Jharkhand Assembly election results: JMM-led alliance set to retain power, wins 56 seats
The BJP and its partners, JD(U) and LJP (Ram Vilas), won 24 seats in all with the Hindutva party bagging 21 of them.
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The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance is on course to retain power in the state, winning 56 of the 81 seats in the state’s Assembly election results. A party or alliance requires 41 seats to form the government.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s party won 34 seats while the Congress won 16, the Rashtriya Janata Dal four seats and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) two seats.
The Bharatiya Janata Party won 20 seats and was leading in one at 9 pm. Its alliance partners, the Janata Dal (United) and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) won a seat each, as did the All Jharkhand Students Union, or AJSU Party.
The counting of votes for the Jharkhand Assembly election began at 8 am on Saturday.
The polls, which were held in two phases on November 13 and November 20, saw a voter turnout of 67.74%.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Left parties contested the Assembly elections in an alliance. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha was in the fray from 43 seats, the Congress from 30, the Rashtriya Janata Dal from six and Left parties from the remaining three.
The Bharatiya Janata Party contested 68 out of the 81 seats while its ally, the AJSU Party, fought in 10 constituencies.
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