By Saturday’s unambiguous verdict, electors in Jharkhand reaffirmed their confidence in the JMM-led coalition ministry headed by Hemant Soren The coalition, which includes the Congress and Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD, fought the Assembly election under the INDIA Block banner which, however, excluded two Left parties, CPM and CPI They, therefore, fought the election on their own. Out of 81 assembly seats, Hemant Soren led INDIA Bloc coalition got 56 seats while the BJP got 24. The INDIA Bloc increased its seats by eight in 2024 polls compared to 2019 elections.

The decisive victory of the ruling coalition may be attributed to the popularity of the cash incentive scheme for them and the overwhelming support of the Muslim and Christian electors who as a matter of principle avoid BJP as the party plays divisive politics The chief minister's smart move well on time to get the cabinet to approve a hike in the cash assistance scheme for women to Rs 2,500 per month from December from Rs 1,000 also acted as a major inducement for the women voters BJP tried to make amends by announcing a cash assistance of Rs 2100 per month but that was of no avail as Soren settled for a higher amount.

If the BJP-led coalition's performance has belief it's expectation of wrestling power with a high-octane campaign it is also because of the poor show by its partner, All Jharkhand Students’ Union, which had been allowed by BJP to contest on 10 seats The trends indicated that AJSU may just manage to get one seats On the ruling side, RJD which has fared poorly in 2029, appears to considerably improved its performance this time round.

The results also indicate that the Kudmi youth leader Jairam Mahato, who showed some promise in the Lok Sabha elections, tried to be a serious contender by closing a political party and fielding candidates for over 70 seats. But, he has failed to make a mark. The contest has, therefore, been between The JMM-led coalition and the BJP-led coalition.

The results also suggest that electors have just ignored Hemant's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on charges of money laundering.

Both JMM and the Congress have by and large maintained their 2019 performance The defection of former JMM veteran Champai Soren to BJP does not appear to have helped it Champai was chief minister when Hemant was under arrest. Hemant’s wife Kalpana won in her seat. She was an active campaigner in the assembly polls.

According to political observers, with a much better performance to its credit, Lau Prasad Yadav's RJD will bargain hard for an important portfolio RJD had been seeking over 10 seats during the seat sharing talks, but JMM and the Congress were finally able to persuade that party to be content with six seats and trend indicated the party was leading in five seats.

An important political development marked this election In the second week of September last, after protracted negotiations, Marxist Coordination Committee which had a strong presence in the Dhanbad coal region under the leadership of late A K Roy, merged into the Communist Party of India -ML.(Liberation) CPI-ML (L) fielded, as INDIA Block constituent, candidates on four seats In one of these (Dhanwar), JMM too fielded its candidate as part of 'a friendly fight' The telecast results mentioned that Arup Chatterjee, originally of MCC, had won the Nirsa seat whose command area includes the famous Maithon and Panchet dams if DVC. (IPA Service)