Polling for Jharkhand elections was held in five phases from November 30 to December 20
New Delhi:
Will the BJP retain Jharkhand or will the JMM-Congress alliance govern the state for the next five years? The results of today’s elections will also reveal whether the BJP’s gamble to install a non-tribal chief minister in a state dominated by the tribal population was right or wrong.
The counting of votes for 81 Jharkhand Assembly seats will start at 8 a.m. in all the 24 district headquarters. The maximum rounds of counting will take place at Chatra with 28 rounds and lowest round at two seats — Chandankyari and Torpa. The Election Commission has made arrangements for counting at all the districts headquarters. The first result is expected around 1 p.m. on Monday.
Both BJP and Congress alliance made their best efforts to lure the voters. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed nine rallies each, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi addressed five rallies and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressed one rally.
Chief Minister Raghubar Das is up against ex-cabinet colleague Saryu Rai in Jamshedpur East, which the former has been winning this seat since 1995.
The other important seats are Dumka and Barhet from where JMM Executive President and former Chief Minister is contesting. He is pitted against Social Welfare Minister Louis Marandi at Dumka.
Former Chief Minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajantarik (JVM-P) President Babulal Marandi is fighting from Dhanwar Assembly seat. The AJSU President, who lost the 2014 Assembly poll, is trying his luck again from Silli seat.
The exit polls indicate edge to JMM and Congress alliance. BJP, however, is confident of returning to power.
Here are the LIVE Updates of the counting of votes:
Counting of votes to begin shortly
Counting of votes for 81 Jharkhand Assembly seats will begin today at 8 am.
The most prominent candidates in the election are Chief Minister Raghubar Das, his predecessor Hemant Soren, All Jharkhand Students Union president Sudesh Mahto and the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha’s Babulal Marandi.
The counting will start in all the 24 district headquarters of Jharkhand at 8 am, and the results are expected to emerge the same afternoon.
The counting of votes for 81 Jharkhand Assembly seats will begin today. The state went to polls in five phases from November 30 to December 20. The counting of votes will start at 8 am in all 24 district headquarters amid tight security. Jharkhand is the third BJP-ruled state after Haryana and Maharashtra that went to polls this year. In Jharkhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party is up against the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance which includes Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
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