Who are the key players in Jharkhand?
December 23, 2019  07:58
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After voting in five-phased Assembly polls, the people of Jharkhand will finally get to see the winner of the neck-to-neck political contest between the ruling BJP and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance as the counting of votes will take place today.


BJP, which had won 37 seats in the last Assembly elections, coined the slogan "Abki baar 65 paar". However, the ruling party is facing a stiff challenge as the alliance of JMM, Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal seems to have an advantage, as per exit polls released last week.


Major political parties

BJP, JMM, Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, All Jharkhand Students' Union and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik are among the major political parties which are in the fray in the tribal-dominated state.

Raghubar Das took oath as Chief Minister in 2014 after the BJP won 37 seats and stitched an alliance with the AJSU, which had won 5 seats. However, AJSU broke ties with BJP and contested elections solo this time.

The ruling party has fielded its candidates in 79 out of the 81 seats. However, BJP has not fielded any candidate against AJSU's Sudesh Mahto, and has supported a candidate in the remaining one constituency.

Under the leadership of JMM chief Hemant Soren, Congress and RJD have come together to oust BJP from power. JMM has fielded candidates in 43 seats, while the Congress and the RJD candidates are in the fray in 31 and seven constituencies, respectively.


Image: A counting centre at Dumka 
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