Ranchi. Voting for 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, while the counting of votes will take place on November 23. According to the schedule released by the Election Commission of India, voting will be held on 43 seats for the first phase. Notification for this phase will be released on October 18. With this the process of filling nomination forms will start. The last date for filing nomination forms is 25th October. Scrutiny of papers will take place on October 28, while names can be withdrawn till October 30.
The 43 seats where voting will be held in this phase include Koderma, Barkatha, Barhi, Barkagaon, Hazaribagh, Simaria, Chatra, Baharagora, Ghatshila, Potka, Jugsalai, Jamshedpur East, Jamshedpur West, Ichagarh, Seraikela, Chaibasa, Mazgaon, Jagannathpur, Of Manoharpur, Chakradharpur, Kharsawan, Tamar, Torpa, Khunti, Ranchi, Hatia, Kanke, Mandar, Sisai, Gumla, Bishunpur, Simdega, Kolebira, Lohardaga, Manika, Latehar, Panki, Daltonganj, Vishrampur, Chhatarpur, Hussainabad, Garhwa and Bhavnathpur. Seats included.
The second phase notification will be released on October 22. October 29 will be the last date for filing nominations, while scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on October 30. Nomination forms can be withdrawn till November 1. The seats where votes will be cast in this phase include Rajmahal, Borio, Barhet, Littipara, Pakur, Maheshpur, Shikaripada, Nala, Jamtara, Dumka, Jama, Jarmundi, Madhupur, Sarath, Deoghar, Podaiyahat, Godda, Mahagama, Ramgarh, Mandu. , Dhanwar, Bagodar, Jamua, Gandey, Giridih, Dumri, Gomia, Bermo, Bokaro, Chandankiyari, Sindri, Nirsa, Dhanbad, Jharia, Tundi, Baghmara, Silli and Khijri seats are included.
A total of 2.6 crore voters will be able to exercise their franchise in Jharkhand. A total of 29,562 polling stations have been created for these. Of these, 5,042 booths have been built in urban areas. There will be an average of 881 voters at each booth. Assembly elections were held in five phases in Jharkhand in 2019. The alliance of JMM, Congress and RJD came to power by winning 47 out of 81 seats in the state, while BJP won 25 and AJSU Party won two seats.