Jharkhand Assembly election results: Counting of votes begins
The BJP-led alliance is tipped to get 39 seats while the INDIA bloc led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha coalition is predicted to win 38, as per exit polls.
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The counting of votes for the Jharkhand Assembly election began at 8 am on Saturday. The outcome will determine the formation of the state’s sixth Legislative Assembly, comprising 81 seats.
A party or alliance requires 41 seats to form the government.
The polls, which were held in two phases on November 13 and November 20, saw a voter turnout of 67.74%.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Left parties contested the Assembly elections in an alliance. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha was in the fray from 43 seats, the Congress from 30, the Rashtriya Janata Dal from six, and Left parties from the remaining three.
The Bharatiya Janata Party contested 68 out of the 81 seats while its ally, the All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU Party, fought in 10 constituencies.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) contested from two constituencies while Union minister Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party faction fought from one seat as part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
2019 Assembly polls
The 2019 Jharkhand Assembly elections resulted in a victory for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal alliance. The coalition won 47 out of 81 seats, with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha emerging as the largest party with 30 seats and its party leader Hemant Soren becoming...
