State Polls Will Take Place in Five Phases

New Delhi: The elections to the Jharkhand legislative assembly will be held in five phases starting from November 30, the Elections Commission of India announced it today. The results of the same will be declared on December 23.


The five-phase voting will take place on 30 November, 7 December, 12 December, 16 December, and 20 December, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said. The term of the current 81-member Assembly ends on 5 January, 2020.


Of the 81 seats, nine are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) and 28 for Scheduled Tribes (ST), the EC stated. Of the population, which is 3.2 crore, 86 lakh are ST and 39 lakh are ST, the EC added.


As per the electoral rolls in January 2019, there are 1.18 crore male voters, 1.08 crore female voters and 40,336 service voters.



































Date of pollingPhase of pollingConstituencies go for polling
30 NovPhase I27-Chatra (SC) 68-Gumla (ST) 69-Bishunpur (ST) 72-Lohardaga (ST) 73-Manika (ST) 74-Latehar (SC) 75-Panki 76-Daltonganj 77-Bishrampur 78-Chhatarpur (SC) 79-Hussainabad 80-Garhwa 81-Bhawanathpur
7 DecPhase II44-Baharagora 45-Ghatsila (ST) 46-Potka (ST) 47-Jugsalai (SC) 48-Jamshedpur East 49-Jamshedpur West 51-Seraikella (ST) 57-Kharsawan (ST) 52-Chaibasa (ST) 53-Majhgaon (ST) 54-Jaganathpur (ST) 55-Manoharpur (ST) 56-Chakradharpur (ST) 58-Tamar (ST) 66-Mandar (ST) 59-Torpa (ST) 60-Khunti (ST) 67-Sisai (ST) 70-Simdega (ST) 71-Kolebira (ST)
12 DecPhase III19-Kodarma 20-Barkatha 21-Barhi 24-Mandu 25-Hazaribagh 26-Simaria (SC) 22-Barkagaon 23-Ramgarh 28-Dhanwar 34-Gomia 35-Bermo 50-Ichagarh 61-Silli 62-Khijri (ST) 63-Ranchi 64-Hatia 65-Kanke (SC)
16 DecPhase IV38-Sindri 39-Nirsa 40-Dhanbad 41-Jharia 42-Tundi 43-Baghmara 36-Bokaro 37-Chandankiyari (SC) 13-Madhupur 15-Deoghar (SC) 29-Bagodar 30-Jamua (SC) 31-Gandey 32-Giridih 33-Dumri
20 DecPhase V1-Rajmahal 2-Boiro (ST) 3-Barhait (ST) 4-Litipara (ST) 5-Pakur 6-Maheshpur (ST) 7-Sikaripara (ST) 10-Dumka (ST) 11-Jama (ST) 12-Jarmundi 8-Nala 9-Jamtara 14-Sarath 16-Poreyahat 17-Godda 18-Mahagama