Jharkhand rejected BJP's attempts to win elections by ramping up polarising narratives. BJP tried this in 2019 and again in the recent elections. Both times, Jharkhand chose Hemant Soren as their leader.

In Jharkhand's polls, the NDA's seats dropped from 51 to 24, as the JMM-led INDIA bloc won 56, aided by effective campaigning and tribal-Muslim unity.

JMM’s voter share was lesser than BJP’s. While the Hemant Soren-led party managed to get 23.44 per cent of the total votes polled, the saffron party bagged a considerably higher 33.18 per cent share

Jharkhand's JMM, led by power couple Hemant and Kalpana Soren, secured a second consecutive term. Despite challenges, the Sorens mobilized tribal sentiment and countered anti-incumbency.

One factor that stands out for the BJP’s apparent defeat on an Adivasi-dominated seat is the sympathy that Hemant Soren received after his arrest by the ED for his alleged role in a land grab scam. One of the JMM supporters from Ranchi says: “They arrested an Adivasi. How can we vote for them?”