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Jharkhand Election 2024 Highlights: 67.59% turnout recorded in 38 assembly seats till 5 PM

10 min read . Updated: 21 Nov 2024, 06:29 AM IST

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Jharkhand Election 2024 Highlights: As many as 528 candidates are contesting for the 38 seats in this phase, including 55 women, one third-gender candidate, and 472 men. Voting began at 7 am in 12 districts today. 67.59% turnout recorded till 5 pm.

Jharkhand Election 2024 Highlights: A voter shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station at Rampur during the final phase of Jharkhand Assembly Elections, in Ranchi district on November 20, 2024. (PTI Photo) — Jharkhand Election 2024 Highlights: A voter shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station at Rampur during the final phase of Jharkhand Assembly Elections, in Ranchi district on November 20, 2024. **(PTI Photo)**

Jharkhand Election 2024 Highlights: Voters in Jharkhand have the second phase of the 2024 assembly elections today, on November 20. A total of 528 candidates are contesting for the 38 seats in this phase, including 55 women, one third-gender candidate, and 472 male candidates.

The voter turnout of 67.59 percent registered in 38 assembly seats till 5 pm. Earlier, voter turnout of 61.47 percent registered in 38 assembly seats till 3 PM in second and final phase of Jharkhand polls, said an official.

Polling began at 7 am and will conclude at 5 pm, except at sensitive polling stations where voting will end at 4 pm. Over 1.23 crore voters, including 61 lakh women, are eligible to cast their votes in this phase.

This is the second and final phase of the state assembly elections in Jharkhand. The first phase of voting took place on November 13, for 43 of the 81 assembly seats.

Candidates At A Glance

Prominent candidates include Chief Minister Hemant Soren, his wife Kalpana Soren, and his sister-in-law Sita Soren from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

Key Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in the second phase include former CM Babulal Marandi, Assembly Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahto (JMM), AJSU Party chief Sudesh Mahto, and Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri.

This election primarily a two-way fight between the JMM-led alliance against the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

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Jharkhand Election 2024 Highlights: 67.59% turnout recorded in 38 assembly seats till 5 PM

Jharkhand Election 2024 Highlights: As many as 528 candidates are contesting for the 38 seats in this phase, including 55 women, one third-gender candidate, and 472 men. Voting began at 7 am in 12 districts today. 67.59% turnout recorded till 5 pm.

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