RANCHI: Alliance partners Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress on Saturday finalised a seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections, scheduled for next month.
The two alliance partners will contest a combined total of 70 seats out of the 81 constituencies in the state. The remaining 11 seats have been left for the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Left parties to contest.
Chief minister Hemant Soren has announced that discussions are underway with coalition allies, including the RJD and Left parties, regarding the allocation of 11 out of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand. Soren said, "We will gradually inform which party will contest from which seat after a detailed discussion with our allies."
"INDIA bloc will contest the Jharkhand assembly polls together. It has been decided during the seat-sharing talks with the allies that the Congress and the JMM will field candidates in 70 of 81 seats," Soren said after meeting with the alliance partners here.
He said the decision was taken after consultations with allies and candidates would be announced soon.
Soren said the JMM-led alliance was confident of retaining power in the state on the back of its development work.
The assembly polls for 81 seats will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, and counting will take place on November 23.
The primary contenders in the tribal-majority state are the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). The JMM has formed an alliance with the Congress party and Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
In the previous assembly elections held in 2019, the JMM-Congress-RJD coalition secured a strong majority, winning 47 out of the 81 seats in the legislative assembly, including 30 of JMM and 16 of the Congress.
The NDA on Friday announced its seat-sharing formula among its partners. The BJP will contest 68 seats, AJSU Party 10, JD(U) 2 and LJP (Ram Vilas) 1.
Filing of nomination papers for 43 assembly constituencies of Jharkhand, which are going to polls on November 13 in the first phase, began on Friday and will continue till October 25.
The BJP had secured 25 seats, JVM-P 3, AJSU Party 2, CPI-ML 1, NCP- 1 and independents 2.
Currently, the strength of the assembly stands at 74, with the JMM-led ruling alliance having 44 members.
Two JMM legislators, Nalin Soren and Joba Majhi, are now members of Parliament, while Jama legislator Sita Soren resigned to contest the Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket.
Additionally, Borio MLA Lobin Hembrom was recently disqualified under the anti-defection law.
Similarly, the BJP's strength has decreased to 23, with two of its MLAs-Dhulu Mahto (Baghmara) and Manish Jaiswal (Hazaribag)-now serving as MPs.
Mandu MLA Jaiprakash Bhai Patel, who joined Congress before the Lok Sabha elections, was also disqualified under the anti-defection law.
Altogether 2.60 crore electors, including 11.84 lakh first-time voters and 1.13 lakh persons with disabilities (PwD), third gender and senior citizens over 85 years of age, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the upcoming elections.
The two alliance partners will contest a combined total of 70 seats out of the 81 constituencies in the state. The remaining 11 seats have been left for the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Left parties to contest.
Chief minister Hemant Soren has announced that discussions are underway with coalition allies, including the RJD and Left parties, regarding the allocation of 11 out of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand. Soren said, "We will gradually inform which party will contest from which seat after a detailed discussion with our allies."
"INDIA bloc will contest the Jharkhand assembly polls together. It has been decided during the seat-sharing talks with the allies that the Congress and the JMM will field candidates in 70 of 81 seats," Soren said after meeting with the alliance partners here.
He said the decision was taken after consultations with allies and candidates would be announced soon.
Soren said the JMM-led alliance was confident of retaining power in the state on the back of its development work.
The assembly polls for 81 seats will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, and counting will take place on November 23.
The primary contenders in the tribal-majority state are the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). The JMM has formed an alliance with the Congress party and Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
In the previous assembly elections held in 2019, the JMM-Congress-RJD coalition secured a strong majority, winning 47 out of the 81 seats in the legislative assembly, including 30 of JMM and 16 of the Congress.
The NDA on Friday announced its seat-sharing formula among its partners. The BJP will contest 68 seats, AJSU Party 10, JD(U) 2 and LJP (Ram Vilas) 1.
Filing of nomination papers for 43 assembly constituencies of Jharkhand, which are going to polls on November 13 in the first phase, began on Friday and will continue till October 25.
The BJP had secured 25 seats, JVM-P 3, AJSU Party 2, CPI-ML 1, NCP- 1 and independents 2.
Currently, the strength of the assembly stands at 74, with the JMM-led ruling alliance having 44 members.
Two JMM legislators, Nalin Soren and Joba Majhi, are now members of Parliament, while Jama legislator Sita Soren resigned to contest the Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket.
Additionally, Borio MLA Lobin Hembrom was recently disqualified under the anti-defection law.
Similarly, the BJP's strength has decreased to 23, with two of its MLAs-Dhulu Mahto (Baghmara) and Manish Jaiswal (Hazaribag)-now serving as MPs.
Mandu MLA Jaiprakash Bhai Patel, who joined Congress before the Lok Sabha elections, was also disqualified under the anti-defection law.
Altogether 2.60 crore electors, including 11.84 lakh first-time voters and 1.13 lakh persons with disabilities (PwD), third gender and senior citizens over 85 years of age, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the upcoming elections.
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