Exit Polls Jharkhand Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Pollsters predict NDA ahead in close fight with JMM+

Exit Poll Results Jharkhand Election 2024 Live Updates: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance had clinched the 2019 Assembly elections and had formed the government under Hemant Soren.

Jharkhand Assembly Election Exit Poll Results 2024 Live: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and BJP leader Champai Soren. (File Photo)

Jharkhand Exit Poll 2024 LIVE Updates: As the second and the last phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections ended today, the pollsters predict a close fight between JMM-led INDIA and NDA alliance in Jharkhand. The focus is on the ruling JMM-led INDIA which is seeking to retain power, while the BJP-led NDA is hoping to oust the Soren government in the state. The second phase elections kicked off on Wednesday with 38 of the 81 seats going to polls. The first phase of polling took place in Jharkhand on November 13.

What happened in the 2019 election? The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance had clinched the 2019 Assembly elections and had formed the government under Hemant Soren. Of the 38 seats that voted on Wednesday, JMM had won in 13 in 2019. Allies Congress and CPI(ML)L had won eight and one seats, respectively. The BJP won 12 seats; its now ally All Jharkhand Students’ Union Party (AJSUP) won two, and the erstwhile Babulal Marandi-led Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM), which merged with the BJP in 2020, won another two seats.

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Here’s what the exit polls say about Jharkhand:

Pollster	BJP	JMM+	Others
Matrize	42-47	25-30	1-4
Axis My India	17-27	49-59	1-6
Peoples Pulse	44-53	25-37	5-9
Times Now-JVC	40-44	30-40	1-1
Chanakya Strategies	45-50	35-38	3-5
Dainik Bhaskar	37-40	36-39	0-2
P-Marq	31-40	37-47	1-6
Electoral Edge	32	42	7

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Key contestants in the second phase of the 2024 Jharkhand Assembly elections include Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who is pitted against Gamaliel Hembrom of the BJP in Barhait; AJSUP chief Sudesh Mahato is challenging former MLA Amit Mahato of JMM in Silli; CM’s wife Kalpana Soren is taking on Muniya Devi from BJP in Gandey; in Jamtara Shibu Soren’s daughter-in-law Sita Soren, who is a BJP candidate, is going against sitting MLA Irfan Ansari of Congress in Jama.

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Nov 20, 2024 08:43 PM IST

Jharkhand Assembly Election Exit Poll Result 2024 Live: 'Exit polls are just exit polls, actual results will be shocking,' says JMM leader Manoj Pandey

Speaking about the exit polls predictions, JMM leader Manoj Pandey said, "Exit polls are just exit polls...but the actual results that are going to come will be shocking. We will have 55+ seats...look at the excitement of people, look at the increase in voting percentage. BJP did not have a topic but we were moving forward with the issues of people..."

#watch | Ranchi, Jharkhand: On exit polls, JMM leader Manoj Pandey says, " ...Exit polls are just exit polls...but the actual results that are going to come will be shocking. We will 55+ seats...look at the excitement of people, look at the increase in voting percentage. You… pic.twitter.com/n7WZJE3lxN
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Nov 20, 2024 08:39 PM IST

Jharkhand Assembly Election Exit Poll Result 2024 Live: JMM-INDIA alliance has always swept polls, says Cong leader Subodh Kant Sahay

Congress leader Subodh Kant Sahay said, "The areas where polling took place in the second phase of elections, JMM-INDIA alliance has always swept polls and BJP ever got even one seat... JMM's tally will only increase. not reduce. BJP could not raise even one issue during their campaign based on which they could claim to bring change...Hemant Soren will certainly become the CM again."

#watch | On Jharkhand elections, Congress leader Subodh Kant Sahay says, "The areas where polling took place in the second phase of elections, JMM-INDIA alliance has always swept polls and BJP ever got even one seat. JMM's tally will only increase. not reduce. BJP could not raise… pic.twitter.com/3bFYAsLXN8
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Nov 20, 2024 07:47 PM IST

Jharkhand Assembly Election Exit Poll Result 2024 Live: We believe in 'exact polls', not the exit polls: Former Congress chief Rajesh Thakur

Reacting to exit polls surveys, Former Congress chief Rajesh Thakur said, "There is a difference between 'exit poll' and 'exact poll'...and from what we have seen in the last elections, there is no value of exit polls now. We believe in 'exact polls', not the exit polls... Whatever the decision would be on November 23, we will respect it..."

#watch | Bokaro: On #jharkhandelection2024 Exit Polls, former State Congress chief Rajesh Thakur says, "We believe in 'exact polls', not the exit polls... Whatever the decision would be on November 23, we will respect it..." pic.twitter.com/T1xg9v63w7
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Nov 20, 2024 06:31 PM IST

Jharkhand Assembly Election Exit Poll Result 2024 Live: 68% voter turnout till 5 PM in final phase of Jharkhand assembly polls

68 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 PM on Wednesday in 38 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand where voting in the second and final phase ended, officials said.

Polling began at 7 AM in 14,218 booths across 12 districts and continued till 5 PM.

The officials said polling in 31 booths ended at 4 PM though people standing in the queue at that time were allowed to exercise their franchise.

Nov 20, 2024 05:31 PM IST

Jharkhand Assembly Election Exit Poll Result 2024 Live: Date, time, and where to watch Jharkhand exit polls

In Jharkhand, voters headed to the polls for the second phase of elections, covering the remaining 38 seats of the 81-seat assembly. The ruling JMM-led INDIA bloc is aiming to retain power, while the opposition BJP-headed NDA hopes to wrest control.

The exit polls will begin to air after 6 pm on November 20. While exit polls will offer initial insights into the likely winners, it’s important to note that these results are based on surveys conducted after voting ends, not the official outcome.

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Nov 20, 2024 04:56 PM IST

Jharkhand Assembly Election Exit Poll Result 2024 Live: Jharkhand: An electoral history

Seven politicians have become Chief Minister of Jharkhand since the state was carved out of Bihar in 2000, but only one — Raghubar Das — has had an unbroken five years in the position. No party has won a majority of its own in the five Assemblies elected in the state so far. The BJP and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) have remained the dominant political players in the state.

Idea of Jharkhand

A sub-committee of the Constituent Assembly on excluded and partially-excluded areas (other than Assam) that looked at the question of drawing up a scheme for the administration of tribal and backward areas, had very briefly considered a suggestion to create a new province in South Bihar.

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