Incoming Jharkhand Assembly to Have Record Number of Women MLAs

The sixth Jharkhand assembly will also have a median age of 53 – ten years higher than in 2009.

PRS Legislative Research

The sixth Jharkhand assembly will also have a median age of 53 – ten years higher than in 2009.

incoming jharkhand assembly to have record number of women mlas

The Jharkhand assembly. Photo: AIR.

The results of the election to the 6th Jharkhand legislative assembly were declared on November 23. The Jharkhand assembly has 81 seats. This note looks at the profile of the incoming legislative assembly.

INDI Alliance wins majority with 56 out of 81 seats

Most women elected in history of assembly; 59% of MLAs have college degrees

Note: Data is not provided for the first assembly as it consisted of members elected to the Bihar legislative assembly in 2000.

70% of MLAs are politicians or social workers by profession; assembly is growing older

Note: This figure shows professions most commonly reported by MLAs. Some MLAs have indicated multiple professions.

Sources: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in); Candidate Affidavits uploaded on ECI; MyNeta (https://www.myneta.info); PRS.

This article first appeared on PRS Legislative Research.

This article went live on November twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty four, at forty-one minutes past eleven in the morning.

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