Jharkhand Assembly Election 2024: Everything you need to know about phase 1 polls
Jharkhand prepares for the first phase of assembly elections. 43 seats across 15 districts will vote. Over 680 candidates are competing. Key constituencies include Jamshedpur East, Jamshedpur West, and Jagannathpur. High-profile candidates inc...
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Jharkhand Assembly elections: Voting on 43 seats for first phase underway
The first phase of polling for 43 Jharkhand assembly seats, spread across 15 districts, will be held on Wednesday. A total of 683 candidates, including 73 women, are in the fray. Voting for the remaining 38 constituencies is scheduled for November 20, along with Maharashtra polls. The results will be out on November 23
Key seats
JAMSHEDPUR EAST:BJP's Purnima Sahu vs Cong's Ajoy Kumar
JAMSHEDPUR WEST: JD(U)'s Saryu Roy vs Cong's Banna Gupta
JAGANNATHPUR: BJP's Geeta Kora (former CM Madhu Kora's wife) vs Cong's Sona Ram Sinku vs Jharkhand Party's Laxmi Narayan Gagrai
SERAIKELLA: Former CM Champai Soren (BJP) vs JMM's Ganesh Mahali RANCHI BJP's Chandreshwar Prasad Singh vs JMM's Mahua Maji (RS MP)
GHATSILA: BJP's Babu Lal Soren (Champai Soren's son) Son) vs JMM's Ram Das Soren
POTKA: BJP's Meera Munda (wife of former CM Arjun Munda) vs JMM's Sanjib Sardar
KHARSAWAN: JMM’s Dashrath Gagrai vs BJP's S Bodra
TAMAR: JMM's Vikas K Munda vs JD(U) Gopal Krishna Patar
KHUNTI: BJP's Nilkanth Singh Munda vs JMM's Ram Surya Munda
BHAWANATHPUR: BJP's Bhanu Pratap Shahi (2005, 2014, 2019 winner) vs JMM's Anant Pratap Deo (2014 winner)
