THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, Nov. 18: The noise of the election campaign for the second and final phase of the assembly elections stopped at 5 pm on Monday. Voting is to be held on 38 seats on November 20.
A total of 528 candidates are trying their luck in the second phase. There are 472 male and 55 female candidates in this. One transgender candidate is also in the electoral arena.
There are 73 candidates from the national party, of which 60 are men and 13 are women. 28 candidates of recognised state-level Jharkhand parties are also in the electoral fray. This includes 23 male and five female candidates. The number of independent candidates is 257.
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Voting will be held at 14,218 booths
Voting will be held at 14,218 booths for the 30 assembly seats in the second phase. The number of general booths in this is 7,390 and the number of booths in Naxal-affected areas is 900. Voting will be held at 31 booths from 7 am to 4 pm. 585 companies of paramilitary forces and 60 companies of JAP have been deployed for peaceful voting. About 30 thousand district force and home guard jawans have been deployed.
JMM star campaigners
During the entire election campaign, CM Hemant Soren and Kalpana Soren were at the forefront of holding meetings. Hemant Soren held 92 meetings, while Kalpana Soren held 98 meetings. After this, BJP’s firebrand leader Himanta Biswa Sarma held 57 and Shivraj Singh Chouhan held 51 meetings. Prime Minister Modi addressed six meetings, Rahul Gandhi addressed six, Amit Shah addressed six, JP Nadda addressed eight, Yogi Adityanath addressed eight, Tejashwi Yadav addressed 21, RJD supremo Lalu Yadav addressed one, Mallikarjun Kharge addressed six, Sachin Pilot addressed one.
Elections are to be held on these 38 seats
Elections will be held on November 20 in Rajmahal, Borio, Barhait, Littipara, Pakur, Maheshpur, Shikaripara, Nala, Jamtara, Dumka, Jama, Jarmundi, Madhupur, Sarath, Deoghar, Poraiyahat, Godda, Mahagama, Ramgarh, Mandu, Dhanwar, Bagodar, Jamua, Gandey, Giridih, Dumri, Gomia, Bermo, Bokaro, Chandankiyari, Sindri, Nirsa, Dhanbad, Jharia, Tundi, Baghmara, Silli and Khijri.
