Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	2000
Preceded by	Bihar Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Governor of Jharkhand	Santosh Gangwar ; since 31 July 2024
Speaker	Rabindra Nath Mahato, JMM ; since 6 January 2020
Deputy Speaker	vacant
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Hemant Soren, JMM ; since 28 November 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Babulal Marandi, BJP ; since 6 March 2025
Structure
Seats	81
Political groups	Government (56) MGB (55) JMM (33); 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) Vacant (1);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	13 - 20 November 2024
Next election	2029
Meeting place
	Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Website
	jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in

The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Ranchi, the capital of the state.

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	247 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 Kumar Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Ramgarh	22	Barkagaon	Roshan Lal Choudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Ramgarh	23	Ramgarh	Mamta Devi	Indian National Congress	MGB
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	Leader of Opposition
	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	None
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	Vacant	Vacant		Died on 2 August, 2025
	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	Ichagarh	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

Speakers of Legislative Assembly

No.	Name	Constituency	Term^[3]			Assembly	Party
1.	Inder Singh Namdhari	Daltonganj	22 November 2000	29 March 2004	3 years, 128 days	1st Assembly	Janata Dal (United)
Acting	Bagun Sumbrai	Chaibasa	29 March 2004	29 May 2004	61 days		Indian National Congress
(1).	Inder Singh Namdhari	Daltonganj	4 June 2004	11 August 2004	68 days		Janata Dal (United)
2.	Mrigendra Pratap Singh	Jamshedpur West	18 August 2004	11 January 2005	146 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
Acting	Saba Ahmad	Tundi	12 January 2005	1 March 2005	48 days		Rashtriya Janata Dal
(1).	Inder Singh Namdhari	Daltonganj	15 March 2005	14 September 2006	1 year, 183 days	2nd Assembly	Janata Dal (United)
3.	Alamgir Alam	Pakur	20 October 2006	26 December 2009	3 years, 67 days	2nd Assembly	Indian National Congress
4.	Chandreshwar Prasad Singh	Ranchi	6 January 2010	19 July 2013	3 years, 194 days	3rd Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party
5.	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta	Sarath	25 July 2013	23 December 2014	1 year, 151 days	3rd Assembly	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6.	Dinesh Oraon	Sisai	7 January 2015	24 December 2019	4 years, 351 days	4th Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party
7.	Rabindra Nath Mahato	Nala	6 January 2020	Incumbent	5 years, 208 days	5th Assembly	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
7.	Rabindra Nath Mahato	Nala	6 January 2020	Incumbent	5 years, 208 days	6th Assembly	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Leaders of the House

No.	Name	Constituency	Term			(election)	Ministry	Party^[d]
1	Babulal Marandi	Ramgarh	15 November 2000	18 March 2003	2 years, 123 days	1st^[e] (2000 election)	Marandi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	18 March 2003	2 March 2005	1 year, 349 days	1st^[e] (2000 election)	Munda I	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Shibu Soren	did not contest	2 March 2005	12 March 2005	10 days	2nd (2005 election)	Shibu I	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(2)	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	12 March 2005	18 September 2006	1 year, 190 days		Munda II	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Madhu Koda	Jaganathpur	18 September 2006	27 August 2008	1 year, 343 days		Koda	Independent
(3)	Shibu Soren	did not contest^[4]	27 August 2008	19 January 2009	145 days		Shibu II	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
–	Vacant^[f] (President's rule)	N/A	19 January 2009	30 December 2009	345 days			N/A
(3)	Shibu Soren	Jamtara	30 December 2009	1 June 2010	153 days	3rd (2009 election)	Shibu III	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
–	Vacant^[f] (President's rule)	N/A	1 June 2010	11 September 2010	102 days			N/A
(2)	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	11 September 2010	18 January 2013	2 years, 129 days		Munda III	Bharatiya Janata Party
–	Vacant^[f] (President's rule)	N/A	18 January 2013	13 July 2013	176 days			N/A
5	Hemant Soren	Dumka	13 July 2013	28 December 2014	1 year, 168 days		Hemant I	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6	Raghubar Das	Jamshedpur East	28 December 2014	29 December 2019	5 years, 1 day	4th (2014 election)	Das	Bharatiya Janata Party
(5)	Hemant Soren	Barhait	29 December 2019	2 February 2024	4 years, 35 days	5th (2019 election)	Hemant II	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
7	Champai Soren	Seraikella	2 February 2024	4 July 2024	153 days		Champai
(5)	Hemant Soren	Barhait	4 July 2024	28 November 2024	1 year, 29 days		Hemant III
(5)	Hemant Soren	Barhait	28 November 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 29 days	6th (2024 election)	Hemant IV

Leaders of the Opposition

Colour key for parties
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress

No	Name	Constituency	Term^[6]			Assembly (election)	Party
1	Stephen Marandi	Dumka	24 November 2000	10 July 2004	3 years, 229 days	1st (2000 election)	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2	Haji Hussain Ansari	Madhupur	2 August 2004	1 March 2005	211 days	1st (2000 election)
3	Sudhir Mahato	Ichagarh	16 March 2005	18 September 2006	1 year, 186 days	2nd (2005 election)
4	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	4 December 2006	29 May 2009	2 years, 176 days	2nd (2005 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Rajendra Prasad Singh	Bermo	7 January 2010	18 January 2013	3 years, 11 days	3rd (2009 election)	Indian National Congress
(4)	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	19 July 2013	23 December 2014	1 year, 157 days	3rd (2009 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
6	Hemant Soren	Barhait	7 January 2015	28 December 2019	4 years, 355 days	4th (2014 election)	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
7	Babulal Marandi	Dhanwar	24 February 2020	16 October 2023	3 years, 234 days	5th (2019 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Amar Kumar Bauri^[7]	Chandankiyari	16 October 2023	23 November 2024	1 year, 38 days	5th (2019 election)
(7)	Babulal Marandi^[8]^[9]	Dhanwar	6 March 2025	Incumbent	149 days	6th (2024 election)

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]
^ 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.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष | झारखण्ड विधानसभा-झारखंड की सरकार, भारत". jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in.
^ Shibu Soren lost the Tamar assembly by-election to Gopal Krishna Patar of the Jharkhand Party.
^ 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.
^ "विधानसभा". Archived from the original on 26 March 2023.
^ Outlook India (16 October 2023). "Amar Kumar Bauri Appointed As Leader Of BJP Legislative Party In Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^ PTI (7 March 2025). "BJP's Babulal Marandi recognised as leader of opposition in J'khand assembly". ThePrint. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
^ "BJP's Babulal Marandi recognised as leader of opposition in Jharkhand assembly". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

[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]

[DPR-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]

[7] 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.

[8] 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-11] 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.^[5]

[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.

[6] "विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष | झारखण्ड विधानसभा-झारखंड की सरकार, भारत". jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in.

[9] Shibu Soren lost the Tamar assembly by-election to Gopal Krishna Patar of the Jharkhand Party.

[10] 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.

[12] "विधानसभा". Archived from the original on 26 March 2023.

[Amar_Kumar_Bauri_Appointed_As_Leader_Of_BJP_Legislative_Party_In_Jharkhand-13] Outlook India (16 October 2023). "Amar Kumar Bauri Appointed As Leader Of BJP Legislative Party In Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

[14] PTI (7 March 2025). "BJP's Babulal Marandi recognised as leader of opposition in J'khand assembly". ThePrint. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

[15] "BJP's Babulal Marandi recognised as leader of opposition in Jharkhand assembly". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

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