections of Jharkhand, both at the state level (Jharkhand Legislative Assembly) and national level (Lok Sabha). The Soren family has produced two Chief Ministers, and its members have largely led the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) since 1972. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC), and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) also have several dynastic leaders.
Soren family The Soren family is one of the most influential political families in Jharkhand, with a strong legacy in the state's politics, particularly through the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). The family has played a crucial role in the state's tribal and regional political movements.
Shibu Soren, the patriarch of the family, was a veteran politician and the founder of JMM. He had served as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand three times and had also been a Union Minister in the Central Government. He had been a key figure in the movement for the creation of Jharkhand as a separate state. His son, Hemant Soren, has carried forward his political legacy and has served multiple terms as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Under his leadership, JMM has remained a dominant force in the state's politics.
Members of the Soren family Shibu Soren Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. Durga SorenFormer member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Shibu Soren) Sita SorenFormer member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Durga Soren) Hemant SorenCurrent Chief Minister of Jharkhand. (son of Shibu Soren) Kalpana Soren Current member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Hemant Soren) Basant SorenCurrent member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Shibu Soren)
Nagvanshi family Lal Pingley Nath ShahdeoJurist and political activist. Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath ShahdeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Gopal Sharan Nath ShahdeoFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo) Lal Ranvijay Nath ShahdeoLawyer and political activist.
Ramgarh Raj family Shashank ManjariFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (wife of Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh) Kamakhya Narain SinghFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh and Maharani Shashank Manjari Devi) Rani Lalita Rajya LaxmiFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (wife of Kamakhya Narain Singh) Indra Jitendra Narain Singh Former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Kamakhya Narain Singh and Lalita Rajya Laxmi) Saurabh Narain SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (grandson of Kamakhya Narain Singh and Lalita Rajya Laxmi, son of Indra Jitendra Narain Singh) Basant Narain SinghFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh and Maharani Shashank Manjari Devi, younger brother of Kamakhya Narain Singh) Vijaya RajeFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (wife of Basant Narain Singh) Rajkumar Udaybhan Narain SinghFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (grandson of Basant Narain Singh and Vijaya Raje)
Other Families Alam family Alamgir AlamFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Nisat AlamCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Alamgir Alam)
Ansari family Furqan AnsariFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Irfan AnsariCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Furqan Ansari)
Haji Hussain Ansari family Haji Hussain AnsariFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Hafizul HasanCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Haji Hussain Ansari)
Bhogta family Mahendra Prakash Singh BhogtaFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Jay Prakash Singh BhogtaFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Mahendra Prakash Singh Bhogta)
Chatterjee family Gurudas ChatterjeeFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Arup ChatterjeeCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Gurudas Chatterjee)
Choudhary family Chandra Prakash ChoudharyCurrent Member of Parliament. Sunita Choudhary Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Chandra Prakash Choudhary) Roshan Lal ChoudharyCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (brother of Chandra Prakash Choudhary)
Raghubar Das family Raghubar Das Former Governor of Odisha and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Purnima SahuCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (daughter-in-law of Raghubar Das)
Upendra Das family Upendra Nath DasFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Kumar Ujjwal DasCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
Nagar Untari Estate family Shankar Pratap DeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Raj Rajendra Pratap DeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Shankar Pratap Deo) Anant Pratap DeoFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (grandson of Shankar Pratap Deo, son of Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo)
Hansda family Thomas HansdaFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. Vijay Kumar HansdakCurrent Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. (son of Thomas Hansda)
Koda family Madhu KodaFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Geeta KodaFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. (wife of Madhu Koda)
Anand Mahato family Anand MahatoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Bablu Mahato Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Anand Mahato)
B.B. Mahato family Binod Bihari Mahato Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Raj Kishore MahatoFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Binod Bihari Mahato)
Dulu Mahato family Dulu MahatoCurrent Member of Parliament and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Shatrughan MahatoCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (brother of Dulu Mahato)
Nirmal Mahato family Nirmal MahatoPolitical activist, founder of All Jharkhand Students Union. Sudhir MahatoFormer Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand. (brother of Nirmal Mahato) Sabita MahatoCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Sudhir Mahato)
Shailendra Mahato family Shailendra MahatoFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. Abha MahatoFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (wife of Shailendra Mahato)
Sunil Mahato family Sunil Kumar Mahato Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. Suman Mahato Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. (wife of Sunil Kumar Mahato)
Jagarnath Mahto family Jagarnath MahtoFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Baby DeviFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Jagarnath Mahto)
Tek Lal Mahto family Tek Lal MahtoFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Jai Prakash Bhai PatelFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Tek Lal Mahto)
Majhi family Devendra Majhi Political leader and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Joba MajhiCurrent Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Devendra Majhi) Jagat Majhi Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Devendra Majhi and Joba Majhi)
Mandal family Sumrit MandalFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly Raghu Nandan MandalFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Sumrit Mandal) Amit Kumar MandalCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Raghu Nandan Mandal)
Marandi family Simon Marandi Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Sushila Hansdak Former Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Simon Marandi) Dinesh William MarandiFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Simon Marandi and Sushila Hansdak)
Ramesh Singh Munda family Ramesh Singh MundaFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Vikash Kumar MundaCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Ramesh Singh Munda)
Prasad family Yogendra PrasadFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Babita DeviFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Yogendra Prasad)
Sao family Yogendra SaoFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Nirmala DeviFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Yogendra Sao) Amba PrasadFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (daughter of Yogendra Sao and Nirmala Devi)
Sarangi family Dinesh SarangiFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Kunal SarangiFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Dinesh Sarangi)
Bidesh Singh family Bidesh SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Devendra Kumar SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Bidesh Singh)
Harihar Singh family Harihar SinghFormer Chief Minister of Bihar. Amrendra Pratap SinghFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Harihar Singh) Mrigendra Pratap SinghFormer Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Harihar Singh, brother of Amrendra Pratap Singh)
Mahendar Prasad Singh family Mahendar Prasad SinghFormer Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Vinod Kumar SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Mahendar Prasad Singh)
Rajendra Prasad Singh family Rajendra Prasad SinghFormer Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Kumar Jaimangal (Anup Singh)Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Rajendra Prasad Singh)
Suryadeo Singh family Suryadeo SinghFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly and mafia leader. Kunti SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Suryadeo Singh) Sanjeev SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Suryadeo Singh and Kunti Singh) Ragini SinghCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Sanjeev Singh) Bachcha SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (brother of Suryadeo Singh and Rajan Singh) Rajan SinghPolitical leader (brother of Suryadeo Singh and Bachcha Singh) Niraj SinghFormer Deputy Mayor. (son of Rajan Singh) Purnima Niraj SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Niraj Singh)
Sinha family Yashwant SinhaFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Jayant SinhaFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (son of Yashwant Sinha)
Nalin Soren family Nalin SorenCurrent Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. Alok Kumar SorenCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Nalin Soren)
Ramdas Soren family Ramdas SorenFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Somesh Chandra SorenCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Ramdas Soren)
Ichagarh State family Shatrughan Aditya DeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Prabhat Kumar Aditya DeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Shatrughan Aditya Deo)
Seraikela State family Aditya Pratap Singh DeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Nrupendra Narayan Singh DeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Aditya Pratap Singh Deo, brother of Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo) Shatbhanu Singh DeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. Rajendra Narayan Singh DeoFormer Chief Minister of Odisha. (son of Aditya Pratap Singh Deo, adopted-son of Maharaja Prithwiraj Singh Deo of Patna state, brother of Nrupendra Narayan Singh Deo) See: Political families of Odisha