Premium Jharkhand Election 2024 Phase 1 Live updates: Voting is also being held for bypolls in 33 assembly seats and Wayanad Lok Sabha seat today where Priyanka Gandhi is a candidate Jharkhand Election 2024 Phase 1 Live updates: Voting is being held in 43 ...

Among the 43 seats that are in fray in the first phase of elections include Kodarma, seraikella, Ranchi, Barkatha, Barhi, Barkagaon, Hazaribagh, Simaria (SC), Chatra (SC), Baharagora, Ghatsila (ST), Potka (ST),

Voting for the first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections starts today at 7 A.M. across 43 constituencies. Polling continues till 5 P.M. in key areas like Koderma and Ranchi.

People queue up to vote at a polling station situated in a school building to elect the next Jharkhand state government in Ranchi. (Image: PTI) Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 Phase 1 Voting Highlights: The first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections,

Former CM Champai Soren, contesting on a BJP ticket in Seraikela, faces a challenge from former JMM's Ganesh Mahli.

The voter turnout exceeded 2019 levels in most seats in Jharkhand. In Saraikella, where former Chief Minister Champai Soren is the BJP candidate, the voter turnout was 72.19 per cent, up from 68.1 per cent in 2019. In Ranchi, voters defied concerns about urban apathy, recording a turnout of 60.49 per cent, up from 49.06 per cent in 2019.

Nearly 13.04 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 AM on Wednesday in 43 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand where voting is underway in the first phase, officials said. Polling began around 7 AM in these constituencies across 15 districts and will continue till 5 PM.

Voting for the first phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections began on Wednesday morning, with voting taking place in 43 out of the state's 81 seats.