Jharkhand Assembly election: Battleground ready for direct contest between JMM and BJP

Jharkhand Assembly election updates: NDA vs. INDIA bloc, key candidates, issues, and voter statistics.

Ground is all set for the battle of Assembly election in Jharkhand when people will cast their vote for the first phase on November 13. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) led INDIA bloc and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are trying their level best to attract the voters.

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All the political parties have announced their candidates, filing of nomination has ended and campaigning is underway in the tribal dominated state where each political party is raising the issues which can benefit it the most.

As per seat arrangement in NDA, BJP is contesting in 68 seats, All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) in 10 seats, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) in 2 seats and Chirag Paswan led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) given 1 seat. In the INDIA bloc, JMM is contesting in 41 seats, Congress in 30, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in 6 and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) in 4 seats.

Jharkhand election will be completed in two phases with first phase of polling on November 13 in 43 assembly constituencies and second phase of polling on November 20 in 38 seats whereas counting of votes will take place on November 23.

A total of 685 candidates are contesting in the first phase whereas the fate of 634 candidates will be decided in the second phase. In the first phase, Jamshedpur West assembly constituency has maximum 28 candidates whereas Manika assembly constituency has minimum 09 candidates.

Similarly, in the second phase maximum nomination was filed in Dhanwar and Bokaro seat with 27 candidates each whereas Deoghar seat has only 8 candidates.