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promise to set up a commission to study the division of larger states, including Bihar, into smaller states and gained five seats. The electorate in
Jharkhand were favouring national parties who could form a government at the Centre and grant them statehood, and the BJP was the most influential party advocating strongly for statehood. In 1996 and 1998, the BJP obtained 12 seats in the Jharkhand region, and 11 in 1999, squeezing out other regional parties like JMM and AJSU who were also advocating for statehood. The BJP combined its small states agenda with a patronization of tribal institutions and nomination of tribal candidates for the elections. In 2000, the BJP gained the most seats in the Jharkhand region during Bihar assembly elections with 39.5% of the vote, and when the BJP at the centre formed the three new states, the BJP formed the first government.
262:, the BJP won 16 seats of which 14 were in regions that would become part of Jharkhand. In 1989, the BJP won five seats in the region. The BJP had long supported the creation of a state out of the southern part of Bihar they called 'Vananchal', in keeping with their naming of the Adivasis as 'Vanvasis'. The BJP's rhetoric at this time with regards to the Jharkhand movement largely claimed that the mainstream leaders, which they saw as westernized 'elites', were using the Jharkhand movement to enrich themselves. The BJP sought to persuade non-Christian tribals by claiming they were part of the 'Hindu nation', while demonizing Christian tribals as westernised. Much of this groundwork was prepared by sister organisations like the
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1096:24-Aug-2016
1080:24-Aug-2016
1077:17-May-2016
1073:Tala Marandi
1061:17-May-2016
1058:10-Mar-2013
1042:10-Mar-2013
1039:25-Sep-2010
1012:13-May-2005
997:13-May-2005
994:18-Jul-2004
990:Raghubar Das
979:18-Jul-2004
976:02-Sep-2001
884:29 May 2009
834:Hemant Soren
822:31 May 2010
810:Raghubar Das
782:Constituency
738:Raghubar Das
616:Constituency
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111:Headquarters
48:Abbreviation
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1134:4-Jul-2023
1118:4-Jul-2023
877:Arjun Munda
675:Arjun Munda
543:Government
496:Opposition
449:Opposition
413:Government
1464:Categories
1448:23 January
1423:23 January
1397:23 January
1176:References
926:Incumbent
594:Leadership
466:Seats won
293:Seats won
118:- 834 002
103:1980-04-06
1253:0085-6401
1214:666573628
941:President
861:Assembly
852:Portarit
789:Assembly
775:Portarit
680:Kharsawan
623:Assembly
609:Portarit
225:Elections
120:Jharkhand
58:President
1149:See also
472:Outcome
305:Outcome
302:+/- (%)
69:Chairman
1138:present
644:Ramgarh
555:11 / 14
530:12 / 14
438:33.37%
425:25 / 81
410:11.08%
402:31.26%
389:37 / 81
366:20.18%
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330:23.57%
317:30 / 81
254:History
195:Website
188:24 / 81
133:Saffron
126:Colours
101: (
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502:2009
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140:ECI
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