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Jharkhand elections: BJP has announced that it will contest 68 seats, while its allies AJSU will contest 10 seats, the JD(U) on 2 seats and LJP (RV) on 1 seat.

Updated on: Oct 19, 2024, 19:47:46 IST

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Jharkhand elections: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced 66 candidates in their first list for the coming Jharkhand Assembly elections.

Union minister and Jharkhand election incharge Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state BJP president Babulal Marandi, Leader of opposition in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Amar Kumar Bauri and others during a party meeting ahead of the Jharkhand Assembly elections, in Ranchi. (ANI)

The party has fielded state chief Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar, Lobin Hembrom from Borio, Sita Soren from Jamtara, former Jharkhand CM Champai Soren from Saraikella, Geeta Balmuchu from Chaibasa, Geeta Koda from Jaganathpur, Meera Munda from Potka among others.

The first list of the BJP comes a day after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announced seat sharing for the upcoming assembly polls.

The BJP announced that it will contest 68 seats, while its NDA allies AJSU will contest on 10 seats, the JD(U) will contest on two seats and LJP (Ram Vilas) on one seat.

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Elections to the 81-member Jharkhand assembly will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, announced Election Commission. The counting of votes will take place on November 23.

Jharkhand elections: Here's the list of 66 candidates announced by the BJP

Dhanwar: Babulal Marandi
Rajmahal: Anant Ojha
Borio (ST): Lobin Hembrom
Litipara (ST): Babudhan Murmu
Maheshpur: Navneet Hembrom
Shikaripara (ST): Paritosh Soren
Nala: Madhav Chandra Mahto
Jamtara: Sita Soren
Dumka (ST): Sunil Soren
Jama (ST): Suresh Murmu
Jarmundi: Devendra Kunwar
Madhupur: Ganga Narayan Singh
Sarath: Randhir Kumar Singh
Deoghar (SC): Narayan Das
Poreyahat: Devendranath Singh
Godda: Amit Kumar Mandal
Mahagama: Ashok Kumar Bhagat
Kodarma: Neera Yadav
Barkatha: Amit Kumar Yadav
Barhi: Manoj Yadav
Barkagaon: Roshan Lal Choudhary
Hazaribagh: Pradeep Prasad
Simaria (SC): Ujjwal Das
Bagodar: Nagendra Mahto
Jamua (SC): Manju Devi
Gandey: Muniya Devi
Giridih: Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi
Bermo: Ravindra Pandey
Bokaro: Biranchi Narayan
Chandankiyari (SC): Amar Kumar Bauri
Sindri: Tara Devi
Nirsa: Aparna Sengupta
Dhanbad: Raj Sinha
Jharia: Ragini Singh
Baghmara: Shatrughan Mahto
Baharagora: Dineshanand Goswami
Ghatshila (ST): Babulal Soren
Potka (ST): Meera Munda
Jamshedpur East: Purnima Das Sahu
Saraikella (ST): Champai Soren
Chaibasa (ST): Geeta Balmuchu
Majhgaon (ST): Barkunwar Gagrai
Jaganathpur (ST): Geeta Koda
Chakradharpur (ST): Shashibhushan Samad
Kharsawan (ST): Sonaram Bodra
Torpa (ST): Koche Munda
Khunti (ST): Nilkanth Singh Munda
Khijri (ST): Ram Kumar Pahan
Ranchi: C.P. Singh
Hatia: Navin Jaiswal
Kanke (SC): Jitu Charan Ram
Mandar (ST): Sunny Toppo
Sisai (ST): Arun Oraon
Gumla (ST): Sudarshan Bhagat
Bishunpur (ST): Sameer Oraon
Simdega (ST): Shradhanand Besra
Kolebira (ST): Sujan Jojo
Manika (ST): Harikrishna Singh
Latehar (SC): Prakash Ram
Panki: Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta
Daltonganj: Alok Kumar Chaurasiya
Bishrampur: Ramachandra Chandravanshi
Chhatarpur (SC): Pushpa Devi Bhuiyan
Hussainabad: Kamlesh Kumar Singh
Garhwa: Satyendra Nath Tiwari
Bhawanathpur: Bhanu Pratap Shahi

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