Jharkhand Election date, Polling date, Counting Date, all Schedule you need to know

Following Maharashtra and Haryana, Jharkhand is the third state going for assembly (Vidhan Sabha) polls after the Narendra Modi government came to power for its consecutive second term.

Presently, the state of Jharkhand is ruled by the BJP government in alliance with the All Jharkhand Students' Union (AJSU). The present Chief Minister of the state is Raghubar Das. BJP assumed power in the state assembly after winning in the 2014 assembly elections from 37 seats while its ally AJSU contributed 5 seats for the alliance. Thus, the strength of the alliance in the state’s Vidhan Sabha is 42 out of total number of 81 seats thereby giving a seat more than the majority mark of 41 seats.

The tenure of the present government is ending on 5 January 2020 and hence the Election Commission has announced the assembly elections in the state to be held in November and December 2019.

Polling Dates

For the 2019 assembly elections, polling in the state of Jharkhand will take place in 5 phases on 30 November 2019, 7 December 2019, 12 December 2019, 16 December 2019, and 20 December 2019. The votes will be counted on 23 December 2019.

Reserved seats and voters

The state of Jharkhand has 81 assembly seats out of which 9 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 28 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The total population of Jharkhand is 3.2 crore comprising of 86 lakhs Scheduled Tribes and 39 Lakhs of Scheduled Castes. The voters population comprises of 1.18 crore males and 1.08 crore females. The number of service voters is 40,336.

Detailed schedule of Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019

	Gazette notification	Nomination last date	Nominations scrutiny	Last date for withdrawal	Polling date	Counting date
Phase -1	6.11.2019 Wednesday	13.11.2019 Wednesday	14.11.2019 Thursday	16.11.2019 Saturday	30.11.2019 Saturday	23.12.2019 Monday
Phase -2	11.11.2019 Monday	18.11.2019 Monday	19.11.2019 Tuesday	21.11.2019 Thursday	07.12.2019 Saturday	23.12.2019 Monday
Phase -3	16.11.2019 Saturday	25.11.2019 Monday	26.11.2019 Tuesday	28.11.2019 Thursday	12.12.2019 Thursday	23.12.2019 Monday
Phase -4	22.11.2019 Friday	29.11.2019 Friday	30.11.2019 Saturday	02.11.2019 Monday	16.12.2019 Monday	23.12.2019 Monday
Phase -5	26.11.2019 Tuesday	03.11.2019 Tuesday	04.11.2019 Wednesday	06.11.2019 Friday	20.12.2019 Friday	23.12.2019 Monday

Constituency wise polling dates in Jharkhand

Constituency	Polling Date
27-Chatra (SC) 68-Gumla (ST) 69-Bishunpur (ST) 72-Lohardaga (ST) 73-Manika (ST) 74-Latehar (SC) 75-Panki 76-Daltonganj 77-Bishrampur 78-Chhatarpur (SC) 79-Hussainabad 80-Garhwa 81-Bhawanathpur	Phase -1 (30.11.2019, Saturday)
44-Baharagora 45-Ghatsila (ST) 46-Potka (ST) 47-Jugsalai (SC) 48-Jamshedpur East 49-Jamshedpur West 51-Seraikella (ST) 57-Kharsawan (ST) 52-Chaibasa (ST) 53-Majhgaon (ST) 54-Jaganathpur (ST) 55-Manoharpur (ST) 56-Chakradharpur (ST) 58-Tamar (ST) 66-Mandar (ST) 59-Torpa (ST) 60-Khunti (ST) 67-Sisai (ST) 70-Simdega (ST) 71-Kolebira (ST)	Phase -2 (07.12.2019, Saturday)
19-Kodarma 20-Barkatha 21-Barhi 24-Mandu 25-Hazaribagh 26-Simaria (SC) 22-Barkagaon 23-Ramgarh 28-Dhanwar 34-Gomia 35-Bermo 50-Ichagarh 61-Silli 62-Khijri (ST) 63-Ranchi 64-Hatia 65-Kanke (SC)	Phase -3 (12.12.2019, Thursday)
38-Sindri 39-Nirsa 40-Dhanbad 41-Jharia 42-Tundi 43-Baghmara 36-Bokaro 37-Chandankiyari (SC) 13-Madhupur 15-Deoghar (SC) 29-Bagodar 30-Jamua (SC) 31-Gandey 32-Giridih 33-Dumri	Phase -4 (16.12.2019, Monday)
1-Rajmahal 2-Boiro (ST) 3-Barhait (ST) 4-Litipara (ST) 5-Pakur 6-Maheshpur (ST) 7-Sikaripara (ST) 10-Dumka (ST) 11-Jama (ST) 12-Jarmundi 8-Nala 9-Jamtara 14-Sarath 16-Poreyahat 17-Godda 18-Mahagama	Phase -5 (20.12.2019, Friday)