Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024: EC team in Ranchi to review poll preparedness

Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024: An Election Commission team, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, arrived in Jharkhand on Monday to review the preparations for the upcoming assembly polls. During their two-day visit, the team will conduct a series of meetings with political parties, enforcement agencies, and government officials to ensure everything is in place for the elections.

ECI to review poll preparedness

"Four meetings are scheduled on Monday. The poll panel will talk to representatives of nine political parties, including six national and three regional parties, as well as senior government and police officials," Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar said.

Kumar mentioned that the team would also meet with district election officers, superintendents of police, inspector generals, and deputy inspector generals on Tuesday. The discussions will focus on assessing poll preparedness, the law and order situation, and other election-related matters during these meetings.

Jharkhand Assembly elections

Assembly elections in Jharkhand are expected later this year. In 2019, elections for the 81 assembly seats were conducted in five phases from November 30 to December 20, with results announced on December 23.

According to the Election Commission sources, this time, the polls are likely to take place in two to three phases.

Currently, the state is governed by a coalition led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), with Congress and RJD as key partners. In the 2019 elections, the JMM won 30 seats, the BJP secured 25, Congress got 16, and other parties shared the remaining 10 seats. The majority mark for the 81-seat assembly is 41 seats.

(With PTI inputs)