List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

There are 81 constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the state of Jharkhand in Eastern India. Its seat is at Ranchi, the capital of the state, and it sits for a term of five years unless it is dissolved early.^: 72 Jharkhand is India's fourteenth largest state by population^: 2 and the fifteenth largest by area.

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
6th Jharkhand Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
Seats	81
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	November 2024
Meeting place
Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Ranchi

Constituency boundaries are periodically redrawn by the delimitation commission which tries to keep them as geographically compact areas, and with due consideration to existing boundaries of administrative units. The lastest census is used to draw the boundaries and every assembly constituency has to be completely within a parliamentary constituency.^{: 4, Sect. 8–9} Jharkhand's constituencies are single-seat ones, and they each directly elect a representative^{: 71, Ch. III, Art. 170, Sect. 1} based on a first past the post election.

Jharkhand was formed in 2000 when the state of Bihar was split after the passage of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000. Its legislative assembly was formed out of the 81 constituencies that were in the new state. Since the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs.^: 137 When the first delimitation happened in Jharkhand, based on the 2001 census, it was found that the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes was going to be reduced from 28 to 21. This led to wide-spread protests in the state, leading to the President of India passing an order which meant that the 2006 delimitation would not be implemented in the state of Jharkhand.^: 26–27 According to the 2011 census of India the Scheduled Castes constitute 12.1%, while the Scheduled Tribes constitute 26.2% of the population of the state.^: 6 The Scheduled Castes have been granted a reservation of 9 seats in the assembly, while 28 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Tribes.^: 6

Constituencies

Reservation   Scheduled Castes (SC)   Scheduled Tribes (ST)

Constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly^{: 166–174}

No.	Name	Reservation	District	Lok Sabha constituency	Electorate (2024)
1	Rajmahal	None	Sahibganj	Rajmahal	355,762
2	Borio	ST			284,593
3	Barhait				225,885
4	Litipara		Pakur		217,847
5	Pakur	None			390,206
6	Maheshpur	ST			240,084
7	Sikaripara		Dumka	Dumka	230,739
8	Nala	None	Jamtara		242,669
9	Jamtara				321,367
10	Dumka	ST	Dumka		259,784
11	Jama				225,112
12	Jarmundi	None		Godda	271,664
13	Madhupur		Deoghar		368,385
14	Sarath			Dumka	316,682
15	Deoghar	SC		Godda	437,732
16	Poreyahat	None	Godda		317,044
17	Godda				314,588
18	Mahagama				334,116
19	Kodarma		Kodarma	Kodarma	405,318
20	Barkatha		Hazaribagh		388,713
21	Barhi			Hazaribagh	335,144
22	Barkagaon		Ramgarh		386,072
23	Ramgarh				356,993
24	Mandu		Hazaribagh		431,452
25	Hazaribagh				439,552
26	Simaria	SC	Chatra	Chatra	377,446
27	Chatra				427,699
28	Dhanwar	None	Giridih	Kodarma	371,051
29	Bagodar				387,283
30	Jamua	SC			359,336
31	Gandey	None			319,910
32	Giridih			Giridih	304,898
33	Dumri				316,248
34	Gomia		Bokaro		313,744
35	Bermo				328,688
36	Bokaro			Dhanbad	584,275
37	Chandankiyari	SC			281,049
38	Sindri	None	Dhanbad		364,662
39	Nirsa				331,939
40	Dhanbad				467,636
41	Jharia				302,673
42	Tundi			Giridih	319,441
43	Baghmara				295,391
44	Baharagora		East Singhbhum	Jamshedpur	239,900
45	Ghatsila	ST			250,295
46	Potka				311,654
47	Jugsalai	SC			353,447
48	Jamshedpur East	None			336,423
49	Jamshedpur West				386,988
50	Ichagarh		Seraikela Kharsawan	Ranchi	289,382
51	Seraikella	ST		Singhbhum	369,562
52	Chaibasa		West Singhbhum		233,698
53	Majhgaon				216,721
54	Jaganathpur				198,634
55	Manoharpur				221,411
56	Chakradharpur				208,581
57	Kharsawan		Seraikela Kharsawan	Khunti	227,503
58	Tamar		Ranchi		218,637
59	Torpa		Khunti		199,272
60	Khunti				225,809
61	Silli	None	Ranchi	Ranchi	224,794
62	Khijri	ST			374,945
63	Ranchi	None			379,039
64	Hatia				526,189
65	Kanke	SC			481,815
66	Mandar	ST		Lohardaga	379,903
67	Sisai		Gumla		263,873
68	Gumla				247,953
69	Bishunpur				282,183
70	Simdega		Simdega	Khunti	243,593
71	Kolebira				210,037
72	Lohardaga		Lohardaga	Lohardaga	287,746
73	Manika		Latehar	Chatra	260,816
74	Latehar	SC			308,236
75	Panki	None	Palamu		326,288
76	Daltonganj			Palamu	402,626
77	Bishrampur				359,702
78	Chhatarpur	SC			319,783
79	Hussainabad	None			323,139
80	Garhwa		Garhwa		419,614
81	Bhawanathpur				440,321

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Jharkhand
• List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly