Jharkhand Election Result 2024: The counting of votes for the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly is all set to take place on Saturday, November 23. The voting in Jharkhand took place in two phases – November 13 and November 20. In the first phase, 43 constituencies went to polls, while the remaining 38 seats went to polls in the second phase.

The state witnessed a two-pronged fierce battle between key alliances – the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the INDIA bloc. Big leaders including Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda, Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi carried out election rallies in Jharkhand to pull out all the stops and convert the campaign into victory.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) locked horns over several issues, including those of tribal rights, immigrants in the state, and corruption, during the campaign.

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The BJP fielded candidates in 68 seats, with its allies All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) contesting 10 seats, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) contesting two, and the Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) contesting one seat.

On the other hand, the INDIA bloc constituents have the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) contesting 41 seats, the Congress 30 seats, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) six, and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) four.

In the 2019 Assembly polls, the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance won 47 seats in the 81-member House, while the BJP won 25 seats.

What did the Jharkhand exit polls predict?

According to four exit polls, the BJP and its allies were given the edge and predicted to emerge victorious in the Jharkhand assembly election. Most exit polls predicted 42-53 seats in the saffron party’s kitty. Meanwhile, the Axis My India exit poll predicted a win for the alliance comprising Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

Matrize projected 42-47 seats for NDA, 25-30 seats for the INDIA bloc and 1-4 for Others. Meanwhile, Peoples Pulse predicted 44-53 seats for the NDA, 25-37 for INDIA bloc and 5-9 seats for Others.

The Times Now-JVC pollster predicted a 40-44 seats win for the NDA, while the INDIA bloc has been projected to bag a close second of 30-40 seats, leaving Others with one.