Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	2000
Preceded by	Bihar Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Governor	Santosh Gangwar ; since 31 July 2024
Speaker	Rabindra Nath Mahato, JMM ; since 6 January 2020
Deputy Speaker	vacant
Chief Minister ; (Leader of the House)	Hemant Soren, JMM ; since 28 November 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Babulal Marandi, BJP ; since 6 March 2025
Structure
Seats	81
Political groups	Government MGB (56) JMM (34); INC (16); RJD (4); CPI(ML)L (2); Official Opposition NDA (24) BJP (21); AJSU (1); JD(U) (1); LJP(RV) (1); Others JLKM (1);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	13 - 20 November 2024
Next election	2029
Meeting place
	Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Website
	jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in

The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha, is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Ranchi, the capital of the state.

List of assemblies

Assembly (election)	Chief Minister	Term			Party^[a]
1st^[b] (2000 election)	Babulal Marandi	15 November 2000	18 March 2003	2 years, 123 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
1st^[b] (2000 election)	Arjun Munda	18 March 2003	2 March 2005	1 year, 349 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
2nd (2005 election)	Shibu Soren	2 March 2005	12 March 2005	10 days	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
3rd (2009 election)	Shibu Soren	30 December 2009	1 June 2010	153 days	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
4th (2014 election)	Raghubar Das	28 December 2014	29 December 2019	5 years, 1 day	Bharatiya Janata Party
5th (2019 election)	Hemant Soren	29 December 2019	2 February 2024	4 years, 35 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	Champai Soren	2 February 2024	4 July 2024	153 days
	Hemant Soren	4 July 2024	28 November 2024	147 days
6th (2024 election)	Hemant Soren	28 November 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 28 days

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name			Remarks
Sahebganj	1	Rajmahal	Mohammad Tajuddin	JMM	MGB
	2	Borio	Dhananjay Soren
	3	Barhait	Hemant Soren			Chief Minister
Pakur	4	Litipara	Hemlal Murmu
	5	Pakur	Nisat Alam	INC
	6	Maheshpur	Stephen Marandi	JMM
Dumka	7	Sikaripara	Alok Kumar Soren
Jamtara	8	Nala	Rabindra Nath Mahato			Speaker
Jamtara	9	Jamtara	Irfan Ansari	INC		Cabinet minister
Dumka	10	Dumka	Basant Soren	JMM
	11	Jama	Louis Marandi	JMM
	12	Jarmundi	Devendra Kunwar	BJP	NDA
Deoghar	13	Madhupur	Hafizul Hasan	JMM	MGB	Cabinet minister
	14	Sarath	Uday Shankar Singh	JMM
	15	Deoghar	Suresh Paswan	RJD
Godda	16	Poreyahat	Pradeep Yadav	INC
	17	Godda	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	RJD		Cabinet minister
	18	Mahagama	Dipika Pandey Singh	INC		Cabinet minister
Koderma	19	Kodarma	Neera Yadav	BJP	NDA
Hazaribagh	20	Barkatha	Amit Kumar Yadav
Hazaribagh	21	Barhi	Manoj Kumar Yadav
Ramgarh	22	Barkagaon	Roshan Lal Choudhary
Ramgarh	23	Ramgarh	Mamta Devi	INC	MGB
Hazaribagh	24	Mandu	Nirmal Mahto	AJSU	NDA
Hazaribagh	25	Hazaribagh	Pradip Prasad	BJP
Chatra	26	Simaria	Kumar Ujjwal	BJP
Chatra	27	Chatra	Janardan Paswan	LJP(RV)
Giridih	28	Dhanwar	Babulal Marandi	BJP		Leader of Opposition
	29	Bagodar	Nagendra Mahto
	30	Jamua	Manju Kumari
	31	Gandey	Kalpana Soren	JMM	MGB
	32	Giridih	Sudivya Kumar	JMM	MGB	Cabinet minister
	33	Dumri	Jairam Kumar Mahato	JLKM	None
Bokaro	34	Gomia	Yogendra Prasad	JMM	MGB	Cabinet minister
	35	Bermo	Kumar Jaimangal Singh	INC
	36	Bokaro	Shwettaa Singh	INC
	37	Chandankiyari	Umakant Rajak	JMM
Dhanbad	38	Sindri	Bablu Mahato	CPI(ML)L
	39	Nirsa	Arup Chatterjee	CPI(ML)L
	40	Dhanbad	Raj Sinha	BJP	NDA
	41	Jharia	Ragini Singh	BJP	NDA
	42	Tundi	Mathura Prasad Mahato	JMM	MGB
	43	Baghmara	Shatrughan Mahto	BJP	NDA
East Singhbhum	44	Baharagora	Samir Mohanty	JMM	MGB
	45	Ghatsila	Ramdas Soren			Died on 15 August 2025
	45	Ghatsila	Somesh Soren			Elected in 2025 by-election
	46	Potka	Sanjib Sardar
	47	Jugsalai	Mangal Kalindi
	48	Jamshedpur East	Purnima Sahu	BJP	NDA
	49	Jamshedpur West	Saryu Roy	JD(U)	NDA
Seraikela Kharsawan	50	Ichagarh	Sabita Mahato	JMM	MGB
Seraikela Kharsawan	51	Seraikella	Champai Soren	BJP	NDA
West Singhbhum	52	Chaibasa	Deepak Birua	JMM	MGB	Cabinet minister
	53	Majhgaon	Niral Purty	JMM
	54	Jaganathpur	Sona Ram Sinku	INC
	55	Manoharpur	Jagat Majhi	JMM
	56	Chakradharpur	Sukhram Oraon
Seraikela Kharsawan	57	Kharsawan	Dashrath Gagrai
Ranchi	58	Tamar	Vikash Kumar Munda
Khunti	59	Torpa	Sudeep Gudhiya
Khunti	60	Khunti	Ram Surya Munda
Ranchi	61	Silli	Amit Mahto
	62	Khijri	Rajesh Kachhap	INC
	63	Ranchi	C. P. Singh	BJP	NDA
	64	Hatia	Navin Jaiswal	BJP	NDA
	65	Kanke	Suresh Kumar Baitha	INC	MGB
	66	Mandar	Shilpi Neha Tirkey	INC		Cabinet minister
Gumla	67	Sisai	Jiga Susaran Horo	JMM
	68	Gumla	Bhushan Tirkey
	69	Bishunpur	Chamra Linda			Cabinet minister
Simdega	70	Simdega	Bhushan Bara	INC
Simdega	71	Kolebira	Naman Bixal Kongari
Lohardaga	72	Lohardaga	Rameshwar Oraon
Latehar	73	Manika	Ramachandra Singh
Latehar	74	Latehar	Prakash Ram	BJP	NDA
Palamu	75	Panki	Shashi Bhushan Mehta
	76	Daltonganj	Alok Chaurasiya
	77	Bishrampur	Naresh Prasad Singh	RJD	MGB
	78	Chhatarpur	Radha Krishna Kishore	INC		Cabinet minister
	79	Hussainabad	Sanjay Kumar Yadav	RJD
Garhwa	80	Garhwa	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	BJP	NDA
Garhwa	81	Bhawanathpur	Anant Pratap Deo	JMM	MGB

Speakers of Legislative Assembly

#	Name	Term^[3]			Assembly	Party
1	Ram Dayalu Singh	23 July 1937	11 November 1944	7 years, 111 days	1st	Indian National Congress
After Independence
1	Bindeshwari Prasad Verma	25 April 1946	14 March 1962	15 years, 323 days		Indian National Congress
					1st
					2nd
2	Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu	18 March 1962	15 March 1967	4 years, 362 days	3rd
3	Dhanik Lal Mandal	16 March 1967	10 March 1969	1 year, 359 days	4th	Samyukta Socialist Party
4	Ram Narayan Mandal	11 March 1969	20 March 1972	3 years, 9 days	5th	Indian National Congress
5	Harinath Mishra	21 March 1972	26 June 1977	5 years, 97 days	6th	Indian National Congress
6	Tripurari Prasad Singh	28 June 1977	22 June 1980	2 years, 360 days	7th	Janata Party
7	Radhanandan Jha	24 June 1980	1 April 1985	4 years, 281 days	8th	Indian National Congress (I)
8	Shivchandra Jha	4 April 1985	23 January 1989	3 years, 294 days	9th	Indian National Congress
9	Md Hidayatullah Khan	27 March 1989	19 March 1990	357 days	9th	Indian National Congress
10	Ghulam Sarwar	20 March 1990	9 April 1995	5 years, 20 days	10th	Janata Dal
11	Deo Narayan Yadav	12 April 1995	6 March 2000	4 years, 329 days	11th	Janata Dal
11	Deo Narayan Yadav	12 April 1995	6 March 2000	4 years, 329 days	11th	Rashtriya Janata Dal
12	Sadanand Singh	9 March 2000	28 June 2005	5 years, 111 days	12th	Indian National Congress

==List of the Speakers of Jharkhand==

No.	Name	Constituency	Term^[4]			Assembly	Party
1.	Inder Singh Namdhari	Daltonganj	22 November 2000	29 March 2004	3 years, 128 days	1st Assembly	Janata Dal (United)
Acting	Bagun Sumbrai	Chaibasa	29 March 2004	29 May 2004	61 days		Indian National Congress
(1).	Inder Singh Namdhari	Daltonganj	4 June 2004	11 August 2004	68 days		Janata Dal (United)
2.	Mrigendra Pratap Singh	Jamshedpur West	18 August 2004	11 January 2005	146 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
Acting	Saba Ahmad	Tundi	12 January 2005	1 March 2005	48 days		Rashtriya Janata Dal
(1).	Inder Singh Namdhari	Daltonganj	15 March 2005	14 September 2006	1 year, 183 days	2nd Assembly	Janata Dal (United)
3.	Alamgir Alam	Pakur	20 October 2006	26 December 2009	3 years, 67 days	2nd Assembly	Indian National Congress
4.	Chandreshwar Prasad Singh	Ranchi	6 January 2010	19 July 2013	3 years, 194 days	3rd Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party
5.	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta	Sarath	25 July 2013	23 December 2014	1 year, 151 days	3rd Assembly	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6.	Dinesh Oraon	Sisai	7 January 2015	24 December 2019	4 years, 351 days	4th Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party
7.	Rabindra Nath Mahato	Nala	6 January 2020	Incumbent	5 years, 354 days	5th Assembly	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
7.	Rabindra Nath Mahato	Nala	6 January 2020	Incumbent	5 years, 354 days	6th Assembly	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Leaders of the House

^† Died in office
^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

#	Portrait	Chief Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
#	Portrait	Chief Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Election	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry
1		Babulal Marandi (born 1958) MLA for Ramgarh	2000 (1st)	15 November 2000	18 March 2003	2 years, 123 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Marandi
2		Arjun Munda (born 1968) MLA for Kharsawan	2000 (1st)	18 March 2003	2 March 2005	1 year, 349 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Munda I
3		Shibu Soren (1944–2025) Non-elected	2005 (2nd)	2 March 2005	12 March 2005	10 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Shibu I
(2)		Arjun Munda (born 1968) MLA for Kharsawan		12 March 2005^[§]	18 September 2006	1 year, 190 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Munda II
4		Madhu Koda (born 1971) MLA for Jaganathpur		18 September 2006	27 August 2008	1 year, 344 days	Independent	Koda
(3)		Shibu Soren (1944–2025) Non-elected		27 August 2008^[§]	19 January 2009	145 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Shibu II
Position vacant (19 January – 30 December 2009) President's rule was imposed during this period^[d]
(3)		Shibu Soren (1944–2025) Non-elected	2009 (3rd)	30 December 2009^[§]	1 June 2010	153 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Shibu III
Position vacant (1 June – 11 September 2010) President's rule was imposed during this period^[d]
(2)		Arjun Munda (born 1968) MLA for Kharsawan	– (3rd)	1 June 2010^[§]	18 January 2013	2 years, 231 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Munda III
Position vacant (18 January – 13 July 2010) President's rule was imposed during this period^[d]
5		Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA for Dumka	– (3rd)	13 July 2013	28 December 2014	1 year, 168 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Hemant I
6		Raghubar Das (born 1955) MLA for Jamshedpur East	2014 (4th)	28 December 2014	29 December 2019	5 years, 1 day	Bharatiya Janata Party	Das
(5)		Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA for Barhait	2019 (5th)	29 December 2019^[§]	2 February 2024	4 years, 35 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Hemant II
7		Champai Soren (born 1956) MLA for Seraikella		2 February 2024	4 July 2024	153 days		Champai
(5)		Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA for Barhait		4 July 2024^[§]	Incumbent	1 year, 175 days		Hemant III
(5)		Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA for Barhait	2024 (6th)	4 July 2024^[§]	Incumbent	1 year, 175 days		Hemant IV

Leaders of the opposition

No^[6]	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
1	Basawon Singh	Dehri	1952	1957	4 years, 299 days	1st (1952 election)	Socialist Party
2	Sushil Kumar Bage	Kolebira	20 May 1957	15 March 1962	4 years, 299 days	2nd (1957 election)	Jharkhand Party
3	Kamakhya Narain Singh	Barhi	16 March 1962	16 March 1967	5 years, 0 days	3rd (1962 election)	Swatantra Party
4	Mahesh Prasad Singh		17 March 1967	26 February 1969	1 year, 346 days	4th (1967 election)	Indian National Congress
5	Bhola Paswan Shastri	Korha	18 March 1969	15 March 1970	362 days	5th (1969 election)	Lok Tantrik Congress
6	Ramanand Tiwary	Shahpur	16 March 1970	15 March 1971	364 days		Samyukta Socialist Party
7	Daroga Prasad Rai	Parsa	16 March 1971	28 March 1972	1 year, 12 days		Indian National Congress
8	Karpoori Thakur	Tajpur				6th (1972 election)	Samyukta Socialist Party
9	Sunil Mukherjee	Patna West				6th (1972 election)	Communist Party of India
10	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav	Danapur				7th (1977 election)	Indian National Congress
11	Jagannath Mishra	Jhanjharpur				7th (1977 election)	Indian National Congress
(7)	Karpoori Thakur	Samastipur	30 June 1980	12 February 1988	7 years, 227 days	8th (1980 election)	Janata Party (Secular)
(7)	Karpoori Thakur	Sonbarsha	30 June 1980	12 February 1988	7 years, 227 days	9th (1985 election)	Lokdal
12	Lalu Prasad Yadav	Sonpur	18 March 1989	7 December 1989	264 days
13	Anup Lal Yadav	Triveniganj	18 January 1990	19 March 1990	60 days
(10)	Jagannath Mishra	Jhanjharpur	20 March 1990	14 April 1994	4 years, 25 days	10th (1990 election)	Indian National Congress
14	Ramashray Prasad Singh	Konch	29 June 1994	15 March 1995	259 days	10th (1990 election)	Indian National Congress
15	Yashwant Sinha	Ranchi	17 April 1995	24 January 1996	282 days	11th (1995 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
16	Sushil Kumar Modi	Patna Central	19 March 1996	1 March 2000	8 years, 9 days	11th (1995 election)
16	Sushil Kumar Modi	Patna Central	15 March 2000	28 March 2004	8 years, 9 days	12th (2000 election)
17	Upendra Kushwaha	Jandaha	29 March 2004	5 March 2005	341 days	12th (2000 election)	Janata Dal (United)

==List of leaders of the opposition of Jharkhand==

Colour key for parties
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress

No	Name	Constituency	Term^[7]			Assembly (election)	Party
1	Stephen Marandi	Dumka	24 November 2000	10 July 2004	3 years, 229 days	1st (2000 election)	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2	Haji Hussain Ansari	Madhupur	2 August 2004	1 March 2005	211 days	1st (2000 election)
3	Sudhir Mahato	Ichagarh	16 March 2005	18 September 2006	1 year, 186 days	2nd (2005 election)
4	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	4 December 2006	29 May 2009	2 years, 176 days	2nd (2005 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Rajendra Prasad Singh	Bermo	7 January 2010	18 January 2013	3 years, 11 days	3rd (2009 election)	Indian National Congress
(4)	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	19 July 2013	23 December 2014	1 year, 157 days	3rd (2009 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
6	Hemant Soren	Barhait	7 January 2015	28 December 2019	4 years, 355 days	4th (2014 election)	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
7	Babulal Marandi	Dhanwar	24 February 2020	16 October 2023	3 years, 234 days	5th (2019 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Amar Kumar Bauri^[8]	Chandankiyari	16 October 2023	23 November 2024	1 year, 38 days	5th (2019 election)
(7)	Babulal Marandi^[9]^[10]	Dhanwar	6 March 2025	Incumbent	295 days	6th (2024 election)

Notes

^ 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]
^ ^a ^b ^c When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[5]

References

^ 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.
^ "Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष | झारखण्ड विधानसभा-झारखंड की सरकार, भारत". jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in.
^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.
^ "BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/LEADER OF OPPOSITION". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "विधानसभा". Archived from the original on 26 March 2023.
^ Outlook India (16 October 2023). "Amar Kumar Bauri Appointed As Leader Of BJP Legislative Party In Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^ PTI (7 March 2025). "BJP's Babulal Marandi recognised as leader of opposition in J'khand assembly". ThePrint. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
^ "BJP's Babulal Marandi recognised as leader of opposition in Jharkhand assembly". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

[1] 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.

[3] 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]

[DPR-5] 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]

[PR-9] When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[5]

[main-2] Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[4] 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.

[nic-6] "Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[7] "विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष | झारखण्ड विधानसभा-झारखंड की सरकार, भारत". jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in.

[8] Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.

[10] "BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/LEADER OF OPPOSITION". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

[11] "विधानसभा". Archived from the original on 26 March 2023.

[Amar_Kumar_Bauri_Appointed_As_Leader_Of_BJP_Legislative_Party_In_Jharkhand-12] Outlook India (16 October 2023). "Amar Kumar Bauri Appointed As Leader Of BJP Legislative Party In Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

[13] PTI (7 March 2025). "BJP's Babulal Marandi recognised as leader of opposition in J'khand assembly". ThePrint. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

[14] "BJP's Babulal Marandi recognised as leader of opposition in Jharkhand assembly". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

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