About Jharkhand Lok Sabha Election Results
Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand were held in four phases on May 13, 20, 25 and June 1. In the 2019 general elections, the BJP had bagged 11 seats, while its ally AJSU had secured one. Both the JMM and Congress had won one seat each.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, The Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP had a landslide victory, winning 12 of the 14 parliamentary seats. The Congress and its ally - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM - had won only 2 seats. Some areas in Jharkhand are adversely affected due to the Maoist insurgency which is prevalent in neighboring states as well. Security has been heightened across Jharkhand to ensure safe and secure elections in the state.
Jharkhand, India's 28th state, was formed in the year 2000, and came into existence by the Bihar reorganization Act on November 15 that year. Jharkhand, in eastern India, is a mineral-rich state having resources such as uranium, coal, iron, copper, mica, bauxite, granite, gold, silver, graphite, quartz, etc. With more than 30 per cent of the state being forest land, Jharkhand is among the states which have the highest forest cover in India. According to the 2011 census, it has an approximate overall population of around 3.2 crore (32 million) people. Jharkhand's capital is Ranchi.
In the Parliament of India, Jharkhand is represented by 14 seats in the Lok Sabha. These 14 Lok Sabha seats or parliamentary constituencies are: Palamu, Chatra, Lohardaga, Hazaribagh, Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti, Jamshedpur, Singhbhum, Giridih, Dhanbad, Dumka, Godda, and Rajmahal. Each of these 14 regions in the state is represented by one seat each in the Lok Sabha, and the elected representative from these seats are known as Members of Parliament or MPs.
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