We have claimed to form the government in Jharkhand, with the support of 50 MLAs. We have requested the Governor to invite us to form govt in the state. (ANI)
The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance trumped BJP in the Assembly election and secured a majority in the 81-seat House.
Now, the alliance is all set to form the state government with JMM leader Hemant Soren as the chief minister.
We have claimed to form the government in Jharkhand, with the support of 50 MLAs. We have requested the Governor to invite us to form govt in the state. (ANI)
Hemant Soren will take oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister on December 29, News18 has reported.
JMM chief Hemant Soren will meet Jharkhand Governor at 8 pm today, News18 has reported.
HemantSoren has been formally elected as the JMM legislature party leader, party sources told news agency PTI.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) Hemant Soren meets former CM and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) chief, Babulal Marandi.Marandi says, "Our party will support Hemant Soren, unconditionally, because he has the required majority". (ANI)
The dismal performance in the tribal-dominated seats is being seen as one of the main reasons for BJP’s loss in Jharkhand.
Read here on how BJP's performance in tribal-dominated region led to the BJP being unseated from position of power in the state.
While there is no scientific basis to this, bellwether seats usually act as a marker for the final results.
On December 23, nine out of these 10 seats maintained their track record by electing a candidate from either JMM or Congress, who are set to form the government.
Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has claimed the BJP will face defeat in the Bihar and Delhi Assembly polls to be held next year, and said the saffron party's downslide started with Gujarat elections.
Referring to the BJP's defeat in the Jharkhand polls, he said the Amit Shah-led party claimed it will clinch more than 65 seats of the total 81, but did not manage to get even half of it. (PTI)
As many as 10 turncoats, including two former Pradesh Congress Committee presidents and an ex-BJP chief whip, bit the dust in the Jharkhand elections.
All the candidates had switched sides after being denied tickets to the elections.
JMM's vote share in the just-concluded Jharkhand Assembly polls has slumped to 18.7 percent despite the party winning 30 of the total 81 seats in the state.
The party had won 19 seats in 2014 polls with a vote share of 20.4 percent. This time the party bagged 30 seats but its vote share came down to 18.7 percent.
Having won an emphatic victory in the Jharkhand Assembly polls, the newly-elected JMM MLAs will meet in Ranchi today to formally elect Hemant Soren as their leader, party sources said.
Party-wise composition of the the new JharkhandLegislative Assembly.
It is a very uncomfortable loss for us. We need to seriously introspect it. When our chief minister loses along with senior leaders, it means something wrong on the ground with local leadership. We tried our best to have an alliance with AJSU, but it could not be done. We need to have better alliances in future.
