Jharkhand Polls, By-Elections 2024: Polling will be held till 5 pm
Jharkhand Assembly Polls Live Updates::
Voting for the Jharkhand assembly elections phase 1 is being held today with 43 of the state’s 81 seats across 15 districts up for grabs. Polling is also being held today for by-elections in 31 assembly seats across 10 states and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat of Kerala. Voting began at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm.
In Jharkhand, the ruling JMM has fielded 23 candidates and its allies Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have put forward 17 and 5 candidates, respectively.
The Opposition BJP has fielded 36 candidates, while the Janata Dal United (JDU) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have nominated 2 and 7 candidates, respectively.
The second phase of elections will be held on November 20 and the votes will be counted on November 23.
Here Are Live Updates On Jharkhand Polls, By-Elections 2024:
According to the data of the Election Commission of India, the Khunti district recorded the highest voter turnout of 34.12 per cent while the Ramgarh district recorded the lowest turnout of 24.17 per cent.
Khunti is followed by Gumla with 33.86 per cent turnout, Lohardaga with 33.44 per cent, Simdega 33.18 with per cent, Seraikella-Kharsawan with 32.65 per cent, Koderma with 31.10 per cent, Latehar with 30.59 per cent and Garhwa with 30.38 per cent turnout.
The turnout recorded for Chatra is 29.52 per cent, Hazaribagh is 29.60 per cent, West Singhbhum is 29.42 per cent, Palamu is 28.36 per cent, East Singhbhum is 28.34 per cent and Ranchi is 24.75 per cent.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren have cast their votes at a polling station in Ranchi for the assembly elections.
#WATCH | Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, his wife Kalpana Soren cast their votes at a polling station in Ranchi for #JharkhandAssemblyElections2024pic.twitter.com/QCOCNn57p8
– ANI (@ANI) November 13, 2024
“She will be a strong voice in the Parliament,” he said.
#WATCH | Nagpur, Maharashtra | Congress leader Sachin Pilot says, “Today is a polling day. The first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections and bypolls at several places are being conducted. The polling is also being done at Wayanad. I hope that our candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra… pic.twitter.com/wBfKOx4jVK
– ANI (@ANI) November 13, 2024
Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency was earlier represented by Priyanka’s brother Rahul Gandhi.
Mr Gandhi won the seat in the 2024 general election, but retained the Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh and vacated the Kerala constituency, paving the way for the bypoll in which Priyanka Gandhi is making her electoral debut.
The 52-year-old leader is up against the Left front’s Sathyan Mokeri and BJP’s Navya Haridas.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot has exuded confidence that his party will win all the seats in Rajasthan Assembly bypolls.
The seven seats where voting is underway are Jhunjhunu, Dausa, Deoli-Uniara, Khinvsar, Chorasi, Salumber and Ramgarh. The results will be declared on November 23.
Jharkhand’s Simdega district has so far registered the highest voter turnout at 15.09 per cent, followed by 14.97 per cent each at Lohardaga and Koderma districts, and 14.62 per cent in Seraikela-Kharsawan.
Ramgarh and Khunti both recorded 14.37 per cent voting each, followed by 13.93 per cent in Gumla and 13.80 per cent each in West Sinbhum and Latehar districts.
Garhwa recorded 13.41 per cent polling, Chatra 13.21 per cent, Hazaribag 13.20 per cent, Ranchi 12.06 per cent, Palamu 11.84 per cent, and East Sinbhum 11.25 per cent.
BJP leader and former Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has cast his vote at a polling booth in Shiggaon, as voting in bypoll to the assembly constituency is underway.
His son Bharath Bommai is the BJP candidate for bypoll to the Shiggaon assembly constituency.
#WATCH | | Karnataka | BJP leader and Former CM Basavaraj Bommai casts his vote at a polling booth in Shiggaon, as voting in bypoll to the assembly constituency is underway
His son Bharath Bommai is the BJP candidate for bypoll to the Shiggaon assembly constituency pic.twitter.com/x2ta1ZaFDw
– ANI (@ANI) November 13, 2024
Jharkhand has so far recorded a voter turnout of 13.04 per cent in the first phase of polling for assembly elections.
Polling began around 7 AM in 34 constituencies across 15 districts and will continue till 5 PM.
Congress candidate for Wayanad Lok Sabha by-elections Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has said that her expectation is that the people of Wayanad will give her the chance to “repay the love and affection” they have shown and to work for them and to be their representative.
“I hope everyone will exercise their democratic right and vote…,” she said.
#WATCH | Kerala: Congress candidate for Wayanad Lok Sabha by-elections Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, “My expectation is that the people of Wayanad will give me the chance to repay the love and affection they have shown and to work for them and to be their representative. I hope… pic.twitter.com/LYg9Sgg4OE
– ANI (@ANI) November 13, 2024
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has sought the backing of the people.
In a post on X, he said, “If you like our work, please support us. I promise that I will do 10 years of work in the next 5 years so that no one can stop our pace of progress.”
साथियों,
मतदान से पूर्व हमारे किए गए कार्यों और भविष्य की योजनाओं को अवश्य जानें।
मैंने पूरी पारदर्शिता के साथ अपना कार्य-विवरण आपके सामने रखा है। मैं स्वीकार करता हूं कि अभी हमारे बुजुर्गों, युवाओं और माताओं-बहनों के लिए बहुत कुछ करना शेष है, जिसे हम पूरी निष्ठा, समर्पण एवं… pic.twitter.com/4Pxyq8r9Yi
– Hemant Soren (@HemantSorenJMM) November 13, 2024
The JMM-led coalition is seeking to retain power riding on its welfare schemes.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is contesting against Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) Sathyan Mokeri, BJP’s Navya Haridas, and 13 others in Wayanad by-elections, has asked her “dear” sisters and brothers to go out and vote.
“My dear brothers and sisters in Wayanad, thank you from the heart for your love and support. Today is the judgment day of democracy. All of you are humbly requested to visit the polling booth and exercise your precious right of consent. The strength of our democracy is the position you take by voting. Let us move hand in hand for the future of Wayanad,” she posted on X.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged voters to exercise their franchise with “full enthusiasm” in the first round of voting in the Jharkhand assembly elections.
“Today is the first round of voting in the Jharkhand assembly elections. I urge all voters to vote with full enthusiasm in this festival of democracy,” he said in a post in Hindi on X.
झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव में आज पहले दौर की वोटिंग है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरा आग्रह है कि वे लोकतंत्र के इस उत्सव में पूरे उत्साह के साथ मतदान करें। इस मौके पर पहली बार वोट देने जा रहे अपने सभी युवा साथियों को मेरी बहुत-बहुत बधाई! याद रखें- पहले मतदान, फिर जलपान!
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 13, 2024
“On this occasion, my heartiest congratulations to all my young friends who are going to vote for the first time! Remember – ‘pehle matdan, phir jalpaan’!” he added.
#WATCH | Chhattisgarh: Voting underway for Raipur City South Assembly by-elections
BJP has fielded Sunil Kumar Soni, a former MP and mayor, while Congress has fielded Akash Sharma, the president of the Youth Congress state unit. pic.twitter.com/KEDX8M4but
– ANI (@ANI) November 13, 2024
Voting has also begun in the by-elections for 31 assembly seats spread across 10 states, as well as for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.
Jharkhand Assembly Elections Live: Voting Begins
Voting for the Jharkhand assembly elections phase 1 is being held today with 43 of the state’s 81 seats up for grabs. Polling will continue till 5 pm.
By-elections will also be held on 31 assembly seats across 10 states and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat of Kerala, from where Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her poll debut.
Elections will be held on seven seats in Rajasthan, six seats in West Bengal, five in Assam, four in Bihar, three in Kerala, two seats in Madhya Pradesh and one in Meghalaya, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka.
In two seats of Sikkim, candidates of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha were declared unopposed winners on October 30.
The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has fielded 23 candidates, while its allies Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have put forward 17 and 5 candidates, respectively.
The Opposition BJP has fielded 36 candidates, while the Janata Dal United (JDU) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have nominated 2 and 7 candidates, respectively.
Voting for the Jharkhand assembly elections phase 1 will be held today with 43 of the state’s 81 seats up for grabs.
Polling will begin around 7 am in 15 districts and will continue till 5 pm.
