NEW DELHI: Congress veteran Rameshwar Oraon is leading by over 28,000 votes in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga (ST) constituency after 14 of 18 counting rounds. Oraon has secured more than 83,000 votes, while AJSU Party’s Neru Shanti Bhagat trails with approximately 55,000 votes. The Lohardaga (ST) seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribes, is crucial in the Jharkhand Assembly […]
NEW DELHI: The Dumka Assembly constituency, a key seat in Jharkhand’s Santhal Parganas region, has witnessed the win of Basant Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) faced by Sunil Soren of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Voting took place on November 20, with results set to be announced on November 23. As per the […]
NEW DELHI: As the JMM-led INDIA bloc crossed the majority mark in the Jharkhand Assembly elections, Chief Minister Hemant Soren shared a heartfelt personal moment on the social media platform ‘X’. Posting a picture of his two sons, Nikhil and Ansh, Soren captioned it, “My strength,” highlighting the role of family amidst his political triumph. […]
NEW DELHI: In the Jamshedpur West Assembly constituency, Saryu Roy of the JDU trails Banna Gupta of the Congress by a margin of 16,296 votes in the Janata Dal vs INC contest. Part of Jharkhand’s industrial hub, the constituency is a focal point in the 2024 elections. Voting for the seat took place on November […]
NEW DELHI: BJP’s Purnima Sahu is leading by 12,963 votes over Congress’s Ajoy Kumar in the Jamshedpur East assembly constituency, a key seat in Jharkhand’s industrial hub. Known for housing Tata Steel, Jamshedpur East is a politically significant constituency forming part of the Jamshedpur Lok Sabha seat. The seat, a BJP stronghold since 1990, saw […]
NEW DELHI: Veteran Jharkhand leader Champai Soren, a seven-time MLA and former Chief Minister, is contesting the Seraikela seat in the 2024 Assembly elections. Once a key figure in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Soren, famously known as the “Kolhan Tiger,” joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in August 2024, altering the political landscape in […]
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand BJP president and former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi is leading by 1,840 votes over CPIML’s Rajkumar Yadav in the Dhanwar assembly seat after the first round of vote counting, according to the Election Commission of India. Marandi, who won the Dhanwar seat in 2019 as a Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) candidate, defeated […]
NEW DELHI: Kalpana Soren, wife of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, secured a decisive victory in the Gandey seat during the 2024 assembly by-election. She defeated BJP’s Muniya Devi with 109,827 votes against Devi’s 82,678. This marks a significant win for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), as the constituency’s outcome is crucial for maintaining the […]
NEW DELHI: Hemant Soren, the current Chief Minister of Jharkhand and a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), represents the Barhait seat. He is facing opposition from the BJP’s Gamaliyan Hembrom. In the 2019 elections, Soren secured a comfortable victory with 73,725 votes, ahead of BJP’s Simon Marandi, who received 47,985 votes. As per […]
NEW DELHI: The final phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections concluded successfully, registering an impressive voter turnout of 61.47% by 3 PM. This decisive phase will shape the state’s political landscape, with employment, corruption, and governance as central campaign themes. Kalpana Soren, JMM candidate from Gandey and wife of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who voted […]