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List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

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Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Assembly
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Seats81
Elections
First past the post
Last election
November 2024
Meeting place
A wide building with a dome on the central section
Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Ranchi
Jharkhand is located in eastern India
Location of Jharkhand (in red) within India

There are 81 constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the state of Jharkhand in Eastern India.[1] Its seat is at Ranchi,[2] the capital of the state,[3] and it sits for a term of five years unless it is dissolved early.[a][5]: 72  Jharkhand is India's fourteenth largest state by population[6]: 2  and the fifteenth largest by area.[7][8]

Constituency boundaries are periodically redrawn by the delimitation commission which tries to keep them as geographically compact areas, and with due consideration to existing boundaries of administrative units. The lastest census is used to draw the boundaries and every assembly constituency has to be completely within a parliamentary constituency.[9]: 4, Sect. 8–9  Jharkhand's constituencies are single-seat ones, and they each directly elect a representative[5]: 71, Ch. III, Art. 170, Sect. 1  based on a first past the post election.[10]

Jharkhand was formed in 2000 when the state of Bihar was split after the passage of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000. Its legislative assembly was formed out of the 81 constituencies that were in the new state.[11] Since the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs.[12][5]: 137  When the first delimitation happened in Jharkhand, based on the 2001 census, it was found that the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes was going to be reduced from 28 to 21. This led to wide-spread protests in the state,[13] leading to the President of India passing an order which meant that the 2006 delimitation would not be implemented in the state of Jharkhand.[14]: 26–27  According to the 2011 census of India the Scheduled Castes constitute 12.1%, while the Scheduled Tribes constitute 26.2% of the population of the state.[15]: 6  The Scheduled Castes have been granted a reservation of 9 seats in the assembly, while 28 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Tribes.[16]: 6 

Constituencies

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The ST-reserved constituencies of Jharkhand are located in its south-west and north-east while the SC-reserved constituencies are clustered in the center.
The constituencies of Jharkhand with their reservation status indicated by colour
Reservation
  Scheduled Castes (SC)
  Scheduled Tribes (ST)
Constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly[16]: 166–174 
No. Name Reservation District Lok Sabha
constituency 		Electorate
(2024)[17][18]
1 Rajmahal None Sahibganj Rajmahal 355,762
2 Borio ST 284,593
3 Barhait 225,885
4 Litipara Pakur 217,847
5 Pakur None 390,206
6 Maheshpur ST 240,084
7 Sikaripara Dumka Dumka 230,739
8 Nala None Jamtara 242,669
9 Jamtara 321,367
10 Dumka ST Dumka 259,784
11 Jama 225,112
12 Jarmundi None Godda 271,664
13 Madhupur Deoghar 368,385
14 Sarath Dumka 316,682
15 Deoghar SC Godda 437,732
16 Poreyahat None Godda 317,044
17 Godda 314,588
18 Mahagama 334,116
19 Kodarma Kodarma Kodarma 405,318
20 Barkatha Hazaribagh 388,713
21 Barhi Hazaribagh 335,144
22 Barkagaon Ramgarh 386,072
23 Ramgarh 356,993
24 Mandu Hazaribagh 431,452
25 Hazaribagh 439,552
26 Simaria SC Chatra Chatra 377,446
27 Chatra 427,699
28 Dhanwar None Giridih Kodarma 371,051
29 Bagodar 387,283
30 Jamua SC 359,336
31 Gandey None 319,910
32 Giridih Giridih 304,898
33 Dumri 316,248
34 Gomia Bokaro 313,744
35 Bermo 328,688
36 Bokaro Dhanbad 584,275
37 Chandankiyari SC 281,049
38 Sindri None Dhanbad 364,662
39 Nirsa 331,939
40 Dhanbad 467,636
41 Jharia 302,673
42 Tundi Giridih 319,441
43 Baghmara 295,391
44 Baharagora East Singhbhum Jamshedpur 239,900
45 Ghatsila ST 250,295
46 Potka 311,654
47 Jugsalai SC 353,447
48 Jamshedpur East None 336,423
49 Jamshedpur West 386,988
50 Ichagarh Seraikela Kharsawan Ranchi 289,382
51 Seraikella ST Singhbhum 369,562
52 Chaibasa West Singhbhum 233,698
53 Majhgaon 216,721
54 Jaganathpur 198,634
55 Manoharpur 221,411
56 Chakradharpur 208,581
57 Kharsawan Seraikela Kharsawan Khunti 227,503
58 Tamar Ranchi 218,637
59 Torpa Khunti 199,272
60 Khunti 225,809
61 Silli None Ranchi Ranchi 224,794
62 Khijri ST 374,945
63 Ranchi None 379,039
64 Hatia 526,189
65 Kanke SC 481,815
66 Mandar ST Lohardaga 379,903
67 Sisai Gumla 263,873
68 Gumla 247,953
69 Bishunpur 282,183
70 Simdega Simdega Khunti 243,593
71 Kolebira 210,037
72 Lohardaga Lohardaga Lohardaga 287,746
73 Manika Latehar Chatra 260,816
74 Latehar SC 308,236
75 Panki None Palamu 326,288
76 Daltonganj Palamu 402,626
77 Bishrampur 359,702
78 Chhatarpur SC 319,783
79 Hussainabad None 323,139
80 Garhwa Garhwa 419,614
81 Bhawanathpur 440,321

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A Legislative Assembly can be dissolved early, under Article 174 of the Indian Constitution, in a few situations including a Hung Assembly and the inability of any alliance to form a majority.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Parliament-Jharkhand Legislative Assembly". Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  2. ^ "PM Modi Opens India's First Paperless Legislative Assembly In Jharkhand". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 12 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2025. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the newly constructed building of the Jharkhand Assembly at Kute gram in Ranchi.
  3. ^ "Ranchi district - About district". National Informatics Centre. Government of Jharkhand. 17 December 2025. Archived from the original on 18 November 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025. Ranchi, in its modern form, is the capital city of the Indian state of Jharkhand.
  4. ^ Yashvardhan Tailor. "Power of Governor to dissolve State Assembly under Article 174 of the Indian constitution" (PDF). Indian Journal of Integrated Research in Law. 5 (3): 2. ISSN 2583-0538. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b c "The Constitution of India [As on 9th December, 2020]" (PDF). Legislative Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Population and decadal change by residence : 2011 (Persons)" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Official Website of Government of Jharkhand". Government of Jharkhand. Archived from the original on 18 December 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025. Jharkhand ... is the 15th largest State by area, and the 14th largest by population
  8. ^ "TABLE 2.1- Area and population by States (Census-2011)". Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  9. ^ "The Delimitation Act, 2002" (PDF). www.indiacode.nic.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  10. ^ Khaitan, Tarunabh (8 May 2019). "Ranked-choice voting system could deepen democracy, prevent polarisation". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2025. Elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas take place under the first-past-the-post (FPP) system.
  11. ^ "The Bihar Legislature - A historical perspective" (PDF). Bihar Legislative Assembly. 25 February 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  12. ^ Kumar, K Shiva (17 February 2020). "Reserved uncertainty or deserved certainty? Reservation debate back in Mysuru". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Delimitation commission postpones Jharkhand visit after protests". Two Circles. IANS. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 30 December 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  14. ^ Gautam Pingali (2022). "The socio-economic, political, and cultural displacement of Adivasis: Implications of industrialisation, urbanisation, and gentrification in Jharkhand" (PDF). Journal of Adivasi and Indigenous Studies. 12 (1). ISSN 2394-5524. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2025. resulting in the President of India passing an order to say that the delimitation of 2006 would not apply in the state of Jharkhand
  15. ^ "2011 Census Primary Census Abstract" (PDF). Censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  17. ^ "1st Phase Elector" (PDF). ceo.jharkhand.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 January 2025.
  18. ^ "2nd Phase Elector" (PDF). ceo.jharkhand.gov.in.
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