CM Hemant Soren-led party emerged as the single largest in Jharkhand that secured 34 assembly seats. JMM chief is set for term 2 as the party steered the INDIA bloc to victory.

In Gandey, Hemant Soren’s wife, Kalpana Soren, was leading with over 13,000 votes. While Kalpana Soren secured 1,11,618 of the total votes counted, the BJP’s Muniya Devi was trailing behind with 98,562 votes.

JMM-led coalition is leading in Jharkhand and has crossed majority mark. These polls show that CM's 5-months jail term in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged land scam failed to malign his image.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Hemant Soren won the Barhait seat with total votes 95612. Soren won with a voting margin of 39791 votes against Bharatiya Janata Party's Gamliyel Hembrom. Barhait Assembly seat is one of the 3 assembly seats in the Sahebganj district of Jharkhand.

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I.N.D.I.A leads with 51 seats, overtaking NDA. Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s JMM aims to retain power amid predictions favoring both alliances. Key candidates include Hemant Soren and Babulal Marandi.

Soren has previously won this seat in the 2014 and 2019 elections, and he was hoping to retain his position in this election. His victory in Barhait adds to his political success, and he remains a prominent figure in Jharkhand’s politics,

Despite multiple ups and downs in the past five years, including the arrest of Hemant Soren, the INDIA bloc defeated the BJP-led NDA with a comfortable majority.

The JMM-led INDIA bloc is poised to form the next government in Jharkhand, having crossed the majority mark of 41 seats in the 2024 Assembly elections. Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife, Kalpana Soren,

The turnout of women voters was four per cent more this time and their votes seem to have contributed decisively to the fate of the JMM candidates.