2019 Jharkhand Assembly Election Nov 30 - Dec 20 in 5 Phases- Election Commisssion of India(ECI)announces assembly poll dates

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Elections 2019 will be held in five phases from November 30 in the 81 constituencies of the state.

Jharkhand Assembly election 2019 schedule 

Polling Events	Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4	Phase 5
Assembly Constituencies (Total-81)	13	20	17	15	16
Date of issue of notification	November 6	November 11	November 16	November 22	November 26
Last date of making nomination	November 13	November 18	November 25	November 29	December 3
Date of scrutiny	November 14	November 19	November 26	November 30	December 4
Last date of withdrawal	November 16	November 21	November 28	December 2	December 6
Date of polls	November 30	December 7	December 12	December 16	December 20
Date of counting	December 23	December 23	December 23	December 23	December 23
Date of Completion	December 29	December 29	December 29	December 29	December 29

The counting of votes will take place on December 23, 2019.

The five-year term of the current Jharkhand legislative assembly is scheduled to expire on January 5, 2020.

The Jharkhand legislative assembly has a total strength of 81 seats, out of which 9 are reserved for SC and 28 for ST.

As per the final electoral rolls published by January 2019, Jharkhand has 2.265 crore electors, out of which 1.187 crore are male voters, 1.080 crore are female voters, 40,336 are service voters.

Chief Minister Raghubar Das-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is hoping to retain power in the state. BJP is widely expected to contest the election in an alliance with the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU)

The BJP-AJSU alliance is being challenged by Opposition parties such as former chief ministers Shibu Soren and Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), the Indian National Congress and the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM-P).

The three parties had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election in an alliance and are expected to fight in this formation again, with the possibility of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) joining hands

BJP’s ally in Bihar, the Janata Dal (United), has said that it will contest all 81 seats alone.