Factual information of Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019
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Factual information of Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019
Legislative Assembly elections are due to be held in Jharkhand in November - December 2019 to elect the 81 members of Legislative Assembly. The term of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly ends on December 27, 2019. 
Parties and Alliances
- NDA: BJP (81)
- UPA: JMM (43), INC (31), RJD (7)
- Left Front: CPI, CPI(M), MCC, CPI(ML)(L)
- None: JVM (P), AJSU (27)
Schedule for First Phase Assembly Election Jharkhand 2019
| Poll Events | Phase I |
| Date of Issue of Gazette Notification | 06.11.2019 (Wednesday) |
| Last Date for making Nominations | 13.11.2019 (Wednesday) |
| Date for Scrutiny of Nominations | 14.11.2019 (Thursday) |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | 16.11.2019 (Saturday) |
| Date of poll | 30.11.2019 (Saturday) |
| Date of Counting | 23.12.2019 (Monday) |
| Date of Completion | 26.12.2019 (Thursday) |
Assembly Constituencies of Jharkhand going to poll in Phase-I
| Sl.No. | Name of District | No. and Name of Assembly Constituency |
| 1. | Chatra | 27-Chatra (SC) |
| 2. | Gumla | 68-Gumla (ST) |
| 69-Bishunpur (ST) | ||
| 3. | Lohardaga | 72-Lohardaga (ST) |
| 4. | Latehar | 73-Manika (ST) |
| 74-Latehar (SC) | ||
| 5. | Palamu | 75-Panki |
| 76-Daltonganj | ||
| 77-Bishrampur | ||
| 78-Chhatarpur (SC) | ||
| 79-Hussainabad | ||
| 6. | Garhwa | 80-Garhwa |
| 81-Bhawanathpur |
Which are the major parties of Jharkhand Assembly Elections?
The Major parties Jharkhand include Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and All All Jharkhand Student Union (AJSU) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Congress and RJD will contest in alliance. JMM will contest on 43 seats, the Congress on 31 and the RJD on seven seats.
How many candidates will contest in Phase 1 Jharkhand elections?
A total of 189 candidates will contest 13 of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand. Around 228 candidates filed their papers for the first phase. Of these 22 nominations were rejected after scrutiny and 17 candidates had withdrawn their papers.
Which all constituencies are fighting in Phase 1 of Jharkhand Assembly Elections?
On November 30, the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly Elections, voting will take place in Chatra (SC), Gumla (ST), Bishunpur (ST), Lohardaga (ST), Manika (ST), Latehar (SC), Panki, Daltonganj, Bishrampur, Chhatarpur (SC), Hussainabad, Garhwa and Bhawanathpur seats in the first phase.
Chatra has the least number of candidates while Bhawanathpur has the most.
Who are the key candidates for Phase 1 Jharkhand elections?
The key candidates in Jharkhand election are former BJP chief whip Radhakrishna Kishore in Chhatarpur seat on AJSU Party ticket, former minister Bhanu Pratap Sahi in Bhawanathpur constituency on a BJP ticket and JMM MLA Chamra Linda in Bishunpur seat.
Who are the star campaigners from BJP for Jharkhand Assembly Elections?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister and BJP national president Amit Shah, BJP working president JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, party general secretary BL Santosh, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das are among the 40 star campaigners of the BJP.
The list also includes Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Ministers Arjun Munda, Prahlad Joshi, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Prasad, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Smriti Irani, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Nityanand Rai.
Source NDTV