Political parties in Jharkhand

A number of political parties operate in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Some of them are organised nationally, and others within the region.

Major national parties

No.	Symbol	Party	Leader	Strength (in recent elections)			Ref.
No.	Symbol	Party	Leader	Vidhan Sabha	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha	Ref.
1		Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	Babulal Marandi	21 / 81	8 / 14	3 / 6	^[1]
2		Indian National Congress (INC)	Keshav Mahto Kamlesh	16 / 81	2 / 14	0 / 6	^[2]

Minor national-level parties

No.	Symbol	Party	Leader	Strength (in recent elections)			Ref.
No.	Symbol	Party	Leader	Vidhan Sabha	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha	Ref.
1		Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM)	Prakash Viplab	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[3]
2		Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	Mayawati	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
3		Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)	Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh^{[verification needed]}	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[4]

Regional parties

No.	Symbol	Party	Leader	Strength (in recent elections)			Ref.
No.	Symbol	Party	Leader	Vidhan Sabha	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha	Ref.
1		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)	Hemant Soren	34 / 81	3 / 14	3 / 6	^[5]
2		Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)	Abhay Kumar Singh	4 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[6]
3		Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPIMLL)	Manoj Bhakt	2 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
4		All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU)	Sudesh Mahto	1 / 81	1 / 14	0 / 6	^[7]
5		Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM)	Jairam Kumar Mahato	1 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[8]^[9]^[10]
6		Janata Dal (United) (JDU)	Khiru Mahto	1 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[11]
7		Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)	Birendra Prasad Pradhan	1 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
8		All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC)	Kameshwar Baitha	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[12]
9		Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP (SP))		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[13]
10		Communist Party of India (CPI)	Mahendra Pathak	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[14]
11		Jharkhand People's Party (JPP)	Surya Singh Besra	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[15]
12		Jharkhand Party	Ajit Kumar	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
13		Jharkhand Party (Anosh Ekka)	Anosh Ekka	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[16]
14		Jharkhand Party (Horo)	Late Niral Enem Horo	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[17]
15		Jharkhand Party (Naren)	Naren	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[18]
16		United Jharkhand Party (UJP)	Late Justin Richard	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
17		All India Jharkhand Party (AIJP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
18		Hul Jharkhand Party (HJP)	Late Justin Richard	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
19		Birsa Seva Dal (BSD)	Lalit Kuzur	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
20		All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[19]
21		All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)	Arun Mondal	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
22		Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C))	Robin Samajpati	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
23		Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
24		Aam Awam Morcha (AAM)	Ram Naresh Yadav	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
25		Rashtriya Jankranti Morcha (RJM)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[20]
26		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Ulgulan (JMM-U)	Krishna Mardi	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^{[citation needed]}
27		Jharkhand Jan Kranti Morcha (JJKM)	Amrendra Kumar (Munni)	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^{[citation needed]}
28		Progressive Hul Jharkhand Party (PHJP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^{[citation needed]}
29		Rajya Hul Jharkhand Party (RHJP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^{[citation needed]}
30		Rashtriya Sengel Party (RSP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^{[citation needed]}
31		Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) (ASP-KR)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
32		Samajwadi Party (SP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
33		Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP)	Prem Shankar Shahi Munda	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
34		Sampoorna Bharat Kranti Party (SBKP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[21]
35		Adivasi-Moolvasi Janadhikar Manch (AMJM)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^{[citation needed]}
36		Ambedkar National Congress (ANC)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
37		Rashtriya Samanta Dal (RSD)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
38		Samata Party (SP)	Uday Mandal	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
39		Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
40		Right to Recall Party (RTRP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
41		Ambedkarite Party of India (API)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
42		Peoples Party of India (Democratic) (PPID)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[22]
43		Lokhit Adhikar Party		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
44		Azad Adhikar Sena (AAS)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
45		Bhartiya Azad Sena (BAS)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
46		Hindustani Awam Manch (United) (HAM-U)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
47		Rashtriya Deshaj Party (RDP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
48		Bhartiya Janjagran Gandhiwadi Party (BJGP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
49		Indian National Socialistic Action Forces (INSAF)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
50		Rashtriya Jansangharsh Swaraj Party (RJSP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
51		Republican Party of India (A)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
52		Swatantra Rashtravadi Party (SRP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
53		Bhagidari Party(P)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
54		Rashtriya Suraksha Party (RSP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
55		Rashtriya Jaihind Party (RJP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
56		Mera Adhikaar Rashtriya Dal (MARD)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
57		Akhil Bharatiya Socialist Party		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
58		Bharatiya Sarvjan Vikas Party (BSVP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
59		Abua Jharkhand Party (AJP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
60		Sadan Vikas Party (SVP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
61		Akhil Bhartiya Aarakshit Samaj Party (ABASP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
62		Aadarsh Sangram Party (ASP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
63		Hindustan Peoples Party (Democratic)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
64		Rashtriya Republican Party (RRP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
65		Akhil Bharatiya Jharkhand Party (ABJP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
66		Lok Jan Vikas Morcha		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
67		Gondvana Gantantra Party (GGP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
68		Navyug Pragatisheel Morcha (NPM)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
69		Johaar Party (JP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
70		Jagrook Janta Party (JJP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
71		Swabhiman Party (SP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
72		Jai Maha Bharath Party (JMBP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
73		Aapki Vikas Party (AVP)		0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6
74		Jharkhand Bachao Kranti Sena Samiti (JBKSS)	Sanjay Mehta	0 / 81	0 / 14	0 / 6	^[23]

Defunct regional parties

No.	Party	Founder	Leader	Defunct Year	Reason
1	Marxist Co-ordination Committee (MCC)	A. K. Roy	Arup Chatterjee	2024	Merged into CPI(ML)L
2	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM-P)	Babulal Marandi	Babulal Marandi	2020	Merged into BJP
3	Jai Bharat Samanta Party (JBSP)	Madhu Koda	Madhu Koda	2018	Merged into INC
4	Jharkhand Disom Party (JDP)	Salkhan Murmu	Salkhan Murmu	2014	Merged into BJP
5	Jharkhand Vananchal Congress (JVC)	Samresh Singh	Samresh Singh		Merged into BSP
6	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (B) (JMM-B)	Binod Bihari Mahato	Binod Bihari Mahato		Merged into JMM
7	Jharkhand Vikas Dal (JVD)	Suraj Mandal	Suraj Mandal		Merged into BJP
8	Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch (JJM)	Bandhu Tirkey	Bandhu Tirkey
9	United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP)	Churchill Alemao
10	Rastriya Kalyan Pakshya (RKP)	Chamra Linda	Chamra Linda		Merged into JMM
11	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Suraj Mandal) (JMM-SM)	Suraj Mandal	Suraj Mandal		Merged into JMM
12	Bihar Progressive Hul Jharkhand Party (BPHJP)	Shibu Soren	Shibu Soren		Merged into JMM

References

^ "BJP Jharkhand Jharkhand Pradesh". Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ "Rajesh Thakur is new Jharkhand Congress president". Hindustan Times. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ "Jharkhand". Communist Party of India (Marxist). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ "पंजाब के बाद झारखंड पर आम आदमी पार्टी की नजर, दिल्ली मॉडल से लड़ेगी चुनाव". ETV Bharat News. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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^ "Jharkhand election result 2019: List of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) winners". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ "All Jharkhand Students Union: Latest News & Videos, Photos about All Jharkhand Students Union | The Economic Times - Page 1". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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^ "JDU to Announce Party's Jharkhand Chief on Tuesday". News18. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ "Kameshwar Baitha made Trinamool Congress Jharkhand unit chief". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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List of parties in Jharkhand

[1] "BJP Jharkhand Jharkhand Pradesh". Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[2] "Rajesh Thakur is new Jharkhand Congress president". Hindustan Times. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[3] "Jharkhand". Communist Party of India (Marxist). Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[4] "पंजाब के बाद झारखंड पर आम आदमी पार्टी की नजर, दिल्ली मॉडल से लड़ेगी चुनाव". ETV Bharat News. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[5] "Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) : Financial Information (Donation & Income-Expenditure)". myneta.info. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[6] "Jharkhand election result 2019: List of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) winners". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[7] "All Jharkhand Students Union: Latest News & Videos, Photos about All Jharkhand Students Union | The Economic Times - Page 1". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[8] Bhelari, Amit (24 November 2024). "Emerging leader Jairam Tiger Mahto plays spoilsport for NDA in Jharkhand polls". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

[9] "How Jairam Mahto's JKLM emerged as game-changer in Jharkhand Assembly polls". India Today. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

[10] "Regional outfit gets party status". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

[11] "JDU to Announce Party's Jharkhand Chief on Tuesday". News18. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[12] "Kameshwar Baitha made Trinamool Congress Jharkhand unit chief". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[13] "Lone NCP MLA from Jharkhand meets Pawar". Deccan Herald. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[14] "झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव : CPI के प्रत्याशियों के नाम तय, घोषणा आज". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[15] "Jharkhand People's Party releases first list of candidates". News18. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[16] "NOTA performs better than parties of Madhu Koda and Anosh Ekka". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[17] "पौलुस सुरीन ने झारखंड पार्टी एनई होरो गुट की सदस्यता ग्रहण की". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 18 November 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[18] "IndiaVotes AC: Party performance over elections - Jharkhand Party (Naren)". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[19] Lasania, Yunus Y. (23 December 2019). "AIMIM fails to open account in Jharkhand state polls". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[20] "IndiaVotes AC: Party performance over elections - Rashtriya Jankranti Morcha". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[21] "Sampoorna Bharat Kranti Party". Retrieved 2 March 2025.

[22] "Peoples Party of India (Democratic)". www.ppid.in. Retrieved 2 March 2025.

[23] "जेबीकेएसएस - झारखंड बचाओ क्रांति सेना समिति". www.jbkssjharkhand.in. Retrieved 20 September 2024.

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Major national parties

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