Thirteen of the 81 Assembly constituencies in Jharkhand will vote on November 30 during the first phase of Jharkhand election. The election will be held in five phases - November 30, December 7, December 12, December 16 and December 20. The counting of votes will take place on December 23.
During the first phase, voting will take place in Chatra (SC), Gumla (ST), Bishunpur (ST), Lohardaga (ST), Manika (ST), Latehar (SC), Panki, Daltonganj, Bishrampur, Chhatarpur (SC), Hussainabad, Garhwa and Bhawanathpur seats.
Here the some of the key candidates in the fray during Phase 1 of Jharkhand election:
Chatra (SC)
Chatra Tileshwar Ram - JVM(P)
Janardan Paswan - BJP
Gumla (ST)
Mishir Kujru - BJP
Bhushan Tirkey - JMM
Bishunpur (ST)
Chamra Linda - JMM
Ashok Oraon - BJP
Mahatma Oraon - JVM(P)
Lohardaga
Rameshwar Orson - INC
Sukhdev Bhagat - BJP
Pawan Tigga - JVM(P)
Manika (ST)
Rajpal Singh - JVM(P)
Ramchandra Singh - INC
Raghupal Singh - BJP
Latehar (SC)
Prakash Ram - BJP
Panki
Shashi Bhushan Mehta - BJP
Rudra Kumar Shukla - JVM(P)
Daltonganj
Alok Chourasiya - BJP
K N Tripathy - Congress
Rahul Aggarwal - JVM(P)
Bishrampur
Anju Singh - JVM(P)
Chandrashekhar Dubey - INC
Ram Chandra Chandravabshi - BJP
Chhatarpur
Dharmendra Prakash Badal - JVM(P)
Hussainabad
Virendra Kumar - JVM(P)
Garhwa
Suraj Prasad Gupta - JVM(P)
Mithelesh Kumar Thakur - JMM
Satyendra Tiwari - BJP
Bhawanathpur
KP Yadav - INC
Bhanu Pratap Sahi - BJP
The main parties in Jharkhand are the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM), Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
