Poll fever gripping Jharkhand in wake of Assembly elections in the state. On Friday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, also the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) co-in-charge for Jharkhand Assembly elections addressed a press conference in Ranchi and announced that National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will have a tentative seat-sharing deal between the BJP, (AJSU), Janata Dal (United) and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas). AJSU Party will contest 10 seats, JD(U) two and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) one. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and AJSU Party chief Sudesh Mahto were also present at the briefing.
The BJP is likely to contest 68 seats, but discussions are ongoing in the final stages. Himanta said that the NDA was in ‘wait and watch’ mode, indicating that a final list would be out once they get to know what Congress, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and others were planning.
The polling will take place in two phases in Jharkhand. November 13 and November 20. The counting will take place on November 23.
The seats AJSU to fight at a glance:
81 Assembly constituencies are there in the state, 28 are reserved for scheduled tribes (STs), and nine for scheduled castes (SCs). According to the deal, AJSU has secured the constituencies of Gomia, Jugsalai, Lohardaga, Ichagarh, Ramgarh, Dumri, Silli, Pakur, Mandu, and Manoharpur. JD(U) will contest in Jamshedpur West and Tamar. Chirag Paswan-led LJP (Ram Vilas) will contest from Chatra. The Congress has said that it will fight the polls, maintaining its existing alliance with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
The current term of the Jharkhand Assembly concludes on January 5. On Friday, the nomination filing process for the first phase began, which will continue until October 25. The withdrawal of nominations can be done until October 30.
