Jharkhand assembly elections 2024: Check dates, phases, full schedule

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced the dates for the Jharkhand assembly elections 2024According to the Election Commission the state will have twophase assembly polls on November 13 and 20 results on November 23In Jharkhand the notification for the two phases of the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 would be issued on October 18 and October 22 and nominations would open that day only and the last date for filing candidatures would be October 25 and 29 Scrutiny will be held on October 28 and 30 and the last date of withdrawal of nominations will be October 30 and November 1The Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar who was flanked by Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu said that the model code of conduct comes into place right away with the announcement of the poll schedule Citing the preparations for the polls the CEC said that they had chosen the middle of the week to deal with the issue of urban apathy He said a special meeting would be held soon on this issueAccording to the poll panel in Jharkhand the number of voters is 26 crore 131 crore men and 129 crore women A total of 29562 polling stations would be set up at 20281 locations in JharkhandPicElection Commission of IndiaJharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 Phase 1 Election DatesNomination Filing Start Date 18102024Nomination Filing End Date 25102024Scrutiny of nomination 28102024Withdrawal of nomination 30102024Voting Date 13112024Result Counting Date 23112024Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 Phase 2 Election DatesNomination Filing Start Date 22102024Nomination Filing End Date 29102024Scrutiny of nomination 30102024Withdrawal of nomination 01112024Voting Date 20112024Result Counting Date 23112024The current Jharkhand assemblys term will end on January 5 2025The contest in Jharkhand will be between the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and its allies the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress and the BJPled National Democratic Alliance which also comprises the Janata DalUnited and the Lok Janshakti PartyRam Vilas as well as the All Jharkhand Students UnionThe 2019 Jharkhand Assembly ElectionsIn the 2019 Jharkhand Assembly Elections the Mahagathbandhan mdash an opposition alliance of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD mdash unseated the ruling BJP and formed the government The BJP secured 30 seats while the JMMCongressRJD alliance won 44 seats with 7 seats remaining vacant This gave the alliance a clear majority comfortably surpassing the 41seat requirement in the 81member Assembly