After the defeat of the
incumbent BJP government, incumbent
Chief Minister Raghubar Das tendered his resignation from the post. He tendered his resignation to
Governor Draupadi Murmu. In the evening, during the election results,
JMM leader and
Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren addressed the media and thanked the people of Jharkhand for the mandate. He also expressed his gratitude to his
alliance partners,
Congress &
RJD and their president,
Sonia Gandhi &
Lalu Prasad Yadav respectively. The next day on 24 December 2019, the meeting of all the 30
JMM MLAs was called, in which
Hemant Soren was elected as the leader of the
JMM legislature group. Hemant Soren was already the leader and
Chief Ministerial candidate of the
UPA during the election campaign. On the very same day,
Alamgir Alam was elected as the leader of the
Congress Legislative Party (CLP). After the elections,
JVM(P) chief and
Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Babulal Marandi extended the support of his party to the
Hemant Soren government, thus providing more strength to the
government. On 24 December 2019,
Hemant Soren along with the
alliance partners, met
Governor Draupadi Murmu and staked claim to form the
government. ==Bypolls 2019-2024==