The seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections -- which marks the fourth round of polls in the Jharkhand -- will take place on June 1. Elections were previously held in Jharkhand on May 13, May 20 and May 25.
In the last and final phase, polling will take place across Godda, Dumka and Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituencies. The results, meanwhile, will be declared on June 4.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BJP bagged 11 of the 14 seats in Jharkhand, its ally All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) party bagged one, while the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) bagged one seat each.
Jharkhand Lok Sabha polls: Key candidates to watch out for in the three constituencies
Godda: Congress has placed its bet on Pradeep Yadav against BJP candidate and current MP Nishikant Dubey. Dubey won the Godda constituency in 2019 after he secured 6,37,610 votes as compared to 4,53,383 votes won by JVM's Pradeep Yadav.
Dumka: The Lok Sabha contest in the Dumka constituency will be a battle of prestige for Shibu Soren’s daughter-in-law Sita Soren from BJP who is in a direct contest with Nalin Soren from JMM. Sita Soren joined BJP in March after a family feud with her brother-in-law Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana.
In 2019, BJP candidate Sunil Soren secured 4,84,923 votes, defeating JMM candidate Shibu Soren, who garnered 4,37,333 votes.
Rajmahal: In the Rajmahal constituency, JMM's Vijay Kumar Hansdak will square off against BJP's Tala Marandi. Handsak, representing the JMM, had won from the constituency in 2019 with a total of 5,07,830 votes while BJP's Hemlal Murmu secured 4,08,635 votes.
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