Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has announced the dates of Lok Sabha elections 2024. In the press conference of the Election Commission held at Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi, the Chief Election Commissioner has announced to conduct the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in 7 phases. This time also elections will be conducted in 4 phases in Jharkhand.
Voting was held in 4 phases in 2019 also
Voting took place in the last four phases of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand. In Jharkhand, the first phase of voting was held on 29 April 2019, while the second phase of voting was held on 6 May, the third phase of voting was held on 12 May and the fourth and final phase of voting was held on 19 May 2019.
6 out of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand are reserved for SC-ST.
Let us tell you that there are total 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand. Of these, 8 are general seats. 5 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST), while one seat is reserved for Palamu Scheduled Caste (SC). Rajmahal and Singhbhum seats, two seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes, were won by the candidates of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Congress respectively in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. BJP candidates won all the remaining seats.
BJP got maximum 51.6 percent votes in 2019
55 parties had contested the Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got the maximum 51.609 percent votes. Congress party got total 15.8298 percent votes. At the same time, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) had received a total of 11.661 percent votes.
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AJSU got 4.39 percent votes and JVM Prajatantrik got 5 percent votes.
AJSU Party and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) got 4.3884 percent and 5.0824 percent votes respectively. Independent candidates had received 4.2054 percent votes, while 1.2819 percent voters of Jharkhand had pressed the None of the Above (NOTA) button.
Lok Sabha elections were conducted in 7 phases in the country.
Lok Sabha elections were held last time in seven phases. The first phase of voting took place on 11 April 2019. In this, voting took place on 91 Lok Sabha seats of 20 states/union territories. In the second phase on 18th April, 95 seats of 12 states, on 23rd April, 117 seats of 15 states, on 29th April, 71 seats of eight states, on 6th May, 50 Lok Sabha seats of seven states, on 12th May, 59 seats of seven states and Voting took place on 59 Lok Sabha seats in eight states on May 19. Elections were held on only one seat on August 5.
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Voting took place in 4 phases on 14 Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand
Voting was held in four phases for 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were the two states where voting was conducted in maximum seven phases. It would be relevant to mention here that 29,464 polling stations were set up in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. There were a total of 2,24,04,856 voters, out of which 1,49,66,781 had exercised their franchise. There were an average of 760 voters at a polling station. 229 candidates contested the Lok Sabha elections, out of which the deposits of 202 were forfeited.
What is the population of Jharkhand?
According to the Voter List Revision Program 2024, the estimated population of Jharkhand state at present is 4,00,06,288.
What is the population aged 18+ in Jharkhand?
The estimated population of the age group above 18 years in Jharkhand is 2,52,94,173.
How many voters are there in Jharkhand?
Talking about the number of voters in Jharkhand, according to the data released by the Election Commission of India on January 22, 2024, there are a total of 2,53,86,152 voters in the state.
How many male voters are there in Jharkhand?
The number of male voters in Jharkhand is 1,29,37,458.
How many women voters are there in Jharkhand?
The number of women voters in Jharkhand is slightly more than the number of male voters. There are a total of 1,24,48,225 women voters in the state.
What is the number of third gender voters in Jharkhand?
The number of third gender voters in Jharkhand is currently 469.
How many Lok Sabha constituencies are there in Jharkhand?
There are total 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand. The names of these 14 parliamentary seats are Singhbhum (reserved for Scheduled Tribe), Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Godda, Chatra, Dhanbad, Giridih, Khunti (reserved for Scheduled Tribe), Lohardaga (reserved for Scheduled Tribe), Rajmahal. (reserved for Scheduled Tribes), Dumka (reserved for Scheduled Tribes) and Palamu (reserved for Scheduled Castes).
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Special things related to Lok Sabha elections 2019
- 55 parties had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand.
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got the maximum 51.609 percent votes.
- Congress party got total 15.8298 percent votes.
- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) had received 11.661 percent votes.
- AJSU Party got 4.3884 percent votes.
- Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) got 5.0824 percent votes.
- Independent candidates had received 4.2054 percent votes.
- 1.2819 percent voters of Jharkhand had pressed the NOTA button.
- Voting was held in 4 phases for 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand.
- 29,464 polling stations were set up in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
- There were a total of 2,24,04,856 voters in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand.
- 1,49,66,781 people had used their franchise.
- There were an average of 760 voters at a polling station.
- 229 candidates contested the elections on 14 Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand.
- Out of total 229 candidates, deposits of 202 candidates were forfeited.
Details of 7 phases of Lok Sabha elections
- In the Lok Sabha elections 2019, elections were conducted in 7 phases.
- The first phase of voting took place on 11 April 2019. In this, voting took place on 91 Lok Sabha seats of 20 states/union territories.
- Voting on 95 seats in 12 states in the second phase on April 18.
- On 23 April on 117 seats of 15 states
- 71 seats in 8 states on April 29
- 50 Lok Sabha seats from 7 states on 6th May
- On 12 May on 59 seats in 7 states
- On May 19, voting took place on 59 Lok Sabha seats in 8 states.
- Elections were held on only one seat on August 5.
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