Jharkhand result signals RJD revival as party bags 4 of 6 seats it contested

RJD’s Sanjay Prasad Yadav won Godda by a borderline of 21,471 votes, defeating BJP’s sitting MLA Amit Kumar Mandal. In 2019, Mandal had defeated Sanjay Prasad by 4,512 votes.

In SC-reserved Deoghar, RJD’s Suresh Paswan defeated BJP’s sitting MLA Narayan Das by 39,721 votes. In Hussainabad, RJD’s Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav defeated BJP’s Kamlesh Kumar Singh by 34,364 votes.

In Koderma, BJP’s sitting MLA Neera Yadav defeated RJD’s Subhash Prasad Yadav by a borderline of 5,815 votes. An Independent candidate, Shalini Gupta, played the spoilsport for RJD; she got 69,537 votes to enactment astatine the 3rd position.

The RJD faced decision successful Chatra constituency wherever its campaigner Rashmi Prakash mislaid to Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) campaigner Janardhan Paswan by 18,401 votes.

Prakash is the daughter-in-law of authorities curate Satyanand Bhokta, who won the spot successful 2019. Chatra is an SC-reserved spot and aft his caste was named connected the ST database a mates of years ago, Bhokta fielded his daughter-in-law who belongs to the SC assemblage connected the RJD ticket.

The BJP gave the Chatra spot to its NDA state LJP (Ram Vilas) which fielded Janardan Paswan who had mislaid the predetermination to the constituency connected a BJP summons successful 2019. Janardan Paswan joined the LJP past period only.

The Jharkhand predetermination effect has fixed a anticipation of revival to the RJD, whose show successful the authorities was perpetually declining since the enactment of the state. In the archetypal Assembly elections held successful 2005, the RJD had contested 51 seats and won seven. In the adjacent elections successful 2009, the enactment contested 56 seats and won lone five. In 2014, the enactment contested connected 14 seats and failed to triumph immoderate seat. In 2019, the RJD contested connected 7 seats and won lone 1 — Chatra.

RJD’s Jharkhand spokesperson Rakesh Sharma said, “This is the triumph of the strategy of INDIA bloc and our unity. Our voters stayed consolidated due to the fact that they had decided — na katenge na batenge.” He said the RJD would person won Chatra spot excessively but interior sabotage caused the party’s decision there.

A JMM person said the RJD improved its tally and the Congress maintained its spot successful the Jharkhand Assembly due to the fact that the tribal voters maintained their spot successful Chief Minister Hemant Soren.