The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has finalised its seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly polls.
According to the deal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest in 68 seats while the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) on 10 seats. NDA partners Janata Dal (United) and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will contest in two and one seats respectively.
Jharkhand will go to polls in two phases on November 13 and 20 and the counting of votes will take place on November 23.
In the 81-member Jharkhand assembly, the Congress is playing second fiddle to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren as they try to retain power, as the BJP looks to make a comeback.
The contest was close in the 2019 Assembly polls, with the JMM winning 30 seats and the BJP securing 25, down from 37 in 2014. The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance won a comfortable majority with 47 seats in the 81-member assembly.
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