In charts: JMM-led INDIA bloc in pole position for Jharkhand

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Early counting numbers from the Election Commission of India (ECI) indicate that the incumbent JMM-INC combine has nosed ahead of the BJP-AJSUP combine in the race to form the next government in the state. Based on the ECI data, here are five charts that capture the election results of Jharkhand as they stand at 10.45am.

At 10.45am, the ECI put out data about all the 81 seats in the state legislature. The incumbent Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was the single largest party, leading in 30 of the seats. It was closely followed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was leading in 26 seats.

However, as a combine, the INDIA bloc, led by the JMM and Indian National Congress (INC), was leading in 49 seats. While the JMM, INC, and the BJP were maintaining their seat tallies, an outperformer from the INDIA bloc was the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which increased its count from one in 2019 to five in 2024. In terms of alliances, the INDIA bloc is relatively more distributed among partners than the NDA, where the BJP is a significant mainstay.

This also reflects in the vote share numbers for the state. The BJP was the leading party, with a vote share of 31.9% at 10.45am. Along with its main ally in the state, the All Jharkhand Students Union Party (AJSUP), this increases to 35.9%.

However, this was lower than the 43.8% vote share that the four main partners of the INDIA bloc had cobbled up. For the INDIA bloc, this is also an increase over the 36.5% total vote share that these four partners secured in the 2019 election. In early counting, the alliances seemed to be working well for the INDIA bloc, though the INC was the weak link there.