Political families of Jharkhand explained

This is the alphabetical categorised list of statewide, regional and local political families involved in the politics and various elections of Jharkhand state of India at state (Jharkhand Legislative Assembly) and National level (Lok Sabha). The Soren family has produced two Chief Ministers, and family members have largely led the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) since 1972. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC) and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) also has several dynastic leaders.

Soren family

• Shibu SorenCurrent Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
  • Durga SorenFormer member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Shibu Soren)^[1]
    • Sita SorenFormer member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Durga Soren)^[2]
  • Hemant SorenCurrent Chief Minister of Jharkhand. (son of Shibu Soren)^[3]
    • Kalpana Soren Current member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Hemant Soren)^[4]
  • Basant SorenCurrent member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Shibu Soren)^[5]

Nagvanshi family

• Lal Pingley Nath ShahdeoJurist and political activist.
• Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath ShahdeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
  • Gopal Sharan Nath ShahdeoFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo)
• Lal Ranvijay Nath ShahdeoLawyer and political activist.

Ramgarh Raj family

• Shashank ManjariFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (wife of Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh)
  • Kamakhya Narain SinghFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh and Maharani Shashank Manjari Devi)
    • Saurabh Narain SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (grandson of Kamakhya Narain Singh)
  • Basant Narain SinghFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh and Maharani Shashank Manjari Devi, younger brother of Kamakhya Narain Singh)
    • Vijaya RajeFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (wife of Basant Narain Singh)
      • Rajkumar Udaybhan Narain SinghFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (grandson of Basant Narain Singh and Vijaya Raje)

Other Families

Alam family

• Alamgir AlamFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Nisat AlamCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Alamgir Alam)

Ansari family

• Furqan AnsariFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Irfan AnsariCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Furqan Ansari)

Haji Hussain Ansari family

• Haji Hussain AnsariFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Hafizul HasanCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Haji Hussain Ansari)

Bhogta family

• Mahendra Prakash Singh BhogtaFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
  • Jay Prakash Singh BhogtaFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Mahendra Prakash Singh Bhogta)

Chatterjee family

• Gurudas ChatterjeeFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
  • Arup ChatterjeeCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Gurudas Chatterjee)

Choudhary family

• Chandra Prakash ChoudharyCurrent Member of Parliament.
• Roshan Lal ChoudharyCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (brother of Chandra Prakash Choudhary)

Raghubar Das family

• Raghubar DasCurrent Governor of Odisha and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
  • Purnima SahuCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (daughter-in-law of Raghubar Das)

Upendra Das family

• Upendra Nath DasFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Kumar Ujjwal DasCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.

Hansda family

• Thomas HansdaFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.
  • Vijay Kumar HansdakCurrent Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. (son of Thomas Hansda)

Koda family

• Madhu KodaFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
  • Geeta KodaFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. (wife of Madhu Koda)^[6]

B.B. Mahato family

• Binod Bihari Mahato Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
  • Raj Kishore MahatoFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Binod Bihari Mahato)

Dulu Mahato family

• Dulu MahatoCurrent Member of Parliament and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
• Shatrughan MahatoCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (brother of Dulu Mahato)

Shailendra Mahato family

• Shailendra MahatoFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.
  • Abha MahatoFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (wife of Shailendra Mahato)

Sudhir Mahato family

• Sudhir MahatoFormer Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
  • Sabita MahatoCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.

Sunil Mahato family

• Sunil Kumar Mahato Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.
  • Suman Mahato Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. (wife of Sunil Kumar Mahato)

Jagarnath Mahto family

• Jagarnath MahtoFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Baby DeviFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Jagarnath Mahto)

Tek Lal Mahto family

• Tek Lal MahtoFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Jai Prakash Bhai PatelFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Tek Lal Mahto)

Majhi family

• Devendra Majhi Political leader and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
  • Joba MajhiCurrent Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Devendra Majhi)
    • Jagat Majhi Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Devendra Majhi and Joba Majhi)

Mandal family

• Sumrit MandalFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
  • Raghu Nandan MandalFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Sumrit Mandal)
    • Amit Kumar MandalCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Raghu Nandan Mandal)

Marandi family

• Simon Marandi Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Sushila Hansdak Former Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Simon Marandi)
  • Dinesh William MarandiFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Simon Marandi and Sushila Hansdak)

Munda family

• Ramesh Singh MundaFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Vikash Kumar MundaCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Ramesh Singh Munda)

Prasad family

• Yogendra PrasadFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Babita DeviFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Yogendra Prasad)

Sao family

• Yogendra SaoFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Nirmala DeviFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Yogendra Sao)
    • Amba PrasadFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (daughter of Yogendra Sao and Nirmala Devi)

Sarangi family

• Dinesh SarangiFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.^[7]
  • Kunal SarangiFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Dinesh Sarangi)^[8]

Bidesh Singh family

• Bidesh SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Devendra Kumar SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Bidesh Singh)

Harihar Singh family

• Harihar SinghFormer Chief Minister of Bihar.
  • Amrendra Pratap SinghFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Harihar Singh)
  • Mrigendra Pratap SinghFormer Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Harihar Singh, brother of Amrendra Pratap Singh)

Mahendar Prasad Singh family

• Mahendar Prasad SinghFormer Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Vinod Kumar SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Mahendar Prasad Singh)

Rajendra Prasad Singh family

• Rajendra Prasad SinghFormer Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Kumar Jaimangal (Anup Singh)Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Rajendra Prasad Singh)

Suryadeo Singh family

• Suryadeo SinghFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly and mafia leader.
  • Kunti SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Suryadeo Singh)
    • Sanjeev SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Suryadeo Singh and Kunti Singh)
      • Ragini SinghCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Sanjeev Singh)
• Bachcha SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (brother of Suryadeo Singh and Rajan Singh)
• Rajan SinghPolitical leader (brother of Suryadeo Singh and Bachcha Singh)
  • Niraj SinghFormer Deputy Mayor. (son of Rajan Singh)
    • Purnima Niraj SinghFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Niraj Singh)

Sinha family

• Yashwant SinhaFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
  • Jayant SinhaFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (son of Yashwant Sinha)

Nalin Soren family

• Nalin SorenCurrent Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
  • Alok Kumar SorenCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Nalin Soren)

Ichagarh State family

• Shatrughan Aditya DeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
  • Prabhat Kumar Aditya DeoFormer Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Shatrughan Aditya Deo)

Kalahandi State family

• Pratap Keshari DeoFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Orissa Legislative Assembly.
  • Anant Pratap DeoFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (great-grandson of Pratap Keshari Deo)

Tirkey family

• Bandhu TirkeyFormer member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.^[9]
  • Shilpi Neha TirkeyCurrent member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (daughter of Bandhu Tirkey)^[10]

Verma family

• Rati Lal Prasad Verma, six time Member of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand.
• Jagdish Prasad Kushwaha, considered as founding leader of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in Jharkhand. (brother of Rati Lal Prasad Verma)
  • Jai Prakash Verma, Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Gandey Assembly constituency. (son of Jagdish Prasad Kushwaha and nephew of Rati Lal Prasad Verma)^[11]

Chitranjan Yadav family

• Chitranjan YadavFormer Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
  • Amit Kumar YadavCurrent Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Chitranjan Yadav)

Ramesh Prasad Yadav family

• Ramesh Prasad YadavFormer Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.
  • Annpurna DeviCurrent Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Ramesh Prasad Yadav)

See also

• Political families in India
• Political parties in Jharkhand

Notes and References

1. Web site: DURGA SOREN(JMM):Constituency- Godda(JHARKHAND) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-09-01 . myneta.info.
2. Web site: Sita Murmu(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- DUMKA (ST)(JHARKHAND) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-09-01 . www.myneta.info.
3. Web site: Hemant Soren(JMM):Constituency- BARHAIT (ST)(SAHEBGANJ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-09-01 . www.myneta.info.
4. Web site: Kalpana Murmu Soren(JMM):Constituency- GANDEY : BYE ELECTION ON 20-05-2024(GIRIDIH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-09-01 . myneta.info.
5. Web site: Basant Soren(JMM):(JHARKHAND) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-09-01 . www.myneta.info.
6. Web site: Geeta Kora, INC MP from Singhbhum - Our Neta . 2024-09-01 . en.
7. Web site: Dinesh Kumar Sarangi (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Baharagora(East Singhbhum) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-09-01 . myneta.info.
8. Web site: Kunal Shadangi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- BAHARAGORA(EAST SINGHBHUM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-09-01 . myneta.info.
9. Web site: Bandhu Tirkey(JVM(P)):Constituency- MANDAR (ST)(RANCHI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-09-01 . www.myneta.info.
10. Web site: Shilpi Neha Tirkey(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- MANDAR (ST) : BYE ELECTION ON 23-06-2022(RANCHI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-09-01 . www.myneta.info.
11. Web site: Jai Prakash Verma(Independent(IND)):Constituency- KODARMA(JHARKHAND) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . 2024-09-01 . www.myneta.info.