So far 150 candidates filed nominations for Jharkhand elections!
For the first phase of jharkhand assembly elections, 93 candidates including minister deepak Birua, BJP's Satyendra Nath Tiwari and Janata Dal (United)'s Gopal krishna Patar filed their nomination papers on wednesday (23 October). An official gave this information. The official said that with this, the total number of nomination papers filed in different assembly constituencies has reached 150. In the first phase, voting will be held in a total of 43 assembly constituencies on november 13.
The official said that five candidates filed nominations on wednesday for the second phase of elections to be held on november 20. The nomination process for 38 assembly seats in the second phase started on Tuesday. jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K. ravi Kumar said, "A total of 93 candidates filed their nomination papers on wednesday for the first phase, while five candidates filed nominations for the second phase."
Who filed nomination from where?
jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) mla and state Transport minister deepak Birua filed his nomination papers from Chaibasa assembly constituency. party mla Ramdas Soren filed nomination papers from Ghatshila. deepak Birua claimed that the JMM-led government has launched several welfare schemes for the people of the state and he is confident of winning the seat by a big margin.
BJP leader Satyendra Nath Tiwari filed his nomination papers for the Garhwa assembly seat in jharkhand in the presence of Union minister Satish Chandra Dubey. Tiwari will data-face JMM candidate and state minister Mithilesh Kumar Thakur. In the 2019 assembly elections, Thakur defeated Tiwari by 23,522 votes. Tiwari told the media after filing the nomination papers, "I will win this seat by a big margin, because this time there is no challenge for me on this seat."