Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	2000; 25 years ago (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
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Hemant Soren, JMM since28 November 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Babulal Marandi, BJP since 6 March 2025
Structure
Seats	81
Result by Party Result by Alliance
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

TheJharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as theJharkhand Vidhan Sabha, is theunicameral state legislature ofJharkhand state inIndia. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is atRanchi, the capital of the state.

#	Portrait	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
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
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
							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==

• ^† 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
					From	To	Period
1			Babulal Marandi (born 1958) MLA forRamgarh	2000 (1st)	15 November 2000	18 March 2003	2 years, 123 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Marandi
2			Arjun Munda (born 1968) MLA forKharsawan		18 March 2003	2 March 2005	1 year, 349 days		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 forKharsawan		12 March 2005[§]	18 September 2006	1 year, 190 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Munda II
4			Madhu Koda (born 1971) MLA forJaganathpur		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 forKharsawan	– (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 forDumka	– (3rd)	13 July 2013	28 December 2014	1 year, 168 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Hemant I
6			Raghubar Das (born 1955) MLA forJamshedpur East	2014 (4th)	28 December 2014	29 December 2019	5 years, 1 day	Bharatiya Janata Party	Das
(5)			Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA forBarhait	2019 (5th)	29 December 2019[§]	2 February 2024	4 years, 35 days	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Hemant II
7			Champai Soren (born 1956) MLA forSeraikella		2 February 2024	4 July 2024	153 days		Champai
(5)			Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA forBarhait		4 July 2024[§]	Incumbent	1 year, 147 days		Hemant III
				2024 (6th)					Hemant IV

No[6]	Portrait	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					Communist Party of India
10		Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav	Danapur				7th (1977 election)	Indian National Congress
11		Jagannath Mishra	Jhanjharpur
(7)		Karpoori Thakur	Samastipur	30 June 1980	12 February 1988	7 years, 227 days	8th (1980 election)	Janata Party (Secular)
			Sonbarsha				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
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
				15 March 2000	28 March 2004		12th (2000 election)
17		Upendra Kushwaha	Jandaha	29 March 2004	5 March 2005	341 days		Janata Dal (United)

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

No	Portrait	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
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		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		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
(7)		Babulal Marandi[9][10]	Dhanwar	6 March 2025	Incumbent	267 days	6th (2024 election)

• List of chief ministers of Jharkhand
• List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• List of deputy chief ministers of Jharkhand
• List of speakers of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• List of leaders of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

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