The Congress, on Monday, released its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections, featuring prominent figures such as state Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon, senior leader Ajoy Kumar, and Health Minister Banna Gupta.
The candidates confirmed by the Congress Central Election Committee for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly elections include:
- Jamtara – Irfan Ansari
- Mahagama – Deepika Pandey Singh
- Barkagaon – Amba Prasad Sahu
- Ramgarh – Mamta Devi
- Mandu – Jai Prakash Patel
- Hazaribagh – Munna Singh
- Bermo – Kumar Jai Mangal
- Jharia – Purnima Niraj Singh
- Baghmara – Jaleshwaro Mehato
- Jamshedpur East – Ajoy Kumar
- Jamshedpur West – Banna Gupta
- Jagannathpur (ST) – Sona Ram Sinku
- Khijri (ST) – Rajesh Kachhap
- Hatia – Ajay Nath Sahdeo
- Mandar (ST) – Shilpi Neha Tirkey
- Simdega (ST) – Bhushan Bara
- Kolebira (ST) – Naman Viksal Kongari
- Lohardaga (ST) – Rameshwar Oraon
- Manika (ST) – Ramchandra Singh
- Jarmundi – Badal Patralekh
- Poreyahat – Pradeep Yadav
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) executive president and Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced that the Congress and JMM will jointly contest 70 out of the 81 seats, with 11 seats allocated for the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Left parties. The Congress party is expected to contest 29 seats, which is two fewer than in the last election. However, official confirmation is pending due to ongoing negotiations between the JMM and RJD.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also released its list of 66 candidates. State BJP President Babulal Marandi will contest from Dhanwar, with notable candidates including Lobin Hembrom from Borio and Sita Soren from Jamtara. Former Chief Minister Champai Soren will run from Saraikella, Geeta Balmuchu from Chaibasa, Geeta Koda from Jagannathpur, and Meera Munda, wife of Union Minister Arjun Munda, will contest from Potka.
Here’s the complete list of BJP candidates:
- Rajmahal - Anant Ojha
- Borio (ST) - Lobin Hembrom
- Barhait (ST) - (Candidate not listed)
- Litipara (ST) - Babudhan Murmu
- Pakaur - AJSU
- Maheshpur (ST) - Navneet Hembrom
- Sikaripara (ST) - Paritosh Soren
- Nala - Madhav Chandra Mahto
- Jamtara - Sita Soren
- Dumka (ST) - Sunil Soren
- Jama (ST) - Suresh Murmu
- Jarmundi - Devendra Kunwar
- Madhupur - Ganga Narayan Singh
- Sarath - Randhir Kumar Singh
- Deoghar (SC) - Narayan Das
- Poreyahat - Devendranath Singh
- Godda - Amit Kumar Mandal
- Mahagama - Ashok Kumar Bhagat
- Kodarma - Neera Yadav
- Barkatha - Amit Kumar Yadav
- Barhi - Manoj Yadav
- Barkagaon - Roshan Lal Choudhary
- Ramgarh - AJSU
- Mandu - AJSU
- Hazaribagh - Pradeep Prasad
- Simaria (SC) - Ujjwal Das
- Chatra (SC) - (Candidate not listed)
- Dhanwar - Babulal Marandi
- Bagodar - Nagendra Mahto
- Jamua (SC) - Manju Devi
- Gandey - Muniya Devi
- Giridih - Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi
- Dumri - (Candidate not listed)
- Gomia - AJSU
- Bermo - Ravindra Pandey
- Bokaro - Biranchi Narayan
- Chandankiyari (SC) - Amar Kumar Bauri
- Sindri - Tara Devi
- Nirsa - Aparna Sengupta
- Dhanbad - Raj Sinha
- Jharia - Ragini Singh
- Tundi - (Candidate not listed)
- Baghmara - Shatrughan Mahto
- Baharagora - Dineshanand Goswami
- Ghatsila (ST) - Babulal Soren
- Potka (ST) - Meera Munda
- Jugsalai (SC) - AJSU
- Jamshedpur East - Purnima Das Sahu
- Jamshedpur West - (Candidate not listed)
- Ichagarh - AJSU
- Seraikella (ST) - Champai Soren
- Chaibasa (ST) - Geeta Balmuchu
- Majhgaon (ST) - Barkunwar Gagrai
- Jaganathpur (ST) - Geeta Koda
- Manoharpur (ST) - (Candidate not listed)
- Chakradharpur (ST) - Shashibhushan Samad
- Kharsawan (ST) - Sonaram Bodra
- Tamar (ST) - (Candidate not listed)
- Torpa (ST) - Koche Munda
- Khunti (ST) - Nilkanth Singh Munda
- Silli - AJSU
- Khijri (ST) - Ram Kumar Pahan
- Ranchi - CP Singh
- Hatia - Navin Jaiswal
- Kanke (SC) - Jitu Charan Ram
- Mandar (ST) - Sunny Toppo
- Sisai (ST) - Arun Oraon
- Gumla (ST) - Sudarshan Bhagat
- Bishunpur (ST) - Sameer Oraon
- Simdega (ST) - Shradhanand Besra
- Kolebira (ST) - Sujan Jojo
- Lohardaga (ST) - AJSU
- Manika (ST) - Harikrishna Singh
- Latehar (SC) - Prakash Ram
- Panki - Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta
- Daltonganj - Alok Kumar Chaurasiya
- Bishrampur - Ramachandra Chandravanshi
- Chhatarpur (SC) - Pushpa Devi Bhuiyan
- Hussainabad - Kamlesh Kumar Singh
- Garhwa - Satyendra Nath Tiwari
- Bhawanathpur - Bhanu Pratap Shahi
(The above list will be updated further as and when more candidates are announced)
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