Congress' Rajesh Kachchap has won the elections by 5469 votes.The Khijri Assembly seat is held by the Bharatiya Janata Party's Ramkumar Pahan, who defeated the Indian National Congress' Sundri Devi by a wide margin in the 2014 election. Ramkumar netted 94,581 votes compared to Devi's 29,699 votes in the constituency, which witnessed a 60 percent turnout.
The BJP is ruling Jharkhand by partnering with the All Jharkhand Students' Union (AJSU) under Chief Minister Raghubar Das. The Jharkhand Assembly term will end on 5 January, 2020.
Polling in Jharkhand Assembly elections 2019 was held in 6 phases between November 30 and December 20, 2019 to elect the 81 members of the Legislative Assembly.
|
Coalition
|
Parties
|
Number of candidates
|
|
UPA
(81)
|
|
Congress
|
31
|
| |
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|
43
|
| |
Rashtriya Janata Dal
|
7
|
|
NDA
(NA)
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
79
|
| |
All Jharkhand Students Union
|
52
|
| |
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
|
81
|
Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2014 Result
In Jharkhand Assembly elections 2014, BJP swept 37 out of the 81 seats and with its allies AJSU party (5) and JVM(6) formed the government with 48 seats in the alliance. Raghubar Das was sworn in as the 10th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014.
Six Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) MLAs on 11 February 2015 joined the BJP, a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside ruling BJP-led coalition members in the state Assembly.
| Party |
Flag or symbol |
Seats on |
Vote percentage |
| Bharatiya Janata Party |
|
37 |
31.26% |
| All Jharkhand Students Union |
|
5 |
3.68% |
| JVM(P) MLA's joined BJP (11 feb 2015) |
|
6 |
|
| Jharkhand Vikas Morcha |
|
8-6=2 |
9.99% |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
|
19 |
20.43% |
| Congress |
|
6 |
10.46% |
| Bahujan Samaj Party |
|
1 |
1.82% |
| CPI(M) |
|
1 |
1.52% |
| Jharkhand Party |
|
1 |
1.11% |
| Marxist Co-ordination Committee |
|
1 |
1.02% |
| Jai Bharat Samanta Party |
|
1 |
0.79% |
| Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha |
|
1 |
0.49% |
| Left Parties |
|
0 |
1.66% |
| Nominated |
|
1 |
|
