Ranchi, Nov 24: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will go to Raj Bhavan on Sunday to stake the claim to form the government again in Jharkhand, following the INDIA bloc victory in the polls.
Hemant Soren will take oath as Chief Minister on November 26, the Constitution Day, said sources.
Soren-led JMM steered the INDIA bloc to victory with 56 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) won 34 seats, with its allies winning 22 seats. Among JMM's allies, the Congress won 16 seats, RJD four seats, and CPI-ML two seats. However, the BJP-led NDA won just 24 seats out of the 81 assembly constituencies.
The BJP won 21 seats, and its allies AJSU, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and JD-U won one each. Notably, Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha, a party fighting state assembly elections also won a seat. Party chief Jairam Kumar Mahato won the Dumri seat.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance is set to retain power in the State where assembly polls were conducted in two phases. The first phase was held on November 13 and the second phase on November 20.
