2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election Results LIVE:
The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance in Jharkhand is leading in 47 out of the 81 seats of state Assembly while the ruling BJP is lagging behind with 23 seats, according to the latest figures. The JMM is leading in 29 seats while its alliance partner Congress is ahead in 14 and the RJD in 4. Babulal Marandi-led JVM(P) is leading in three seats while the AJSU Party is ahead in four.We must note that these are LIVE counting updates and there is a wide variation in projections. In more than 30 out of 81 seats, the margin between two candidates is anything from 300-800 votes. Follow Indiatvnews.com's LIVE updates for the latest election results.
Jharkhand Election Results 2019 Live Updates:
10:22 pm: The BJP has blamed local issues and internal strife for its electoral drubbing in Jharkhand. Party spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said that the party failed to build an alliance against a united opposition. "A detailed analysis will be done," he said.
9:48 pm: As per the latest EC trends, the BJP has so far won on 18 seats. The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance, on the other hand, has won from 39 seats.
7:55 pm: Raghubar Das tenders his resignation to the governor at Raj Bhawan
7:49 pm: Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das arrives at Raj Bhavan in Ranchi
6:51 pm: PM Narendra Modi congratulates Hemant Soren for victory in Jharkhand Elections
"Congratulations to @HemantSorenJMM Ji and the JMM-led alliance for the victory in the Jharkhand polls. Best wishes to them in serving the state" said PM Modi in his tweet
6:50 pm: JMM's CM frontrunner Hemant Soren wins both, Dumka and Barhait
6:20 pm: We accept mandate given by people of Jharkhand, says Amit shah
5:18 pm: Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das concedes defeat
Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das has conceded defeat of his government in Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019. He said that the party will analyze reason behind the defeat.
04:49 pm: Hemant Soren addresses press conference
- The trends in Jharkhand elections have shown the people's will. I'm grateful to the people of Jharkhand
- Today is the day when I take a resolution to stand by the people of the state
- The time has come to fulfill the needs and demands of Jharkhand
03:17 pm: Results from Deogarh after 13 rounds of vote counting
RJD's Suresh Paswan - 53521 votes
BJP's Narayan Das - 44488
RJD leads by 9033 votes
03:08 pm: Results from Bokaro after 14 rounds of vote counting
Congress - 57207 votes
BJP - 56956 votes
Congress' Shweta Singh leads by 251 votes
03:03 pm: I will remain as an independent candidate and support or oppose the policies of government on its merit, says Saryu Roy, on being asked if he'll go with grand alliance or BJP
02:59 pm: Saryu Roy, independent candidate from Jamshedpur East, leading against CM Raghubar Das
02:47 pm: Former Chief Minister and JVM(P) chief, Babulal Marandi leads from Dhanwar seat by 18645 votes
02:32 pm: AJSU party's Sudesh Mahto leads from Silli by 17125 votes, JMM's Seema Devi trails
02:19 pm: Results from Sarath after 10 rounds of vote counting
JVM's Uday Shankar Singh - 28263
BJP's Randheer Singh - 38743
BJP leads by 10480 votes
02:11 pm: Results from Madhupur after 7 rounds of vote counting
BJP's Raj Paliwar - 17966 votes
JMM's Haji Hussain Ansari - 27204
JMM leads by 9238 votes
02:07 pm: Hemant Soren leads from Barhait, trails from Dumka
02:05 pm: Partywise vote share as per Election Commission
Jharkhand Election Results LIVE: Partywise vote share as per Election Commission
02:04 pm: BJP's Alok Chaurasia leads by 19105 votes from Daltonganj after 7 rounds of vote counting
02:03 pm: Results from Mandar after 5 rounds of vote counting
BJP's Dev Kumar Dhan - 18951 votes
JVM's Bandhu Tirkey - 23178
JVM leads from Mandar
01:52 pm: Congress, JMM workers begin celebrations in Ranchi
01:48 pm: First result declared, Congress candidate Rajendra Singh wins from Bermo
01:42 pm: Results from Deogarh after 9th round of vote counting
RJD's Suresh Paswan - 41447 votes
BJP's Narayan Das - 26496
RJD leads by 14,951 votes
01:41 pm: Lead of about 1500-2000 will continue in the coming rounds of counting. I could win by a margin of 30,000 votes, says Saryu Roy, independent candidate from Jamshedpur East, leading against Chief Minister Raghubar Das
01:39 pm: Official trends by Election Commission
Jharkhand Results LIVE: Official trends as per Election Commission
01:36 pm: Results from Dumka after 10 rounds of vote counting
BJP's Louis Marandi - 34096 votes
JMM's Hemant Soren - 35662
01:34 pm: Results from Bokaro after 11 rounds of vote counting
Congress - 47106 votes
BJP - 43382 votes
01:31 pm: Results from Litipara after 7 rounds of vote counting
JMM's Dinesh Marandi - 21398 votes
BJP's Danial Kisku - 16982
01:26 pm: Results from Garhwa after 8 rounds of vote counting
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Mithilesh Thakur - 38866 votes
BJP's Satyendra Tiwari - 28103 votes
01:21 pm: Trends from Deoghar
RJD's Suresh Paswan - 39749 votes
BJP's Narayan Das - 21921 votes
01:19 pm: AJSU party's Sudesh Mahto leads in Silli seat by 10400 votes; JMM's Seema Devi trails
01:17 pm: Jharkhand Chief Minister exudes confidence for formation of BJP government in the state
01:15 pm: Trends from Hazaribagh
JVM - 6044 votes
BJP - 24396
Congress - 14985
01:13 pm: Trends from Chatra
RJD's Satyanand Bhokta - 32240 votes
BJP's Janardan Paswan - 25132 votes
01:11 pm: Trends from Gumla
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Bhushan Tirkey - 19476 votes
BJP's Mishir Kujur - 11421 votes
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leads by 8055 votes
01:08 pm: Trends from Sisai
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Jiga Susaran - 35770 votes
BJP's Dinesh Oraon - 22426 votes
01:06 pm: Trends from Lohardaga
Congress' Dr. Rameshwar Oraon leads by 9568 votes
AJSU at second lead
BJP's Sukhdev Bhagat on third spot
01:03 pm: Trends from Torpa
BJP's Koche Munda - 28168 votes
JMM's Sudeep Gudiya - 22290 votes
12:59 pm: Trends from Bishunpur
BJP's Ashok Oraon - 18943 votes
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Chamra Linda - 21715 votes
12:53 pm: Trends from Bokaro
Congress - 40564 votes
BJP - 36836 votes
Congress' Shweta Singh leads by 3728 votes
12:48 pm: Trends from Barhi
BJP - 25172 votes
Congress - 33807 votes
Congress' Umashankar Akela Yadav leads by 8635 votes against BJP's Manoj Yadav
12:45 pm: Independent candidate Saryu Roy leads by 771 votes from Jamshedpur East; Chief Minister Raghubar Das trails
12:43 pm: Official trends as per Election Commission
Jharkhand Results LIVE: Official trends by Election Commission
12:40 pm: Trends from Khunti
BJP's Neelkanth Singh Munda - 31424 votes
JVM's Dayamani Barla - 12309 votes
12:38 pm: Trends from Mandu
JMM - 11690 votes
BJP - 8557
AJSU - 13572
12:37 pm: Congress leads by 6306 votes from Lohardaga
12:36 pm: Chief Minister Raghubar Das leaves for his residence in Ranchi
12:33 pm: JMM's Hemant Soren leads from Dumka seat by 2463 votes, from Barhait by 8616 votes
12:30 pm: Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) chief and former chief minister Babulal Marandi leads by 7656 votes over Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) candidate Raj Kumar Yadav from Dhawar constituency
12:29 pm: Congress party workers burst crackers, distribute sweets as trends for the Jharkhand assembly elections showed the Congress-JMM alliance ahead of the ruling BJP
12:27 pm: Trends from Ghatshila
BJP's Lakhan Mardi leads by 5034 votes
AJSU's Pradeep Balmuchu - 9427 votes
JMM's Ramdas Soren - 12872 votes
12:21 pm: Trends from Barkagaon after 5th round of counting
Congress - 21297 votes
AJSU - 13646 votes
Congress candidate Amba Prasad leads by 7651 votes
12:16 pm: Partywise vote share as per Election Commission
Jharkhand Election Results LIVE: Partywise vote share
12:11 pm: Trends from Khunti
BJP's Koche Munda - 19044 votes in Torpa block
JMM's Sudeep Gudiya - 12612 votes
12:07 pm: Trends from Latehar
Congress' Ramchandra Singh leads by 7478; currently bags 17368 votes
BJP's Raghupal Singh - 9890 votes
12:03 pm: Party wise votes in Chandankiyari
AJSU - 31167
BJP - 29057
JMM - 20209
AJSU's Umakant Rajak leads by 2110 votes
11:57 am: We were confident that Jharkhand will give a clear majority to our alliance. Trends are good but I won't make comment until the final result. We've clearly said that Hemant Soren will be CM candidate of our alliance, says Congress' Jharkhand in-charge, RPN Singh
11:54 am: Trends from Gumia
AJSU - 25136 votes
JMM- 25583 votes
Independent candidate Madhav Lal - 21394 votes
JMM's Babita Devi leads by 447 votes against AJSU's Dr. Lambodar Mahato
11:50 am: Trends from Koderma
BJP's Neera Yadav - 4509 votes
RJD's Amitabh Kumar - 7258 votes
AJSU's Shalini Gupta - 2655 votes
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha's Ramesh Harshdhar - 3124 votes
11:47 am: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das addresses press conference
- Not feasible to react to initial trends of Jharkhand elections
- The result will be out today and the picture will be clear
- Hardly 7 rounds of vote counting are complete as of yet and so I do not find it right to comment
- Confident of BJP's victory in Jharkhand
- I will hold a press conference later in Ranchi later when the results are out
- Had Saryu Rai caused damage, I would not have received the votes, which I did so far
- Let me clearly state that we're not only winning but we'll also form govt under the leadership of BJP in Jharkhand
11:45 am: Trends from Ghatshila
BJP's Lakhan Mardi leads by 2194 votes
AJSU's Pradeep Balmuchu - 7430 votes
JMM's Ramdas Soren - 11556 votes
BJP's Lakhan Mardi - 13750 votes
11:38 am: Former Jharkhand CM and JVM(P) chief Babulal Marandi leads from Dhanwar seat by 5980 votes
11:23 am: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das leads by 1449 votes from Jamshedpur East
11:11 am: JMM's Hemant Soren leads from Barhait seat by 5319 votes; trails from Dumka seat by 5381 votes
11:02 am: Official trends by Election Commission
Jharkhand Election Results 2019: Official trends by Election Commission
11:00 am: Trends from Silli
AJSU's Sudesh Mahto trails
JMM's Seema Devi leads by 284 votes
10:55 am: The results are not as per our expectation. We will have to accept people's mandate. We will play the role which people's mandate has given us. Let the results come, then we will sit and discuss what to do, says JVM(P)'s candidate from Dhanwar, Babulal Marandi
10:54 am: Babulal Marandi leads from Dhanwar seat by 2841 votes
10:50 am: Trends from Deoghar
Rashtriya Janata Dal's Suresh Paswan - 10,507 votes
BJP's Narayan Das - 5341 votes
10:47 am: Trends from Sarath
JVM's Uday Shankar - 6753 votes
BJP's Randheer Singh - 7300 votes
JMM's Parimal - 975 votes
10:43 am: In a comfortable majority, JMM-Congress leads by 43 seats; BJP by 27
10:42 am: Trends from Jamtara
BJP candidate gains 3102 votes
Congress candidate gains 7018 votes
AJSU bags 164 votes
10:35 am: JMM's Rabindranath Mahato leads by 123 votes against BJP's Satyanand Jha in Nala
10:32 am: JMM's Hemant Soren trails from Dumka by 600 votes
10:25 am: Official Election Commission trends for 78 seats
BJP leading on 29 seats
JMM on 23
Congress on 11
RJD on 5
JVM (P) on 4
AJSU and BSP on 2 each
CPI (ML) on 1 seat
10:24 am: As per trends, JMM-Congress leads on 42 seats; BJP on 29, others on 10
10:21 am: Trends from Hussainabad
BSP's Sher Ali leading by 1905 votes
NCP's Kamlesh Singh leading by 1700 votes
RJD's Sanjay Yadav leading by 1365 votes
BJP's Binod Singh leading by 1096 votes
AJSU's Shivpujan Mehta leading by 298 votes
10:18 am: There is going to be a clean sweep for Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) in this election. We have fought elections under the leadership of Hemant Soren. He is going to be the Chief Minister, says RJD's Tejashwi Yadav
10:07 am: Official Election Commission trends for 62 seats
BJP leading on 22 seats
Congress on 9
JMM on 19
RJD on 5
AJSU and BSP on 2 seats each
CPI (ML) and JVM (P) on 1 seat each
10:03 am: BJP's Simon Malto trailing
09:59 am: JMM's Hemant Soren leading from Barhait assembly constituency by 664 votes
09:55 am: Official Election Commission trends for 46 seats
BJP leading on 17 seats
Congress on 7
JMM on 13
RJD on 3
AJSU and BSP on 2 seats each
CPI (ML) on 1
09:48 am: Menka Sardar of BJP leads over Sanjib Sardar of JMM by 5,144 votes in Potka seat of Jharkhand
09:47 am: Official Election Commission trends for 37 seats
BJP leading on 13 seats
Congress on 7
RJD on 3
JMM on 10
AJSU and BSP on 2 seats each
09:46 am: Official Election Commission trends for 27 seats
BJP leading on 11 seats
Congress on 7
RJD on 3
JMM on 5
AJSU on 1 seat
09:44 am: Party wise vote share according to Election Commission
Jharkhand Election Results 2019: Party wise vote share as per EC
09:39 am: Sanjay Prasad Yadav of RJD leads over Amit Kumar Mandal of BJP by 3,315 votes in Godda seat
09:38 am: Official Election Commission trends
BJP leading on 8 seats
Congress on 6
RJD on 3
JMM on 4
AJSU on 1
09:37 am: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubas Das leading from Jamshedpur (East)
09:35 am: AJSU Party candidate Lambodar Mahto leads over Babita Devi of JMM by 2,217 votes in Gomia seat
09:32 am: Official trends from Election Commission
Jharkhand Election Results 2019: Official trends from Election Commission
09:24 am: Congress-JMM takes lead on 40 seats, BJP on 30
09:21 am: Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Babulal Marandi likely to emerge as the kingmaker
09:18 am: Official Election Commission trends
Jharkhand election results 2019: EC trends
09:00 am: Counting of votes through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) begins
08:58 am: BJP now leading on 39 seats in Jharkhand; Congress-JMM+ on 35, others on 7 seats
09:01 am: JMM working president Hemant Soren leads over state Welfare (Women & Child Development and Minority Affairs) Minister Lois Marandi after counting of postal ballots in Dumka seat
08:56 am: Trends as per postal ballot
BJP's Raghubar Das (Jamshedpur East): Leading
JVM's Babulal Marandi (Dhanwar): Leading
JMM's Hemant Soren (Dumka): Leading
JMM's Hemant Soren (Barhait): Leading
AJSU's Sudesh Kumar Mahto (Silli): Leading
IND Saryu Rai (Jamshedpur East): Trailing
Congress's Gourav Vallabh (Jamshedpur East): Trailing
BJP's Lois Marandi (Dumka): Trailing
08:53 am: BJP edges past Congress-JMM+; BJP on 38 seats, Congress alliance on 36, others on 7
08:51 am: BJP, Congress-JMM+ in neck-to-neck fight on 36 seats each
08:47 am: According to the postal ballots trends, Congress-JMM+ is leading on 36 seats, BJP on 34 seats
08:40 am: Early trends show Congress-JMM+ leading on 35 seats, BJP on 32, others on 7
08:36 am: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das takes early lead against Saryu Rai in Jamshedpur
08:22 am: Early trends show Congress-JMM+ leading on 24 seats, BJP on 18
08:17 am: BJP's Biranchi Narayan leading from Bokaro seat
08:15 am: Initial trends show BJP, Congress-JMM+ leading on 15 seats each
08:12 am: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das leads from Jamshedpur East
08:07 am: BJP's Raj Sinha leading from Dhanbad
08:04 am: Poster with 'Jharkhand ki pukar hai gathbandhan ki sarkar hai. Hemant ab ki baar hai' seen in Ranchi
Jharkhand election results: Posters seen in Ranchi
08:00: Counting of votes for 81 seats in Jharkhand begins
07:55 am: Image below shows a counting center in Ranchi. Counting of votes to begin at 8 am
Jharkhand elections: Counting centre in Ranchi
07:36 am: Image below shows a counting centre in Dumka. Counting of votes to begin at 8 am
Jharkhand elections: Counting centre in Dumka
07:08 am: Most exit polls for the Jharkhand assembly elections have predicted a hung assembly in the state with an advantage to the Congress-JMM+ alliance.
06:53 am: The overall voter turnout in Jharkhand was recorded at 65.17 per cent. Voting passed off peacefully across 81 assembly constituencies in the state.
The hot seat, which will be the center of attraction on the counting day will be Jamshedpur East. Chief Minister Raghubar Das has been winning this seat since 1995. He is pitted against ex-cabinet colleague Saryu Rai. Saryu Rai turned rebellion after his ticket was put on hold by the party. The other important seats are Dumka and Barhet from where JMM Executive President and former Chief Minister is contesting. He is pitted against Social Welfare Minister Louis Marandi at Dumka.
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