Profile of the 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

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Profile of the 5^th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

The results of the elections to the 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly were declared yesterday.  There are 81 assembly seats in the state.  In this context, we analyse data on the profile of the incoming Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and compare it with the previous Assembly.
JMM has the highest representation with 30 MLAs
Political Party 2014 2019 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 19 30 Bharatiya Janata Party 37 25 Indian National Congress 6 16 Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) 8 3 AJSU Party 5 2 Independent 0 2 Communist Party of India (ML) (Liberation) 1 1	Political Party 2014 2019 Nationalist Congress Party 0 1 Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 1 Bahujan Samaj Party 1 0 Jai Bharat Samanta Party 1 0 Jharkhand Party 1 0 Marxist Co-Ordination 1 0 Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha 1 0
Sharp reduction in the number of young MLAs
63% of the MLAs have at least a bachelors degree

Sources: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in); Candidate Affidavits uploaded on ECI; PRS.

 

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