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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.

Left to right: Shibu Soren (Third Chief Minister) and Hemant Soren (Fifth Chief Minister)

Soren family

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

Nagvanshi family

Lal Pingley Nath Shahdeo – Jurist and political activist.
Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo – Former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
- Gopal Sharan Nath Shahdeo – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo)
Lal Ranvijay Nath Shahdeo – Lawyer and political activist.

Ramgarh Raj family

Shashank Manjari – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (wife of Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh)
- Kamakhya Narain Singh – Former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Maharaja Lakshmi Narain Singh and Maharani Shashank Manjari Devi)
  - Saurabh Narain Singh – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (grandson of Kamakhya Narain Singh)
- Basant Narain Singh – Former 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 Raje – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (wife of Basant Narain Singh)
    - Rajkumar Udaybhan Narain Singh – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (grandson of Basant Narain Singh and Vijaya Raje)

Other Families

Chatterjee family

Gurudas Chatterjee – Former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
- Arup Chatterjee – Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Gurudas Chatterjee)

Choudhary family

Chandra Prakash Choudhary – Current Member of Parliament.
Roshan Lal Choudhary – Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (brother of Chandra Prakash Choudhary)

Raghubar Das family

Raghubar Das – Current Governor of Odisha and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
- Purnima Sahu – Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (daughter-in-law of Raghubar Das)

Upendra Das family

Upendra Nath Das – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
- Kumar Ujjwal Das – Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.

Hansda family

Thomas Hansda – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.
- Vijay Kumar Hansdak – Current Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. (son of Thomas Hansda)

Koda family

Madhu Koda – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
- Geeta Koda – Former 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 Mahato – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Binod Bihari Mahato)

Dulu Mahato family

Dulu Mahato – Current Member of Parliament and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
Shatrughan Mahato – Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (brother of Dulu Mahato)

Shailendra Mahato family

Shailendra Mahato – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.
- Abha Mahato – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (wife of Shailendra Mahato)

Sudhir Mahato family

Sudhir Mahato – Former Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
- Sabita Mahato – Current 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 Mahto – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
- Baby Devi – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Jagarnath Mahto)

Tek Lal Mahto family

Tek Lal Mahto – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
- Jai Prakash Bhai Patel – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Tek Lal Mahto)

Majhi family

Devendra Majhi – Political leader and former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
- Joba Majhi – Current 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 Mandal – Former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
- Raghu Nandan Mandal – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Sumrit Mandal)
  - Amit Kumar Mandal – Current 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 Marandi – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Simon Marandi and Sushila Hansdak)

Munda family

Ramesh Singh Munda – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
- Vikash Kumar Munda – Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Ramesh Singh Munda)

Prasad family

Yogendra Prasad – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
- Babita Devi – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Yogendra Prasad)

Sao family

Yogendra Sao – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
- Nirmala Devi – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Yogendra Sao)
  - Amba Prasad – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (daughter of Yogendra Sao and Nirmala Devi)

Sarangi family

Dinesh Sarangi – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.^[7]
- Kunal Sarangi – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Dinesh Sarangi)^[8]

Bidesh Singh family

Bidesh Singh – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
- Devendra Kumar Singh – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Bidesh Singh)

Harihar Singh family

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

Mahendar Prasad Singh family

Mahendar Prasad Singh – Former Member of Bihar and Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
- Vinod Kumar Singh – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Mahendar Prasad Singh)

Rajendra Prasad Singh family

Rajendra Prasad Singh – Former 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 Singh – Former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly and mafia leader.
- Kunti Singh – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Suryadeo Singh)
  - Sanjeev Singh – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Suryadeo Singh and Kunti Singh)
    - Ragini Singh – Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Sanjeev Singh)
Bachcha Singh – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (brother of Suryadeo Singh and Rajan Singh)
Rajan Singh – Political leader (brother of Suryadeo Singh and Bachcha Singh)
- Niraj Singh – Former Deputy Mayor. (son of Rajan Singh)
  - Purnima Niraj Singh – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Niraj Singh)

Sinha family

Yashwant Sinha – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
- Jayant Sinha – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (son of Yashwant Sinha)

Nalin Soren family

Nalin Soren – Current Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
- Alok Kumar Soren – Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Nalin Soren)

Ichagarh State family

Shatrughan Aditya Deo – Former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
- Prabhat Kumar Aditya Deo – Former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. (son of Shatrughan Aditya Deo)

Kalahandi State family

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

Tirkey family

Bandhu Tirkey – Former member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.^[9]
- Shilpi Neha Tirkey – Current 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 Yadav – Former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
- Amit Kumar Yadav – Current Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (son of Chitranjan Yadav)

Ramesh Prasad Yadav family

Ramesh Prasad Yadav – Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.
- Annpurna Devi – Current Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. (wife of Ramesh Prasad Yadav)

References

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

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[2] "Sita Murmu(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- DUMKA (ST)(JHARKHAND) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[3] "Hemant Soren(JMM):Constituency- BARHAIT (ST)(SAHEBGANJ ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[4] "Kalpana Murmu Soren(JMM):Constituency- GANDEY : BYE ELECTION ON 20-05-2024(GIRIDIH ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[5] "Basant Soren(JMM):(JHARKHAND) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[6] "Geeta Kora, INC MP from Singhbhum - Our Neta". Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[7] "Dinesh Kumar Sarangi (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Baharagora(East Singhbhum ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[8] "Kunal Shadangi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- BAHARAGORA(EAST SINGHBHUM ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[9] "Bandhu Tirkey(JVM(P)):Constituency- MANDAR (ST)(RANCHI ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[10] "Shilpi Neha Tirkey(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- MANDAR (ST) : BYE ELECTION ON 23-06-2022(RANCHI ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

[11] "Jai Prakash Verma(Independent(IND)):Constituency- KODARMA(JHARKHAND) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

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Political families of Jharkhand