Jharkhand: Elections
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2014: the victorious candidates
Jharkhand 2014
|
S.No. |
Costituency |
Name Of Member |
Party |
|
1 |
Chatra |
Sunil Kumar Singh |
BJP |
|
2 |
Dhanbad |
Pashupati Nath Singh |
BJP |
|
3 |
Dumka |
Shibu Soren |
JMM |
|
4 |
Giridih |
Ravindra Kumar Pandey |
BJP |
|
5 |
Godda |
Nishikant Dubey |
BJP |
|
6 |
Hazaribagh |
Jayant Sinha |
BJP |
|
7 |
Jamshedpur |
Bidyut Baran Mahato |
BJP |
|
8 |
Khunti |
Karia Munda |
BJP |
|
9 |
Kodarma |
Ravindra Kr. Ray |
BJP |
|
10 |
Lohardaga |
Sudarshan Bhagat |
BJP |
|
11 |
Palamu |
Vishnu Dayal Ram |
BJP |
|
12 |
Rajmahal |
Vijay Kumar Hansdak |
JMM |
|
13 |
Ranchi |
Ram Tahal Choudhary |
BJP |
|
14 |
Singhbhum |
Laxman Giluwa |
BJP |
2014- Assembly Elections
Polling highest-ever in Jharkhand election
The Times of India Dec 21, 2014
In Jharkhand, the 66.03% aggregate poll percentage is the best ever witnessed in any election in the state. The fifth and the final phase saw 70%plus turnouts, with J&K recording 76% polling and Jharkhand, 71%.
The turnout at the last assembly poll in Jharkhand in 2009 was 56.96%. In Jharkhand, the latest assembly poll saw a record turnout. The overall 66.03% polling is even higher than the 63.82% turnout registered in the April-May parliamentary poll this year. The voting percentage in the two assembly polls held in Jharkhand so far, in comparison, was 57.03% in 2005 and 56.96% in 2009.
The race for CM:
Dec 24 2014
2014: BJP presence in Jharkhand. Will state get its first non-tribal CM?
Sandeep Mishra
With its most prominent tribal face Arjun Munda out of the race after losing the elections from Kharsawan, the BJP brass is weighing the possibility of making a non-tribal chief minister, which would be a first for Jharkhand since it's separation from Bihar in 2000. BJP sources said names of party vice-president Raghubar Das (Jamshedpur East MLA), party ideologue Saryu Rai (Jamshedpur West MLA) and former speaker CP Singh (Ranchi MLA) are doing the rounds, though a “surprise“ isn't being ruled out. All the contenders are tight-lipped.
“Party bosses are considering different names, including non-tribals. No decision has been taken yet,“ said a senior party source.
Party insiders admit it would be tough to name a non-tribal and it would mark a tectonic shift in state politics. “It could upset tribals and some leaders could try to make political capital out of it,“ a party functionary noted, adding, “Agitation by tribals could also hit BJP's development agenda.“
Though JMM chief Shibu Soren had earlier told TOI that “anyone could be the chief minister“, his son Hemant Soren has spoken in favour of a tribal. Veterans of other parties, including BJP's Yashwant Sinha, have stressed on ability, instead of caste or tribal affiliation.
In Jharkhand, tribals constitute a quarter of the state's 3.3 crore people. Since 2000, five tribals, Babulal Marandi, Arjun Munda, Shibu Soren, Madhu Koda and Hemant Soren, have been CM in nine governments.
Tribal influence and BJP
Dec 24 2014
Reds losing hold in tribal areas?
BJP seems to have made inroads into Maoistdominated pockets, so far with JMM. Of the state's 81 constituencies, 24 are considered Maoist hotbeds. Of these, BJP-AJSU combine bagged 10 seats that include eight new ones. JMM clinched seven seats in Red districts. Disregarding the Maoists's poll boycott call, voters turned out in large numbers that proved beneficial for the BJP. The saffron party won in Chatra, Bishrampur, Chhatarpur, Garhwa, Ghatshila, Bermo and Giridih while its ally AJSU party clinched Lo hardaga and Tamar.
Turnout in most Red areas went up. Pakur and Shikaripara in Dumka, that witnessed poll-related violence during LS elections registered 80% and 76% polling, respectively. Ghatshila in East Singhbhum, where an encounter occurred a day before polling, registered 69% turnout.
