Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024: Key dates and candidates
The Hindu
Jharkhand election 2024: Jharkhand to vote in two phases, with 43 constituencies going to the polls on November 13, and 38 constituencies on November 20. The votes for both Assembly elections will be counted on November 23.
The Election Commission Of India (ECI) on October 15, 2024 announced the schedule for the upcoming assembly polls in Jharkhand. According to the polling schedule, Jharkhand will vote in two phases, with 43 constituencies going to the polls on November 13, and 38 constituencies on November 20. The votes for both Assembly elections will be counted on November 23.
The battle lines in Jharkhand are clearly drawn between the two coalitions — the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led INDIA bloc and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA.
Here are the key election candidates and dates for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand.
Jharkhand has a total of 81 Assembly constituencies across 24 districts. Of these, 44 are general, 28 are reserved for scheduled tribes (ST), and nine for scheduled castes (SC). In the last assembly polls in 2019, the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance won 47 seats whereas the BJP slipped 25 seats from 37 it held in 2014.
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Jharkhand has a total of 2.59 crore voters with 1.31 crore male, 1.28 crore female electors. There are over 11.05 lakh first time voters (18-19 years) and 1.14 lakh 85+ senior citizens and 3.64 lakh PwD (person with disabilities) voters registered in the state.
A total of 29,562 polling stations will be set up in 20,276 locations in assembly elections. While 24,520 of these will be in rural areas, 5,042 will be urban polling stations with an average of 872 voters per polling station.
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