Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	2000; 24 years ago
Preceded by	Bihar Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Governor of Jharkhand	Santosh Gangwar ; since 31 July 2024
Speaker	Rabindra Nath Mahato, JMM ; since 6 January 2020
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Hemant Soren, JMM ; since 28 November 2024
Leader of the Opposition	TBD, BJP ; since November 2024
Structure
Seats	81
Political groups	Government (56) INDIA (56) JMM (34); INC (16); RJD (4); CPI(ML)L (2); Official Opposition (24) NDA (24) BJP (21); JD(U) (1); LJP(RV) (1); AJSU (1); Other Opposition (1) JLKM (1);
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	13 - 20 November 2024
Next election	2029
Meeting place
	Jharkhand Vidhansabha, Kute village, Ranchi
Website
	jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in

The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand.

List of assemblies

Assembly (election)	Chief Minister	Term			Party^[a]
1st^[b] (2000 election)	Babulal Marandi	15 November 2000	18 March 2003	2 years, 123 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
1st^[b] (2000 election)	Arjun Munda	18 March 2003	2 March 2005	1 year, 349 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
2nd (2005 election)	Shibu Soren	2 March 2005	12 March 2005	10 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	Arjun Munda	12 March 2005	18 September 2006	1 year, 190 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Madhu Koda	18 September 2006	27 August 2008	1 year, 343 days	Independent
	Shibu Soren	27 August 2008	19 January 2009	145 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	19 January 2009	30 December 2009	345 days	N/A
3rd (2009 election)	Shibu Soren	30 December 2009	1 June 2010	153 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	1 June 2010	11 September 2010	102 days	N/A
	Arjun Munda	11 September 2010	18 January 2013	2 years, 129 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	18 January 2013	13 July 2013	176 days	N/A
	Hemant Soren	13 July 2013	28 December 2014	1 year, 168 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
4th (2014 election)	Raghubar Das	28 December 2014	29 December 2019	5 years, 1 day	Bharatiya Janata Party
5th (2019 election)	Hemant Soren	29 December 2019	2 February 2024	4 years, 35 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	Champai Soren	2 February 2024	4 July 2024	153 days
	Hemant Soren	4 July 2024	28 November 2024	147 days
6th (2024 election)	Hemant Soren	28 November 2024	Incumbent	23 days

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name			Remarks
Sahebganj	1	Rajmahal	Md. Tajuddin	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	2	Borio	Dhananjay Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	3	Barhait	Hemant Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB	Chief Minister
Pakur	4	Litipara	Hemlal Murmu	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	5	Pakur	Nisat Alam	Indian National Congress	MGB
	6	Maheshpur	Stephen Marandi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
Dumka	7	Sikaripara	Alok Kumar Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
Jamtara	8	Nala	Rabindra Nath Mahato	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB	Speaker
Jamtara	9	Jamtara	Irfan Ansari	Indian National Congress	MGB	Cabinet minister
Dumka	10	Dumka	Basant Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	11	Jama	Louis Marandi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	12	Jarmundi	Devendra Kunwar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Deoghar	13	Madhupur	Hafizul Hasan	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB	Cabinet minister
	14	Sarath	Uday Shankar Singh	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	15	Deoghar	Suresh Paswan	Rashtriya Janata Dal	MGB
Godda	16	Poreyahat	Pradeep Yadav	Indian National Congress	MGB
	17	Godda	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	MGB	Cabinet minister
	18	Mahagama	Dipika Pandey Singh	Indian National Congress	MGB	Cabinet minister
Koderma	19	Kodarma	Neera Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Hazaribagh	20	Barkatha	Amit Kumar Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Hazaribagh	21	Barhi	Manoj Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Ramgarh	22	Barkagaon	Roshan Lal Choudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Ramgarh	23	Ramgarh	Mamta Devi	Indian National Congress	INDIA
Hazaribagh	24	Mandu	Nirmal Mahto	All Jharkhand Students Union	NDA
Hazaribagh	25	Hazaribagh	Pradip Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Chatra	26	Simaria	Kumar Ujjwal	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Chatra	27	Chatra	Janardan Paswan	Lok Janshakti Party	NDA
Giridih	28	Dhanwar	Babulal Marandi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	29	Bagodar	Nagendra Mahto	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	30	Jamua	Manju Kumari	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	31	Gandey	Kalpana Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	32	Giridih	Sudivya Kumar	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB	Cabinet minister
	33	Dumri	Jairam Kumar Mahato	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	Others
Bokaro	34	Gomia	Yogendra Prasad	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB	Cabinet minister
	35	Bermo	Kumar Jaimangal Singh	Indian National Congress	MGB
	36	Bokaro	Shwettaa Singh	Indian National Congress	MGB
	37	Chandankiyari	Umakant Rajak	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
Dhanbad	38	Sindri	Bablu Mahato	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	MGB
	39	Nirsa	Arup Chatterjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	MGB
	40	Dhanbad	Raj Sinha	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	41	Jharia	Ragini Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	42	Tundi	Mathura Prasad Mahato	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	43	Baghmara	Shatrughan Mahto	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
East Singhbhum	44	Baharagora	Samir Mohanty	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	45	Ghatsila	Ramdas Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB	Cabinet minister
	46	Potka	Sanjib Sardar	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	47	Jugsalai	Mangal Kalindi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	48	Jamshedpur East	Purnima Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	49	Jamshedpur West	Saryu Roy	Janata Dal (United)	NDA
Seraikela Kharsawan	50	Ichaghar	Sabita Mahato	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
Seraikela Kharsawan	51	Seraikella	Champai Soren	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
West Singhbhum	52	Chaibasa	Deepak Birua	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB	Cabinet minister
	53	Majhgaon	Niral Purty	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	54	Jaganathpur	Sona Ram Sinku	Indian National Congress	MGB
	55	Manoharpur	Jagat Majhi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	56	Chakradharpur	Sukhram Oraon	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
Seraikela Kharsawan	57	Kharsawan	Dashrath Gagrai	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
Ranchi	58	Tamar	Vikash Kumar Munda	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
Khunti	59	Torpa	Sudeep Gudhiya	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
Khunti	60	Khunti	Ram Surya Munda	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
Ranchi	61	Silli	Amit Mahto	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	62	Khijri	Rajesh Kachhap	Indian National Congress	MGB
	63	Ranchi	Chandreshwar Prasad Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	64	Hatia	Navin Jaiswal	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	65	Kanke	Suresh Kumar Baitha	Indian National Congress	MGB
	66	Mandar	Shilpi Neha Tirkey	Indian National Congress	MGB	Cabinet minister
Gumla	67	Sisai	Jiga Susaran Horo	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	68	Gumla	Bhushan Tirkey	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB
	69	Bishunpur	Chamra Linda	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB	Cabinet minister
Simdega	70	Simdega	Bhushan Bara	Indian National Congress	MGB
Simdega	71	Kolebira	Naman Bixal Kongari	Indian National Congress	MGB
Lohardaga	72	Lohardaga	Rameshwar Oraon	Indian National Congress	MGB
Latehar	73	Manika	Ramachandra Singh	Indian National Congress	MGB
Latehar	74	Latehar	Prakash Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Palamu	75	Panki	Kushwaha Shashi Bhusan Mehta	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	76	Daltonganj	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	77	Bishrampur	Naresh Prasad Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal	MGB
	78	Chhatarpur	Radha Krishna Kishore	Indian National Congress	MGB	Cabinet minister
	79	Hussainabad	Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	MGB
Garhwa	80	Garhwa	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Garhwa	81	Bhawanathpur	Anant Pratap Deo	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	MGB

Notes

^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
^ 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]
^ ^a ^b ^c President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[2]

References

^ Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Diwanji, Amberish K. (15 March 2005). "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

[1] This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

[3] 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]

[PR-5] President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[2]

[main-2] Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[4] Diwanji, Amberish K. (15 March 2005). "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

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Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Contents

List of assemblies

Members of Legislative Assembly

See also

Notes

References