The 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases from 13 to 20 November 2024 to elect all 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.[1] The counting of votes will take place on 23 November 2024 and results will be declared simultaneously. Hemant Soren of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is the incumbent Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
In the first phase of voting on November 13, 2024, electorates exercised their franchise across 43 Assembly constituencies spread over 15 districts sealing the fate of 638 candidates. The overall voting percentage was 66.65% with females outnumbering the males. While 69.04% of women voters came out to press the EVM button, the percentage for men was 64.27% while just 31.02% of the third gender voted. So, there were almost 4.8% more women voters than men. In 37 of the 43 constitunecies that voted in the first phase, the female voters had a higher turnout than males.
The maximun voting percentage was recorded on Kharsawan Assembly with 77.32%. The next two seats were Baharagora (76.15%) and Lohardaga (73.21%). However, Ranchi saw the lowest polling with just 51.5% of the electorate participating in the election process.
The second phase on November 20 saw voting taking place in 38 Assembly seats. The number of candidates is 528. The polling percentage in 38 constituencies of Jharkhand was 68.45%.
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