Government of Jharkhand

Sources

• constitutionofindia.net · checked Oct 12, 2026 Constitution of India, Part VI (Articles 153-174, 164, 170-172), read 2026-10-12: structure and selection of governors, chief ministers and legislatures. For: Government of Jharkhand
• constitutionofindia.net · checked Oct 12, 2026 Constitution of India, Part VI (Articles 153-174) and Part VIII (Articles 239, 239AA), read 2026-10-12: office, selection, seat totals as in selection_detail. Seat totals of Legislative Assemblies cross-checked against Wikipedia state assembly articles (read 2026-10-12). For: Chief Minister
• jharkhand.gov.in · checked Oct 12, 2026 Jharkhand State Portal, read 2026-10-12: Chief Minister Hemant Soren (holder confirmed). For: Hemant Soren as Chief Minister
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, Fourth Hemant Soren ministry, read 2026-10-12: Hemant Soren sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand by Governor Santosh Gangwar on 2024-11-28 after the 2024 assembly election; start_date corrected from 2024-07-04 (start of his previous ministry) to match the one-term-per-appointment rule used for the other chief ministers. Fallback: Wikipedia, because jharkhandcmo.gov.in did not resolve. For: Hemant Soren as Chief Minister
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, List of current Indian chief ministers, read 2026-10-12: chief minister holders and dates; Bihar cross-checked at Wikipedia List of chief ministers of Bihar. Fallback: Wikipedia, because state government sites were not individually checked. Re-swearing dates after elections (UP, HR, UT) from the same state CM lists. For: Hemant Soren as Chief Minister