Jharkhand first phase of polling and wayanad lok sabha bypolls on november 13 2024

Key contests in the first phase of polling for the Jharkhand Assembly will take place in Seraikella, where former Chief Minister Champai Soren is standing as a BJP candidate for the first time, and in Jamshedpur East, which will see a face off between the Congress’s Ajoy Kumar, a former SP of Jamshedpur, and the BJP’s Purnima Das Sahu, daughter-in-law of former Jharkhand Chief Minister and current Odisha Governor Raghubar Das.

Six State Cabinet Ministers are among the 683 candidates whose fate will be sealed when 1.37 crore voters cast their ballots in this first phase of the Jharkhand election. Of these, 36 candidates are from the BJP, while the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is contesting in 23 seats, and the Congress has fielded 17 candidates. The All Jharkhand Students Union is contesting in four seats, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal in five, while there are 334 Independent candidates.

The 43 constituencies at stake include 17 general seats, six reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates, and 20 for Scheduled Tribes. Voting at 950 booths in Naxal-affected areas will end by 4 p.m., but will continue till 5 p.m. in the remaining 14,394 booths.