Elections

Full List: Congress Candidates Contesting Jharkhand Assembly Election 2024

Voting for tಞhe Jharkhand Assembly polls will take place in two phases, on November 13𝓡 and November 20.

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The Congre🌠ss released its first list꧂ of candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, which are scheduled to take place in two phases on November 13 and 20.

T♔he votes for the 81-seat Jharkhand Assembly🍬 polls will be counted on November 23, coinciding with that of the Maharashtra elections.

The current A𒁏ssembly's te🌄rm in Jharkhand ends on January 5, 2025.

In the 2019 Asse♍mbly polls, the Hemant Soren-led Jhar𝓡khand Mukti Morcha (JMM) won 30 seats and formed government with the help of Congress, which had bagged 16 seats and also the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which bagged one seat. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata won 25 seats, falling short of majority in the state.

On December 24, 2019, Hemant Soren was officially elected as the leader of the JMM legislature group and had already been the UPA's chief ministerial candidate during the 💎campaign. With the additional support of former CM and JVM(P) chief Babulal Marandi, the alliance and Soren's government were further strengthened. This resulted in Hemant Soren forming the new government in Jharkhand.

Full List Of Congress Candidates Announced So Far

  • Jamtara: Dr Irfan Ansar

  • Jarmundi: Badal Patralekh

  • Poreyahat: Pradeep Yadav

  • Mahagama: Deepika Pandey Singh

  • Barkagaon: Amba Prasad Sahu

  • Ramgarh: Mamta Devi

  • Mandu: Jai Prakash patel

  • Hazaribagh: Munna Singh

  • Bermo: Kumar Jai Mangal

  • Jharia: Purnima Niraj Singh

  • Baghmara: Jaleshwaro Mehato

  • Jamshedpur East: Dr Ajoy Kumar

  • Jamshedpur West: Banna Gupta

  • Jaganathpur (ST): Sonu Ram Sinku

  • Khijri (ST): Rajesh Kachhap

  • Hatia: Ajay Nath Sahdeo

  • Mandar (ST): Shilpi Neha Tirkey

  • Simdega (ST): Bhushan Bara

  • Kolebira (ST): Naman Viksal Kongari

  • Lohardaga (ST): Rameshwar Oraon

  • Manika (ST): Ramchandra Singh