Jharkhand polls: BJP to contest 68 seats, ally AJSU 10
Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) will fight in two constituencies and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party faction in one.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday announced that it will contest 68 out of the 81 Assembly seats in the Jharkhand elections. Its ally the All Jharkhand Students Union will fight in 10 constituencies.
While Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) will contest in two constituencies, Union minister Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party faction will fight in one, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said at a press conference.
Sarma is managing the BJP’s election campaign in Jharkhand.
The parties are part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
“There may be some changes according to the situation, but this is what we have discussed,” Sarma told reporters.
Voting in the Jharkhand polls will be conducted in two phases on November 13 and November 20. The counting of votes will take place on November 23, alongside that of the Maharashtra elections.
झारखण्ड में NDA एक साथ चुनाव लड़ेगी - AJSU 10, JDU 2, LJP 1 और @BJP4Jharkhand 68 सीटों पर। #JharkhandElection2024 pic.twitter.com/oxzITZNpKF— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 18, 2024
According to the arrangement, the Janata Dal (United) will be contesting from the Tamar and Jamshedpur West seats. Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will be fighting from Chatra.
The constituencies that the All Jharkhand Students Union will contest from are Silli, Ramgarh, Gomia, Icchagarh, Mandu, Jugsalai, Dumri, Pakur, Lohardaga and Manoharpur.
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