Voting in the first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections will be held on Wednesday.
Jharkhand will go to polls for the first phase of assembly elections tomorrow, Wednesday. Voting will take place in 43 of the state’s 81 assembly seats in the first phase. Among them, 20 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes, 6 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 17 are general seats. A total of 683 candidates are trying their luck in this phase of the election. Many senior leaders are also involved.
In the first stage, there are some seats where the daughters-in-law of some national leaders and the sons and wives of some national leaders are responsible for handling their political legacy. Among them, Meera Munda, wife of former chief minister and former Union minister Arjun Munda, will contest from the Potka seat. Purnima Das Sahu is the daughter-in-law of Odisha Governor and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghuvar Das and has the responsibility of handling his case in Jamshedpur Eastern political legacy. Raghuvar Das’ daughter-in-law Purnima Das Sahu is contesting from Jamshedpur east.
The fate of former Selekela chief minister Champai Soren hangs in the balance
Meanwhile, the state’s former chief minister Champai Soren himself is contesting from the Selekela seat to maintain his legacy. Apart from this, his son Babulal Soren is the BJP candidate from Ghatshila. Babral Solon is also responsible for carrying forward the political legacy of his father, Champai Solon. Meanwhile, Jagat Manjhi, son of former state minister and sitting MP Joba Manjhi, is also in the electoral fray from the Manoharpur seat.
At the same time, the political credibility of the six ministers of Hemant Soren’s cabinet in the first phase is also at risk. These include minister-candidate from Ghatshila Ramdas Soren, minister-candidate Dr Rameshwar Oraon, minister Deepak Biruva, minister Bana Gupta and minister Mithilesh Thakur.
15344 election polling stations
A total of 15,344 polling stations with 43 seats were set up in the first phase, including 2,628 urban polling stations and 12,716 rural polling stations. The total number of voters in this phase is Rs 1 crore 36 lakh 85 thousand 509. Among them, the number of male voters is 6.8 million 65,002 208. At the same time, the number of female voters stood at 6.82 million. The number of voters of the third gender is 301 and the number of voters with disabilities is 191,553.
Some important information about voting
– Out of 15,344 polling stations across 43 seats, voting at 14,394 polling stations will be held from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, while voting at 950 polling stations will be held only from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm .
– There will be a total of 15,344 polling stations in the first phase, of which 1,152 polling stations will be run by women, 23 polling stations will be run by youths and 24 polling stations will be run by youths. Disabled hand.
–Voting will be held only at 950 remote and Naxal-affected polling stations in the state between 7:00 am and 4:00 pm. Employees have been flown by helicopter to many polling stations.
–Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer said voting secrecy is mandatory. It is prohibited to bring mobile phones, take photos, or record videos in the booth. If this is done, action will be taken in accordance with the rules.
–Since the implementation of the Model Code of Conduct in the state, illegal materials and cash worth Rs 179 crore and Rs 14 lakh have been seized and 54 cases have been registered so far.
The second phase of voting will be held on November 20.
The second phase of voting will be held in Jharkhand on November 20 and the results will be announced in the Maharashtra elections on November 23. The state currently has an Indian Union government led by JMM with Hemant Soren as chief minister. In this election, the BJP has raised the issue of Bangladeshi infiltration.
