2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
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81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 66.53% ( 9.56%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seatwise map of the election results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election (Hindi: झारखण्ड विधानसभा चुनाव) was held in five phases between November 25 and December 20 to elect the members of the 4th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The results were announced on December 23, 2014. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) won the elections defeating The Indian National Congress (INC) and its major allies Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
The term of the legislative assembly of Jharkhand ended on January 3, 2015. The Chief Election Commissioner announced five-phased assembly elections to be held in Jharkhand along with Jammu and Kashmir beginning November 25 and ending December 20. Results were announced on December 23, 2014. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs were used in 7 of the 81 assembly seats. The seven seats were from Jamshedpur East, Jamshedpur West, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Kanke and Hatia.