The vote tallying process for Jharkhand's 81 assembly seats commenced at 8am. The elections were conducted in t

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi thanked the voters for the INDIA bloc’s grand victory in the Jharkhand Assembly polls. He hailed the victory in the election as one for the protection of natural resources and the Constitution.

Despite multiple ups and downs in the past five years, including the arrest of Hemant Soren, the INDIA bloc defeated the BJP-led NDA with a comfortable majority.

The INDIA bloc comfortably crossed the majority mark of 41, in contrast with BJP-led NDA’s 23 seats. PM Modi also congratulated JMM chief Hemant Soren in a post on X.

The 2024 Jharkhand Assembly elections, held in two phases on 13 and 20 November across 81 constituencies, culminated in a decisive win for the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and its ally, the Congress,

Counting of votes began at 8 am. According to EC trends, INDIA bloc is leading in 50 seats -- JMM 30, Congress 14 and allies six -- and NDA in 30 till noon

Hemant Soren was jailed months before the elections in a corruption case but returned vehemently after getting bail.