The controversial Women’s Reservation Bill will come up again for parliament’s approval in the current session.

The cabinet approved the amended version of the bill which seeks to reserve 33% seats in state legislatures and parliament for women. The issue of providing reservation to women has been a contentious issue right from the time it was brought before parliament in 1996.

While all major political parties — Congress, BJP and CPI(M) — are in favour of the bill, its passage has been held up because of stiff resistance from parties like SP, RJD and JD(U). Those opposed to the bill have, on several occasions, even physically tried to stop it from being introduced in parliament.

The historic Women’s Reservation Bill may soon become law. At least the UPA government wants it passed in Rajya Sabha by March 8 – as a gift to the country on International Women’s Day.

The Congress and the BJP have issued a whip to MPs to vote in its favour, and the Left is backing the bill as well.

Apart from reserving 33 per cent MP and MLA seats for women, it’s a bill of many hopes and promises for many in politics.

Indian electronic voting machines (EVMs) may be a subject of controversy in the country, but that hasn’t stopped poll panels of many countries, including South Africa from showing interest in acquiring the ballot gadget.

According to the Election Commission of India, poll bodies of South Africa, Mauritius, Kenya and Nepal have evinced keen interest in the EVMs.

The interest in Indian EVMs from foreign poll management bodies comes in the backdrop of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Telugu Desam Party and the AIADMK, among others, and some rights activists raising questions over the proper functioning of the voting machines.

The Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla and Election Commissioners Dr. S.Y. Quraishi and V.S. Sampath held bilateral discussions with Deputy Secretary-General of Commonwealth Mmasegoa Masire-Mwamba, Commissioner of Federal Election Commission, USA, Ellen L. Weinstraub, Deputy Chairperson of Independent Electoral Commission, South Africa, Thoko Nandisile Mpumlwana, Election Commissioner of Mauritius M.I. Abdool Rahman, Chairman of Interim Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya Ahmed Issack Hassan, among others.

During the discussions, South Africa, Mauritius, Kenya and Nepal evinced keen interest in the Electronic Voting Machine of the Election Commission of India.

The exchanges with the United States focused on campaign financing, expenditure scrutiny and regulatory provisions.

Improvement of electoral rolls, voters’ awareness and education, enforcement of model code of conduct and engagement of technology in improving election management were discussed in the bilateral meetings.

Political activity is building up around the Pennagaram assembly by-poll in Tamil Nadu with an AIADMK delegation calling on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla Monday, four days after the DMK-Congress-VCK combine met him to ask for elections at the earliest.

A delegation of AIADMK MPs on Monday told the Election Commission that names of over 42,000 voters were deleted from the electoral rolls in Pennagaram assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu where the bypoll has been put on hold by the poll panel.

The MPs from both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha met Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla and other Election Commissioners S. Y. Quraishi and V. Sampath and demanded a proper inquiry be conducted regarding the deletion of such a large number of voters.

Originally scheduled to be held Jan 20 this year, the by-poll was postponed to February by the Election Commission upon the representations from the opposition AIADMK, MDMK, PMK, Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

They said the Pongal and Tamil New Year festivals fall during the campaign period and the assembly session would start Jan 6.

They also said the Election Commission had declared the poll date in an undue haste within 21 days of Periannan’s death.

However, the ruling DMK and its ally Congress had opposed the decision.

When the electoral rolls were revised in 2010, several political parties had complained to the Election Commission about the omission of thousands of voters from the list.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has taken on the MNS and the Shiv Sena by coming out in support of north Indians in Maharashtra.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has asked sangh workers in Maharashtra to protect north Indians from attacks. This could be the organisation making clear its stance against any linguistic chauvinism.

Stung by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) criticism of its anti-north Indians policy, the Shiv Sena on Monday hit back saying the RSS should “keep off the issue”.

“We do not need lessons from the RSS. It will be in their interest not to rake up the issue. Our stand on this is not new. Mumbai belongs to Marathis,” Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray asserted in Mumbai.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray celebrated his 84th birthday, and used the occasion to make it clear that he remains at the helm of the party.

“I have the remote control of politics and the remote control will continue to remain with me,” said Thackeray in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana.

Thackeray retired from politics five years ago, making way for son Uddhav to lead the party.

Shivraj Vishwanath Patil was sworn-in as the Governor of Punjab today in place of S F Rodrigues whose term had expired in November last year.

Patil, a former union home minister and ex-Lok Sabha speaker, was administered the oath of office by Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal at the Punjab Raj Bhawan.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, his Deputy Sukhbir Badal, Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia, Leader of Opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda were among those present.

He had resigned from the post of Home Minister on November 30, 2008 following widespread criticism after the terrorist attack in Mumbai.

He is the first political personality in two decades to be made Punjab governor. The post was mostly held by retired generals as Punjab is a frontier state.

The Congress  launched an ambitious youth membership drive in 16 districts across Bihar, with the aim of staging a comeback in the state.

A vision of All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the Youth Congress hopes to induct members in the agegroup of 18- 35 years to bolster the party ahead of the assembly elections to be held later in the year.

Organisational polls of the Youth Congress are scheduled to be held in May.

Rahul wants the Youth Congress to be free of criminal elements and has entrusted the task of monitoring the elections to K. J. Rao, former adviser to the Election Commission of India.

India’s Government is considering a plan that would enable millions of overseas national to vote in elections.

With an estimated 30 million Indians living overseas, the Indian diaspore has been a powerful force in their homeland’s rise on the world stage.

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has finally announced that plans are afoot to enable Indians living abroad to vote in the next general elections.

The Prime Minister, who has so far done little about banishing and trashing to the dustbin the so-called Black List of Sikhs, went further and said, “In fact, I would go a step further and ask why more overseas Indians should not return home to join politics and public life as they are increasingly doing in business and academia.”

The Government hopes NRIs will be able to vote in the next general elections, slated for 2014.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers across Karnataka hit the streets on Monday to protest Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) chief HD Deve Gowda’s use of invectives against Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. Protesters garlanded the former prime minister’s portraits with shoes and burnt his effigies.

The political mudslinging over the NICE project plunged to an unprecedented low with former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda calling Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and state Advocate General Ashok Harnahalli ‘bastards’ on Sunday.

Gowda’s angry outburst came when he accused the CM and the Advocate General of conniving with the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd (NICE), which he alleged had grabbed land from farmers for the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project.

Shibu Soren who emerged as the kingmaker here,Not only did the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha emerge as the single-largest party along with the BJP, it has actually improved its tally from 2005 by one seat to 18. Its vote share has shown a more impressive rise, from less than 3 per cent to 9 per cent.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo Shibu Soren, an aspiring chief ministerial candidate, has begun bargaining for power.

Camping at his house in Bokaro, around 150 km north of state capital Ranchi, the JMM chief kept his cards close to his chest, refusing to announce which alliance he would prefer for the formation of a government in Jharkhand.

The assembly results threw up a fractured mandate on Wednesday with the JMM emerging as the joint largest party, winning 18 seats — as many as the rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Several political formations have emerged to stake claim for government-formation in the House of 81 members, but none are in a position to ignore the JMM.

Apart from the chief minister’s chair, Soren is reportedly demanding the deputy CM’s post for his son, Dumka legislator Hemant Soren.

ECI has declared the Jharkhand Assembly election results 2009. These are the results of the general elections that have been held been in the state after four years. It had not been held for all these years as the state, that had been separated from Bihar in the year 2009, could not secure the number of votes that are required for a party to gain majority. As a result, the state had witnessed a lot of brokering of seats and votes of the political parties, but Jharkhand had mostly been under the rule of the Governor.

Jharkhand threw up a hung Assembly today with the Congress-JVM(P) alliance as the largest grouping with 25 seats, well short of majority, and the JMM (18) and RJD (5) all set to be kingmakers — in a House of 81, any combine will need the support of at least 41 MLAs to form a government.

Indications of a tough bargain came from JMM which said it would back anyone who would support Guruji, the name given to Soren by his supporters. “I am not going anywhere. If anybody is willing to support us, we are ready to talk,” Soren told partymen as the results came in.

It is possible that Congress and BJP will be vying to form an alliance with the JMM. Another surprising aspect is that the people have chosen to elect so many independent candidates. Some reports claim that the Congress might end up joining hands with the JMM, but that is dependent on Shibu Soren being elected the Chief Minister. Congress has already made an alliance with the Jharkhand Vikash Morcha, that has secured 8 seats in the Jharkhand Assembly elections 2009.

The BJP-JD(U) alliance, which won 36 seats in the 2005 elections, was the second largest grouping with 20 seats. In New Delhi, BJP parliamentary board spokesperson Ananth Kumar indicated that his party did not rule out the possibility of forming a government in Jharkhand.

Initial trends emerging from the counting for Jharkhand Assembly elections on Wednesday indicated an edge for the BJP in the 81-member House.

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was ahead in 22 seats on Wednesday while the Congress was leading in 21 constituencies as early trends of vote counting in Jharkhand indicated a hung assembly.

Counting of votes polled in the five-phased Jharkhand assembly elections began Wednesday morning amid heavy security. Trends available for 47 seats indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was ahead of the Congress.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was leading in eight seats and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in six.

There are about 30,000 security forces and 5,200 officials at the 31 counting centres in the state.

Nitin Gadkari, a 52-year old businessman-turned-politician was appointed as the youngest president of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday, marking a generational change in the party’s hierarchy.

The party on Friday began the process of passing on the baton to the younger generation. It first replaced its opposition leader in the Lok Sabha LK Advani and later, party president Rajnath Singh also decided to step down.

Gadkari was elected the party chief in a meeting of a 10-member BJP Parliamentary Board, as Singh declared him his successor, describing him as “an able, capable and skilled political activist”.

Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi on Thursday morning resigned from the state assembly and vowed to fight for a united Andhra Pradesh.

Stating that the Telangana sentiment has been exploited by political leaders at all levels, the PRP chief put the signature on his resignation letter in front of the media and said it would be forwarded to Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy later in the day by one of his MLAs.

Claiming that a united Andhra is in the best interests of the people of Telangana, Chiranjeevi said he would undertake an extensive tour of the Telangana region and educate the people as to why an undivided state is more beneficial to them. “I may face a lot of opposition, but I will still undertake it,” he said and vowed that his stance of an AP where social justice is ushered in will not change.

The PRP chief’s announcement triggered protests from the Telangana party workers who had assembled outside the party office at Jubilee Hills. The police had to take a few of them under preventive custody.

Chiranjeevi’s resignation will now shift the focus on the two MLAs from Telangana who are among the 18 legislators elected from that party.

While all the PRP legislators from the non-Telangana regions had already submitted their resignations to the Speaker in protest against the division of the state, PRP MLA from Balakonda Y Anil resigned from the house on Wednesday and A Maheshwar Reddy from Nirmal in Adilabad district, the remaining party MLA from the region, is likely to put in his papers later on Thursday.

Andhra Assembly adjourned for 30 minutes after MLAs raised pro-united Andhra slogans. The House was adjourned after MLAs objected to sloganeering. Protests broke out outside AP Assembly after adjournment.

The political crisis in Andhra Pradesh over separate statehood for the Telangana region had deepened on Sunday with those for and against its creation hardening their attitudes.

People’s representatives from the coastal Andhra region continued their agitation against splitting the state for the third day on Sunday while politicians in Telangana began to prepare for victory rallies from Monday.

Meanwhile, with growing demands for quickly introducing a resolution for carving Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh, the state Assembly is likely to adjourn early when it re-assembles after the weekend recess. As MLAs remained polarised along regional lines, sources claimed that the option of adjourning the House is under consideration, with as many as 130 MLAs in the 294-member Assembly resigning in a bid to protest the creation of Telangana.

However, Chief Minister K Rosaiah has already said a resolution on Telangana would be moved in the Assembly only if there is consensus among all parties. But a number of MLAs claim that if a resolution is introduced it will be opposed by as many as 225 MLAs.

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954) frequently abbreviated KCR, is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. Orginally a member of the Telugu Desam Party, he founded the Telegana Rashtra Samithi for the cause of a separate Telangana state.

Apart from being the president of TRS, he is currently a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India and represents the Mahaboobnagar constituency of Andra Pradesh. He is also an active member of the Velama community and has served as the cabinet minister for Labour and Employment.

KCR was a member of the TDS in the 90s and was made the deputy speaker after the 1999 elctions,went against his hope for a ministerial post. He quit TDS in 2001 to start TRS. Gradually, a strong feeling of alienation that Telangana was far less developed than the rest of Andhra started sinking in. In 2004 elections, YS Rajasekhara Reddy gave his support to KCR for the cause but soon got coldfeet. This triggered resginations of TRS MLAs. Soon after this, KCR also gave up his union post.

TRS fought the 2004 general elections in alliance with Congress. It was able to win 5 MP seats. TRS was part of the UPA coalition government led by Congress until it had withdrawn its support citing the reason that UPA was not in a mood to give nod for separate Telangana state.In 2009, it fought the general elections part of the opposition coalition.

K. Chandrasekhar Rao, launched a fast-unto-death demanding separate Telangana. He ended his 11 days long fast  after Government of India promised on December 10th, 2009 to initiate the process of carving out the state of Telangana.

The Centre blinked over the issue of Telangana state on Wednesday night and expressed its desire to start the process of forming the new state by dividing Andhra Pradesh.

Home minister P. Chidambaram told reporters outside the Prime Minister’s house that the Andhra Pradesh assembly would soon pass a resolution seeking to create a Telangana state.

All cases against those who have been protesting would also be withdrawn, he added.

Following the announcement, Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS) leader K. Chandrashekar Rao ( KCR) ended his fast past midnight on Wednesday.

The third phase of the Jharkhand assembly polls on Tuesday posted an average 58 per cent turnout, despite the killing of two paramilitary personnel and arrest of a former legislator of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.

The two BSF personnel were killed when Maoist guerrillas opened fire in Dumka.

The third phase of polling started at 7 a.m. on a dull note but it gained momentum after about three hours. The voting time has been advanced from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. due to security reasons.

The results of the balloting will decide the fate of five former ministers, including former deputy chief minister Stephen Marandi and Hemant Soren, son of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren.

In Dumka, a police complaint was lodged against Hemant Soren for instigating supporters to attack the Congress nominee’s office.

Security had been beefed up for the voting as half of the 11 assembly constituencies that went to the polls are considered Maoist strongholds.

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 07-Sikaripara (ST) Assembly Constituency

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 10-Dumka (ST) Assembly Constituency

Sl. No.	Name of Candidate	Party affiliation
1	Raska Soren	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	Lois Marandi	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Subhash Hembrom	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4	Stephen Marandi	Indian National Congress
5	Hemant Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6	Ashok Kumar Murmu	All India Trinamool Congress
7	Nirmala Murmu	Revolutionary Socialist Party
8	Yogesh Murmu	Loktantrik Samata Dal
9	Rameshwar Soren	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
10	Shiv Jatan Tudu	Samajwadi Party
11	Alesh Hansda	Independent
12	Naresh Kumar Grace Marandi	Independent
13	Noel Kishor Marandi	Independent
14	Pradhan Murmu	Independent
15	Babu Ram Murmu	Independent
16	Malin Hembrom	Independent
17	Meena Soren	Independent
18	Ram Kishore Marandi	Independent
19	Dr.Srilal Kisku	Independent
20	Satish Soren	Independent
21	Simon Soren	Independent
22	Sona Murmu	Independent

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 11-Jama (ST) Assembly Constituency

Sl. No.	Name of Candidate	Party affiliation
1	Prem Anand Soren	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	Manoj Kumar Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Vijaya Pahan	Rashtriya Janata Dal
4	Sita Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
5	Sushil Marandi	Indian National Congress
6	Arjun Pujhar	Samajwadi Party
7	English Marandi	All India Trinamool Congress
8	Lukhi Ram Tudu	Loktantrik Samata Dal
9	Surju Tudu	United Goans Democratic Party
10	Awliys Soren	Independent
11	Kaleshwar Soren	Independent
12	Gobind Hembrom	Independent
13	Chunumunu Marandi	Independent
14	Jitan Marandi	Independent
15	Nirmal Besra	Independent
16	Paneshal Tudu	Independent
17	Parbati Hembrom	Independent
18	Pradhan Kisku	Independent
19	Birsa Toppo	Independent
20	Mangal Murmu	Independent
21	Siril Hansda	Independent
22	Suresh Soren	Independent

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 12-Jarmundi Assembly Constituency

Sl. No.	Name of Candidate	Party affiliation
1	Devendra Kunwar	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2	Prabhat Kumar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
3	Badal	Indian National Congress
4	Ranjit Yadav	Bahujan Samaj Party
5	Barun Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
6	Anup Kumar Rankraj	Samata Party
7	Gopal Chandra Ray	Loktantrik Samata Dal
8	Prabhakar Dubey	All India Trinamool Congress
9	Braj Kishore Pandit	All India Forward Bloc
10	Lambodar Darbey	AJSU Party
11	Lal Mohan Ray	Bahujan Shakti
12	Sahadeo Prasad Yadav	Comunist Party of India (Marxsist-Leninist) (Liberation)
13	Kutubuddin Ansari	Independent
14	Kumar Mani Tudu	Independent
15	Ghanshyam Mahto	Independent
16	Jaydeo Mandal	Independent
17	Durga Prasad Lasker	Independent
18	Navendu Sen	Independent
19	Bajrang Lal Agarwal	Independent
20	Babu Ram Murmu	Independent
21	Raghu Nandan Tiwary	Independent
22	Ramprit Rajak	Independent
23	Ram Fal Layak	Independent
24	Shankar Prasad Marik	Independent
25	Shreepati Mandal	Independent
26	Sanat Kumar Saha	Independent
27	Sameer Miya	Independent
28	Sushila Devi	Independent
29	Hari Charan Khaware	Independent
30	Hari Narain Pujhar	Independent
31	Harinarayan Ray	Independent

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 35-Bermo Assembly Constituency

Sl. No.	Name of Candidate	Party affiliation
1	Md. Aftab Alam Khan	Communist Party of India
2	Kashinath Singh	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
3	Baijnath Besra	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	Yogeshwar Mahto	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Rajendra Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
6	Arun Kumar Tiwary	Jharkhand Party
7	Chinta Devi	All India Trinamool Congress
8	Jiteshwar Kumar Koda	Bharatiya Rashtravadi Samanta Party
9	Digamber Mahto	AJSU Party
10	Ashok Kumar Mahto	Independent
11	Om Prakash Prasad	Independent
12	Uttam Mahto	Independent
13	Karm chand Hansda	Independent
14	Kailash Chandra Mahto	Independent
15	Gangadhar Prajapati	Independent
16	Deepak Kumar Jaiswal	Independent
17	Devishwar Manjhi	Independent
18	Naryan Giri	Independent
19	Raghunath Mahto	Independent
20	Raj Kumar Sharma	Independent
21	Bibhuti Prasad Singh	Independent
22	Sunil Ghansi	Independent
23	Subhash Chakraborty	Independent

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 36-Bokaro Assembly Constituency

Sl. No.	Name of Candidate	Party affiliation
1	Aklu Ram Mahto	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2	Anand Shankar Singh	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Md. Izrail Ansari	Indian National Congress
4	Mantu Kumar Yadav	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
5	Randhir Kumar	Nationalist Congress Party
6	Shailendra Mahto	Janata Dal (United)
7	Samaresh Singh	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
8	Ajay Kumar Singh	All India Trinamool Congress
9	Arun Mahto	Jharkhand Party
10	Md. Imran Raja	National Lokhind Party
11	Ahsanu Ullah Sah	AJSU Party
12	Gopal Thakur	Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha
13	Janardan Pandey	Socialist Party (Lohia)
14	Pradeep Kumar Gope	All India Forward Bloc
15	Babneshwar Prasad Singh ‘Baagi’	Shoshit Samaj Dal
16	Manshu Ram Manjhi	United Goans Democratic Party
17	Ram Naresh Yadav	Samajwadi Party
18	Shashi Bhushan Vishwakarma	Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Samanta Party
19	Santosh Kumar	Indian People’s Forward Bloc
20	Sudhir Singh	Samata Party
21	Sunil Das	Amra Bangalee
22	Md. Hasnul Ansari	Marxist                            Co-ordination
23	Ashok Choudhary	Independent
24	Antu Bodra	Independent
25	Krishna Kumar Singh	Independent
26	Md. Kaiser Afroj	Independent
27	Gayatri Devi Mahto	Independent
28	Gulab Chandra	Independent
29	Jagpati Singh	Independent
30	Tejnarayan Singh Yadav	Independent
31	Durga Devi Tapariya	Independent
32	Dhiraj Kumar Singh	Independent
33	Pradip Burman	Independent
34	Francis Sarwan	Independent
35	Bhaiya Pritam	Independent
36	Mojan Mahto	Independent
37	Yadunandan Prasad	Independent
38	Rajendra Mahto	Independent
39	Ram Krishna Tripathy	Independent
40	Ramadhar Singh Yadav	Independent
41	Ramautar Prasad	Independent
42	Vikash Kumar Tiwary	Independent
43	Shankar Singh	Independent
44	Sajan Agrawal alias Prakash	Independent
45	Salim Khan	Independent

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 37-Chandankiyari (SC) Assembly Constituency

Sl. No.	Name of Candidate	Party affiliation
1	Amar Kumar Bauri	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha                         ( Prajatantrik)
2	Dubraj Das	Communist Party of India   (Marxist)
3	Fulava Devi	Bahujan Samaj party
4	Santosh Rajwar	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
5	Haru Rajwar	Janata Dal                                   (United)
6	Hiralal Bauri	Nationalist Congress Party
7	Umakant Rajak	AJSU  Party
8	Kamta Prasad Paswan	Jharkhand Janadhikar Manch
9	Gauri Lal Bauri	Lok Jan Shakti Party
10	Chhote Lal Rajbans	Marxist co-ordination
11	Janardan Hari	Communist Party of India   (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation))
12	Dilip Bauri	Samajwadi Party
13	Birendra Das	United National Loktantrik Party
14	Mohan Das	Ambedkar National Congress
15	Sanjay Bauri	Rashtriya Pragatisheel Prajatantra Party
16	Satish Chandra Rajak	All India Trinamool Congress
17	Sunil Das	Amra Bangalee
18	Anil Bauri	Indepandent
19	Uttam Bhuinya	Indepandent
20	Prafulya Kumar Ray	Indepandent
21	Balaram Rajwar	Indepandent
22	Babu Lal Rajwar	Indepandent
23	Manbodh Das	Indepandent
24	Manoj Kumar Kapardar	Indepandent
25	Ram Prasad Rajak	Indepandent
26	Suresh Kumar Rajwar	Indepandent
27	Sristidhar Rajwar	Indepandent

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 28-Dhanwar Assembly Constituency

Sl. No.	Name of Candidate	Party affiliation
1	Arjun Marandi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2	Nizamuddin Ansari	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
3	Nejamaudin	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	Ravindra Kumar  Ray	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Deochand Pd.  Yadav	Jharkhand Party
6	Manoj Yadav	Lok Jan Shakti Party
7	Raj Kumar Yadav	Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
8	Om Parkash Ravidas	Independent
9	Baladev Ravidas	Independent
10	Rameshwar Prasad Yadav	Independent

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 29-Bagodar Assembly Constituency

Sl. No.	Name of Candidate	Party affiliation
1	Giridhari Ram	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	Gautam Sagar Rana	Rashtriya Janata Dal
3	Nakul Pd. Mandal	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Nagendra Mahto	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
5	Satrudhan  Pd. Mandal	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6	Baldeo Pd. Mahto	Jharkhand Party
7	Vinod Kumar Singh	Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
8	Abdul Mobin	Independent
9	Ashok Kumar Mandal	Independent
10	Imtiyaj Ansari	Independent
11	Jagdish Mahto	Independent
12	Prakash Prasad	Independent
13	Mahesh Mishra	Independent

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 30-Jamua(SC) Assembly Constituency

Sl. No.	Name of Candidate	Party affiliation
1	Arjun Baitha	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2	Kedar Hazra	Bhartiya Janata Party
3	Chandrika Mahtha	Jharkhand Vikash Morcha (Prajatantrik)
4	Nirala Paswan	Nationalist Congress Party
5	Baldeo Hazra	Rashtriya Janata Dal
6	Mohan Ravidas	Bahujan Samaj Party
7	Kanchan Hari	Jharkhand Party
8	Kameshwar Paswan	Ajsu Party
9	Gopal Rajak	Shiv Sena
10	Satya Narayan Das	Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
11	Ashok Hazra	Independent
12	Dewanti Bharti	Independent
13	Sukar Pasi	Independent
14	Sukar Rabidas	Independent

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 25-Hazaribag Assembly Constituency

Sl. No.	Name of Candidate	Party affiliation
1	Ainul Haque Ansari	Nationalist Congress Party
2	Gulam Moynuddin	Rashtriya Janata Dal
3	Tetri @ Sheela Devi	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	Deo Dayal	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Sanjay Gupta	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6	Saurabh Narain Singh	Indian National Congress
7	Anup Kumar	Bahujan Shakti
8	Guru Ghose	All India Trinamool Congress
9	Dinesh Gope	Samajwadi Party
10	Manjeet Kumar Yadav	AJSU Party
11	Rameshwar Ram Kushwaha	All India Forward Bloc
12	Koleshwar Singh	Independent
13	Deo Kumar Raj	Independent
14	Baldeo Ram	Independent
15	Mahendra Kishore Mehta	Independent
16	Madho Ram	Independent
17	Mukesh Kumar	Independent
18	Vinod Kumar Ojha	Independent
19	Sahadat Miyan	Independent
20	Snehlata Devi	Independent

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PHASE – II

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 58-Tamar(ST) Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 61-Silli Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 62-Khijri (ST) Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 66-Mandar(ST) Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 34-Gomia Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 31-Gandey Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 32-Giridih Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 33-Dumri Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 20-Barkattha Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 21-Barhi Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 22-Barkagaon Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 24-Mandu Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 23-Ramgarh Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 19-Koderma Assembly Constituency

LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

Election to the Legislative Assembly from 60-Khunti (ST) Assembly Constituency