Lok Janshakti Party will contest alone on 50 seats for Jharkhand Assembly election: Chirag Paswan
Chirag was appointed as the Chief of LJP during the party`s national executive meeting on November 5. He has replaced his father and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan as LJP president. Ram Vilas Paswan will be the party`s patron now, according to news agency ANI.
Nov 12, 2019, 12:23 PM IST
Jharkhand Assembly Election: BJP-AJSU rift widens; Raghuvar Das to contest from Jamshedpur East
The BJP has also released its first list on Sunday that includes the names of 52 candidates.
Nov 11, 2019, 23:12 PM IST
Jharkhand assembly election: Congress releases third list of 19 candidates
The Congress on Monday released its third list naming 19 candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly election. The elections in Jharkhand will be panned out in five phases from November 30 to December 23. The counting of votes will take place on December 23.
Nov 11, 2019, 23:03 PM IST
Jharkhand Assembly Election: Rameshwar Oraon files nomination, KN Tripathi holds road show
Congress announced its list of candidates on Sunday. Rameshwar Oraon has been fielded from Lohardaga, while KN Tripathi is contesting from Daltonganj.
Nov 11, 2019, 22:41 PM IST
Congress announces its candidate from Panki constituency for Jharkhand Assembly election
Earlier, on Sunday the Congress released the first list of five candidates. The names of the candidates include Rameshwar Oraon from Lohardaga, Ramchandra Singh from Manika, K N Tripathy from Daltonganj, Chandrashekhar Dubey from Bishrampur and KP Yadav from Bhawnathpur.
Nov 11, 2019, 11:38 AM IST
Jharkhand Assembly election: BJP announces list of 52 candidates
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das will contest from Jamshedpur East, while state BJP president Laxman Giluwa will try his luck from Chakradharpur. The party has also announced the names of Anant Ojha from Rajmahal, Louis Marandi from Dumka, Raj Paliwal from Madhupur, Manish Jayaswal from Hazaribagh, Raj Sinha from Dhanbad and CP Singh from Ranchi among others.
Nov 10, 2019, 19:05 PM IST
Congress releases list of five candidates for Jharkhand Assembly Election
The names of the candidates include Rameshwar Oraon from Lohardaga, Ramchandra Singh from Manika, K N Tripathy from Daltonganj, Chandrashekhar Dubey from Bishrampur and K.P. Yadav from Bhawnathpur.
Nov 10, 2019, 18:46 PM IST
Jharkhand Assembly election 2019: JVM releases first list of candidates
Bihar`s former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday announced that his party, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), will go it alone in the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections.
Nov 08, 2019, 20:18 PM IST
Jharkhand assembly election 2019: Congress, JMM, RJD finalise alliance; Hemant Soren to be CM face
"There will be no friendly contest on any seat and if anyone does so, he will be out of the alliance," RPN Singh added.
Nov 08, 2019, 18:16 PM IST
Jharkhand Assembly election: Amit Shah meets BJP leaders to finalise candidates
The meeting was held at Amit Shah's residence and was attended by Chief Minister Raghbar das, Union Minister Arjun Munda, Assembly polls in-charge Om Mathur, Kailash Yadav, BJP State President Laxman Giluwa among others.
Nov 08, 2019, 06:41 AM IST
Jharkhand Assembly election 2019: JMM charges Rs 51000 as application fee for ticket
Hemant Soren has announced that his party will release the first list of its candidates on Friday.
Nov 07, 2019, 17:50 PM IST
Jharkhand assembly election 2019: 62% of 79 sitting MLAs have criminal cases, 38 with serious offences
According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Jharkhand Election Watch, 62 per cent or 49 out of 79 sitting MLAs in the outgoing Jharkhand assembly have declared criminal cases lodged against them. Further, 48 per cent (38 out of 79) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.
Nov 07, 2019, 09:56 AM IST
Will not contest on less than 42 seats, willing to hold talks with Babulal Marandi: JMM leader Hement Soren
JMM leader Hemant Soren said that his party will release the first list of candidates for upcoming Assembly election in Jharkhand on November 8 (Friday).
Nov 06, 2019, 22:07 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi to chair Congress Election Committee meeting for Jharkhand polls on November 9
The Congress has faced a rebellion in its Jharkhand unit following the resignation of former state unit chief Ajoy Kumar, who quit the party in August after accusing several senior leaders of working for themselves.
Nov 06, 2019, 21:50 PM IST
Jharkhand Assembly election 2019: Babulal Marandi says his party will contest polls on its own
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) chief Babulal Marandi has made it clear that his party will not enter any coalition of bigger Opposition parties and will contest the Jharkhand Assembly elections on its own. On post-poll coalition possibilities, he said that those will be considered after the elections.
Nov 05, 2019, 13:12 PM IST
JVM (P) breaks alliance with 'Mahagatbandhan', to contest on all 81 seats in Jharkhand
JVM (P) head Babulal Marandi has taken the decision of breaking the alliance with 'Mahagatbandhan' and contest as a single party. The decision by JVM was taken out of not getting the satisfactory number of seats in the assembly election.
Nov 04, 2019, 08:01 AM IST
Jharkhand assembly election 2019: List of 16 seats voting in phase V
Voting for the fifth phase of assembly election 2019 in Jharkhand will be held in six districts of the state including Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, Jamtara, Deoghar and Godda.
Nov 01, 2019, 18:53 PM IST
Jharkhand assembly election 2019: List of 20 seats voting in phase IV
The fourth phase of assembly election 2019 in Jharkhand will witness polling in four districts of the state including Deoghar, Giridih, Bokaro and Dhanbad.
Nov 01, 2019, 18:33 PM IST
Jharkhand assembly election 2019: List of 17 seats voting in phase III
The third phase of Jharkhand assembly election 2019 will see polling in eight districts of the state including Koderma, Hazaribagh, Chatra, Ramgarh, Giridih, Bokaro, Seraikella-Kharsawan and Ranchi.
Nov 01, 2019, 18:26 PM IST
Postal ballot facility introduced for Persons with Disabilities and senior citizens in Jharkhand assembly poll
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday announced the schedule for Assembly elections in Jharkhand which will be held in five phases, beginning November 30, and the results will be announced on December 23. The ECI also announced a slew of measures taken to ensure smooth conduct of the electoral process and to ensure that each and every citizen of the state is facilitated to exercise their franchise.
Nov 01, 2019, 18:20 PM IST
