Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi thanked the voters for the INDIA bloc’s grand victory in the Jharkhand Assembly polls. He hailed the victory in the election as one for the protection of natural resources and the Constitution.

Despite multiple ups and downs in the past five years, including the arrest of Hemant Soren, the INDIA bloc defeated the BJP-led NDA with a comfortable majority.

The INDIA bloc - consisting of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, the Congress, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal - has crossed the majority mark in the Assembly election in that state. The BJP took an early lead after the counting of votes began at 8 am,

The incumbent Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is emerging as the single largest party so far. Here are five charts on seat share, strike rate, lead margins, and more.

In the hotly contested poll between BJP-led NDA and JMM-led INDIA bloc in Jharkhand, the people of the state seem to have restored their faith in the incumbent Hemant Soren government, show early trends.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and its allies were set to return to power in the nation's richest state, television channels reported on Saturday, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing general election.