Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	2000; 24 years ago
Preceded by	Bihar Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Governor of Jharkhand	Santosh Gangwar ; since 31 July 2024
Speaker	TBD, JMM ; since November 2024
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Hemant Soren, JMM ; since 4 July 2024
Leader of the Opposition	TBD, BJP ; since November 2024
Structure
Seats	81
Political groups	Government (56) MGB (56) JMM (34); INC (16); RJD (4); CPI(ML)L (2); Official Opposition (24) NDA (24) BJP (21); AJSU (1); LJP(RV) (1); JD(U) (1); Other Opposition (1) JLKM (1);
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	13 - 20 November 2024
Next election	2029
Meeting place
	Jharkhand Vidhansabha, Kute village, Ranchi
Website
	jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in

The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand.

List of the assemblies

Chief Minister	Term			Assembly (election)	Party^[a]
Babulal Marandi	15 November 2000	18 March 2003	2 years, 123 days	1st^[b] (2000 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
Arjun Munda	18 March 2003	2 March 2005	1 year, 349 days	1st^[b] (2000 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
Shibu Soren	2 March 2005	12 March 2005	10 days	2nd (2005 election)	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
Shibu Soren	30 December 2009	1 June 2010	153 days	3rd (2009 election)	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
Raghubar Das	28 December 2014	29 December 2019	5 years, 1 day	4th (2014 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
Hemant Soren	29 December 2019	2 February 2024	4 years, 35 days	5th (2019 election)	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Champai Soren	2 February 2024	4 July 2024	153 days
Hemant Soren	4 July 2024	Incumbent	144 days

^ 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]

^ 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.