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Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered the oath to the ministers at Ashok Udyan of the Raj Bhavan
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Jharkhand Ministers List 2024: A total of 11 ministers were administered oath as ministers by the Governor. These includes six from the JMM, 4 from the Congress and 1 from the RJD.
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This was the second consecutive setback for the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls when it faced a crushing defeat in all five tribal seats out of the state’s total 14 parliamentary constituencies.
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The share of women voters in Maharashtra and Jharkhand was higher compared to male voters. That explains the spate of women-centric welfare measures that appears to have worked in the favour of incumbents retaining power in both states
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Hemant Soren's JMM-led alliance stormed to power in Jharkhand for a second consecutive term
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Hemant Soren-led JMM steered the INDIA bloc to victory on November 23 with 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly.
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On Saturday, the INDIA bloc glided to victory with 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly. The JMM won 34 seats, the Congress won 16, while the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RJD) and the CPI(ML)L won four and two seats respectively.
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RJD candidates defeated sitting BJP legislators in four assembly seats. In 2019, the RJD managed to win only the Chatra seat where Satyanand Bhokta had won.
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The victory is a shot in the arm for chief minister Hemant Soren, who faced several legal setbacks in the run up to the elections.
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Chief minister Hemant Soren is leading in the Barhait seat by over 20,000 votes, but his wife Kalpana Soren, is trailing in the Gandey seat
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A long-time associate of JMM leader Shibu Soren, Champai Soren, resigned from JMM to join BJP earlier this year, a move that is seen as a shot in the arm for the saffron party's efforts to boost its connection with the Scheduled Tribes, a community which has been the main voter base of the JMM.
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Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Most exit polls have predicted a victory for the Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, but two pollsters expect hung assembly. The BJP-led NDA is expected to win the Jharkhand assembly elections, most exit polls say.
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The JMM also demanded a ban on electronic gadgets near the counting centres.
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Jharkhand Election Results 2024 Highlights: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, at a press conference on Saturday, stated that the Abua government would make history in the state. He expressed gratitude to the media for their role in informing the public and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his congratulations to the JMM-led alliance.
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Exit polls have given a clear edge to the BJP-led Mahayuti in Maharashtra and a hung assembly in Jharkhand.
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The state voted in two phases, on November 13 and November 20, and witnessed a high voltage contest between the ruling JMM-Congress alliance and the opposition BJP-led NDA.
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BJP’s leadership at all levels used religion as a key campaigning tool. While no political party is innocent when it comes to using religion, politicians holding constitutional positions need to refrain from going down this road as it undermines the office they hold. Moreover, it makes it much harder to carry conviction when appealing to neighbours to protect their religious minorities
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The predictions indicate a tight electoral contest which can swing in either direction and mark a shift from the recent exit poll trends, where at least one party or alliance was given a clear edge by the pollsters.
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Axis My India's Pradeep Gupta laid out four factors justifying his prediction
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The INDIA group is trying to consolidate its tribal base, and is seeking the support of other sections of voters on the basis of the welfare schemes the state government has implemented.
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Jharkhand Election Exit Poll: Axis MyIndia was the only one to predict victory for the Congress-JMM alliance in Jharkhand
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Jharkhand Election 2024 Updates: The final phase of Jharkhand polls recorded voter turnout of 67.59 percent in 38 assembly seats till 5 pm
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Despite its rich mineral resources, Jharkhand has experienced significant political instability since its formation from Bihar in 2000
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After the voting wraps up in Jharkhand, the focus will immediately shift to the exit poll predictions released by various media outlets.
