Polling will be held till 5 pm
Jharkhand Assembly Polls Live Updates::
Voting for the Jharkhand assembly elections phase 1 is being held today with 43 of the state’s 81 seats up for grabs. By-elections are also being held today on 31 assembly seats across 10 states and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat of Kerala.
Polling began at 7 am in 15 districts and will continue till 5 pm.
in Jharkhand, the ruling JMM has fielded 23 candidates and its allies Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have put forward 17 and 5 candidates, respectively.
The Opposition BJP has fielded 36 candidates, while the Janata Dal United (JDU) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have nominated 2 and 7 candidates, respectively.
The second phase of elections will be held on November 20 and the votes will be counted on November 23.
Here Are Live Updates On Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024:
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is contesting against Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) Sathyan Mokeri, BJP’s Navya Haridas, and 13 others in Wayanad by-elections, has asked her “dear” sisters and brothers to go out and vote.
“My dear brothers and sisters in Wayanad, thank you from the heart for your love and support. Today is the judgment day of democracy. All of you are humbly requested to visit the polling booth and exercise your precious right of consent. The strength of our democracy is the position you take by voting. Let us move hand in hand for the future of Wayanad,” she posted on X.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged voters to exercise their franchise with “full enthusiasm” in the first round of voting in the Jharkhand assembly elections.
“Today is the first round of voting in the Jharkhand assembly elections. I urge all voters to vote with full enthusiasm in this festival of democracy,” he said in a post in Hindi on X.
झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव में आज पहले दौर की वोटिंग है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरा आग्रह है कि वे लोकतंत्र के इस उत्सव में पूरे उत्साह के साथ मतदान करें। इस मौके पर पहली बार वोट देने जा रहे अपने सभी युवा साथियों को मेरी बहुत-बहुत बधाई! याद रखें- पहले मतदान, फिर जलपान!
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 13, 2024
“On this occasion, my heartiest congratulations to all my young friends who are going to vote for the first time! Remember – ‘pehle matdan, phir jalpaan’!” he added.
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BJP has fielded Sunil Kumar Soni, a former MP and mayor, while Congress has fielded Akash Sharma, the president of the Youth Congress state unit. pic.twitter.com/KEDX8M4but
– ANI (@ANI) November 13, 2024
Voting has also begun in the by-elections for 31 assembly seats spread across 10 states, as well as for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.
Jharkhand Assembly Elections Live: Voting Begins
Voting for the Jharkhand assembly elections phase 1 is being held today with 43 of the state’s 81 seats up for grabs. Polling will continue till 5 pm.
By-elections will also be held on 31 assembly seats across 10 states and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat of Kerala, from where Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her poll debut.
Elections will be held on seven seats in Rajasthan, six seats in West Bengal, five in Assam, four in Bihar, three in Kerala, two seats in Madhya Pradesh and one in Meghalaya, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka.
In two seats of Sikkim, candidates of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha were declared unopposed winners on October 30.
The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has fielded 23 candidates, while its allies Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have put forward 17 and 5 candidates, respectively.
The Opposition BJP has fielded 36 candidates, while the Janata Dal United (JDU) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have nominated 2 and 7 candidates, respectively.
Voting for the Jharkhand assembly elections phase 1 will be held today with 43 of the state’s 81 seats up for grabs.
Polling will begin around 7 am in 15 districts and will continue till 5 pm.
