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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A total of 13 candidates were in the fray for the Barhait Assembly seat including several independents. Some of the key candidates being-- Basant Soren (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha), Babu Ram Murmu (Bahujan Samaj Party), Sunil Soren (Bharatiya Janata Party), Jitan Kol (Sampoorna Bharat Kranti Party), Ronald Murmu (Lokhit Adhikar Party), Sanjay Tudu (Indian National Socialistic Action Forces), Anos Marandi (Independent), Donald Hembrom (Independent), Masicharan Kisku (Independent), Mahendra Hembrom (Independent).



 


JMM executive president Hemant Soren had won from Dumka constituency in 2019 state assembly elections. Soren took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand for third time in July this year after Champai Soren resigned from the Chief Minister’s chair.


Jharkhand's ruling alliance comprising the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and CPI-ML, stormed into power, thereby claiming stakes to form the second consecutive government. 


This is for the first time in the state's political history that the incumbent government is retaining power for the second term because no government has ever been re-elected in the state. 


Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024 recorded a voter turnout of 67.74 percent, the highest since the formation of the state in 2000. The polling was held in two phases -- 43 seats on November 13, and 38 seats on November 20.


 


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