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 (55)  JMM (33)  INC (16)  RJD (4)  CPI(ML)L (2) Official Opposition  NDA (24)  BJP (21)  JD(U) (1)  LJP(RV) (1)  AJSU (1) Other Opposition  JLKM (1) Vacant   Vacant (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.

Before independence, Bihar was part of the largerBihar and Orissa province, which was divided into two separate provinces on 1 April 1936. TheGovernment of India Act 1935 introduced a bicameral legislature in Bihar, with aLegislative Assembly and a Legislative Council, headed by thePremier.Shri Krishna Sinha became the first Premier in 1937, leading a government formed by theIndian National Congress. He continued as Bihar’s leader after independence, becoming the firstchief minister in 1946. The role of premier was replaced by the chief minister after India's independence in 1947, with Bihar’s political leadership transitioning to a newdemocratic framework.^[4][5]

No.[d]	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Party
			Took office	Left office	Tenure
1		Mohammad Yunus	1 April 1937	19 July 1937	109 days	Muslim Independent Party
2		Shri Krishna Sinha	20 July 1937	31 October 1939	2 years, 103 days	Indian National Congress
			23 March 1946	14 August 1947	1 year, 144 days

Colour key for political parties

• No.: Incumbent number
• ^§ Assassinated or died in office
• ^RES Resigned
• ^NC Resigned following ano-confidence motion

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Deputy Chief Minister(s) (Term in office)	Government	Appointed by (Governor)
1			Shri Krishna Sinha (1887–1961) Member, Interim Assembly (until 1952) MLA forBasantpur (1952–1957) MLASheikhpura (from 1957)	15 August 1947	31 January 1961[†]	13 years, 169 days	1946 (Interim)	Indian National Congress	Anugrah Narayan Sinha (26 Jan. 1950 – 5 Jul. 1957) Position vacant (5 Jul. 1957 – 31 Jan. 1961)	Shri Krishna I	Jairamdas Daulatram
							1952 (1st)			Shri Krishna II	Madhav Shrihari Aney
							1957 (3rd)			Shri Krishna III	R. R. Diwakar
2			Deep Narayan Singh (1894–1977) MLA forHajipur	1 February 1961	18 February 1961	17 days			Position vacant (31 Jan. 1961 – 5 Mar. 1967)	Deep Narayan	Zakir Husain
3			Binodanand Jha (1900–1971) MLA forRajmahal	18 February 1961	2 October 1963	2 years, 226 days				Jha I
							1962 (3rd)			Jha II
4			Krishna Ballabh Sahay (1898–1974) MLA forPatna West	2 October 1963	5 March 1967	3 years, 154 days				Sahay	M. A. Ayyangar
5			Mahamaya Prasad Sinha (1909–1987) MLA forPatna West	5 March 1967	28 January 1968	329 days	1967 (4th)	Jana Kranti Dal	Karpoori Thakur (5 Mar. 1967 – 28 Jan. 1968)	Mahamaya
6			Satish Prasad Singh (1936–2020) MLA forParbatta	28 January 1968	1 February 1968	4 days		Shoshit Dal	Jagdeo Prasad (28 Jan. 1968 – 1 Feb. 1968)	Satish Prasad	Nityanand Kanungo
7			B. P. Mandal (1918–1982) MLC	1 February 1968	22 March 1968	50 days			Position vacant (1 Feb. 1968 – 29 Jun. 1968)	Mandal
8			Bhola Paswan Shastri (1914–1984) MLA forKorha	22 March 1968	29 June 1968	99 days		Indian National Congress		Shastri I
President's rule was imposed in during the period (29 June 1968 – 26 February 1969)
9			Harihar Singh (1925–1994) MLA forNayagram	26 February 1969	22 June 1969	116 days	1969 (5th)	Indian National Congress	Position vacant (26 Feb. 1969 – 4 Jul. 1969)	Harihar	Nityanand Kanungo
(8)			Bhola Paswan Shastri (1914–1984) MLA forKorha	22 June 1969	4 July 1969	12 days		Indian National Congress (O)		Shastri II
President's rule was imposed in during the period (6 July 1969 – 16 February 1970)
10			Daroga Prasad Rai (1922–1981) MLA forParsa	16 February 1970	22 December 1970	309 days	– (5th)	Indian National Congress (R)	Position vacant (16 Feb. 1970 – 2 Jun. 1971)	Rai	Nityanand Kanungo
11			Karpoori Thakur (1924–1988) MLA forSamastipur	22 December 1970	2 June 1971	162 days		Socialist Party		Thakur I
(8)			Bhola Paswan Shastri (1914–1984) MLA forKorha	2 June 1971	9 January 1972	221 days		Indian National Congress (R)	Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav (2 Jun. 1971 – 9 Jan. 1972)	Shastri III	D. K. Barooah
President's rule was imposed in during the period (9 January – 19 March 1972)
12			Kedar Pandey (1920–1982) MLA forNautan	19 March 1972	2 July 1973	1 year, 105 days	1972 (6th)	Indian National Congress (R)	Position vacant (19 Mar. 1972 – 30 Apr. 1977)	Pandey	D. K. Barooah
13			Abdul Ghafoor (1918–2004) MLC	2 July 1973	11 April 1975	1 year, 283 days				Ghafoor	R. D. Bhandare
14			Jagannath Mishra (1937–2019) MLA forJhanjharpur	11 April 1975	30 April 1977	2 years, 19 days				Mishra I
President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 24 June 1977)
(11)			Karpoori Thakur (1924–1988) MLA forPhulparas	24 June 1977	21 April 1979	1 year, 301 days	1977 (7th)	Janata Party	Position vacant (24 Jun. 1977 – 17 Feb. 1980)	Thakur II	Jagannath Kaushal
15			Ram Sundar Das (1921–2015) MLA forSonpur	21 April 1979	17 February 1980	302 days				Das
President's rule was imposed in during the period (14 February – 8 June 1980)
(14)			Jagannath Mishra (1937–2019) MLA forJhanjharpur	8 June 1980	14 August 1983	3 years, 67 days	1980 (8th)	Indian National Congress (I)	Position vacant (8 Jun. 1980 – 28 Mar. 1995)	Mishra II	A. R. Kidwai
16			Chandrashekhar Singh (1927–1986) MLC	14 August 1983	12 March 1985	1 year, 210 days				Chandrashekhar
17			Bindeshwari Dubey (1921–1993) MLA forShahpur	12 March 1985	13 February 1988	2 years, 338 days	1985 (9th)			Dubey
18			Bhagwat Jha Azad (1922–2011) MLC	13 February 1988	10 March 1989	1 year, 25 days				Azad	P. Venkatasubbaiah
19			Satyendra Narayan Sinha (1917–2006) MLC	11 March 1989	6 December 1989	270 days				Satyendra	Jagannath Pahadia
(14)			Jagannath Mishra (1937–2019) MLA forJhanjharpur	6 December 1989	10 March 1990	94 days				Mishra III
20			Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 1948) MLC	10 March 1990	28 March 1995	5 years, 18 days	1990 (10th)	Janata Dal		Yadav I	Mohammad Yunus Saleem
President's rule was imposed in during the period (28 March – 4 April 1995)
(20)			Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 1948) MLA forRaghopur	4 April 1995	25 July 1997	2 years, 112 days	1995 (11th)	Janata Dal	Position vacant (4 Apr. 1995 – 11 Feb. 1999)	Yadav II	A. R. Kidwai
								Rashtriya Janata Dal
21			Rabri Devi (born 1955) MLC	25 July 1997	11 February 1999	1 year, 201 days				Rabri I
President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 February – 9 March 1999)
(21)			Rabri Devi (born 1955) MLC	9 March 1999	2 March 2000	359 days	– (11th)	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Position vacant (9 Mar. 1999 – 6 Mar. 2005)	Rabri II	Sunder Singh Bhandari
22			Nitish Kumar (born 1951) MLC	3 March 2000	10 March 2000	7 days	2000 (12th)	Samata Party		Kumar I	V. C. Pande
(21)			Rabri Devi (born 1955) MLA forRaghopur	11 March 2000	6 March 2005	4 years, 360 days		Rashtriya Janata Dal		Rabri III

==List==

• ^† 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[e]
(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[e]
(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[e]
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, 114 days		Hemant III
				2024 (6th)					Hemant IV

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	234 days	6th (2024 election)

• List of chief ministers of Jharkhand
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• List of deputy chief ministers of Jharkhand
• List of speakers of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
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