Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Election Commission
09-May-2019 10:18 IST
Giridih, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur and Singhbum Parliamentary Constituencies in Jharkhand to go to Polls in Phase VI of General Elections 2019
8.62% increase in Electors in these four PCs since last General Elections 84,338 electors in 18-19 years age group in Phase VI in Jharkhand 8,581 Polling Booths set up for Phase VI Polls In Jharkhand 15 candidates contesting from Giridih PC, 20 from Dhanbad PC, 23 from Jamshedpur PC and 9 from Singhbum PC
In the Sixth phase of General Elections 2019, Giridih, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur and Singhbum Parliamentary Constituencies (PC) in Jharkhand would be going to polls on 12th May. Giridih (PC No. 6), Dhanbad (PC No. 7) and Jamshedpur (PC No. 9) are General seats, whereas Singhbum (PC No. 10) is an ST seat.
As per the data sourced from CEO (Jharkhand) website, there are a total of 66,64,929 electors in the four PCs, out of which 35,05,565 are male electors, 31,79,720 female electors and 116 third gender electors. There are 84,338 electors in the age group of 18-19 years in Phase VI in Jharkhand. The details pertaining to electors in the above four PCs in Jharkhand are as below:
|
Phase
|
PC Name
|
District
|
Male Electors
|
Female Electors
|
Third Gender Electors
|
Total
|
Total Electors (18-19 Age Group)
|
No. of Polling Booth
s |
|
VI
|
Giridih
|
Giridih
|
276342
|
246424
|
09
|
522775
|
8484
|
2160
|
|
Bokaro
|
304490
|
269561
|
07
|
574058
|
7913
|
|||
|
Dhanbad
|
297110
|
253779
|
03
|
550882
|
5622
|
|||
|
Total
|
877932
|
769764
|
19
|
1647715
|
22019
|
|||
|
Dhanbad
|
Bokaro
|
401345
|
341763
|
17
|
743125
|
8338
|
2539
|
|
|
Dhanbad
|
720213
|
604878
|
17
|
1325108
|
12019
|
|||
|
Total
|
1121558
|
946641
|
34
|
2068233
|
20357
|
|||
|
Jamshedpur
|
E. Singhbum
|
871103
|
830183
|
56
|
1701342
|
23699
|
1885
|
|
|
Total
|
||||||||
|
Singhbum (ST)
|
Seraikela
|
166248
|
158422
|
01
|
315596
|
5863
|
1997
|
|
|
W. Singhbum
|
468724
|
474710
|
06
|
932043
|
12400
|
|||
|
Total
|
634972
|
633132
|
07
|
1247639
|
18263
|
|||
|
3505565
|
3179720
|
116
|
6664929
|
84338
|
8581
|
|||
(Source – Website of CEO, Jharkhand)
The data sourced from ECI website shows that in General Election 2014, there were a total of 61,35,962 electors in these four PCs. This number has grown to 66,64,929 during General Elections 2019, which is an increase of 5,28,967 (8.62%) electors since last General Elections.
An interesting fact for Phase VI of General Elections is that in Jharkhand, the Dhanbad PC is the smallest PC in terms of area (2177.55 Sq.Km.), yet the largest PC in terms of size of electorate (20,44,802).
In Phase VI, from different Political Parties, 15 candidates are contesting from Giridih PC, 20 candidates from Dhanbad PC, 23 candidates from Jamshedpur PC and 9 candidates from Singhbum PC. The Political Party-wise list of contesting candidates in each PC is as given below:
|
Phase
|
Parliamentary Constituency
|
Political Party
|
Candidate
|
Symbol
|
|||||||
|
VI
|
Giridih
|
AJSU Party
|
Chandra
Prakash
Choudhary
|
Banana
|
|||||||
|
Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha
|
Jagarnath
Mahto
|
Bow & Arrow
|
|||||||||
|
Bahujan Samaj
Party
|
Rasul Baksh
|
Elephant
|
|||||||||
|
Uttar Pradesh
Navnirman Sena
|
Amit Jani
|
Gas Cylinder
|
|||||||||
|
Bhartiya Lokmat
Rashtrwadi Party
|
Ah
mad Ansar |
Bucket
|
|||||||||
|
Aihra National Party
|
Chandra Deo Prasad
|
Chapati
Roller
|
|||||||||
|
Vishva Shakti Party
|
Jogeshwar Thakur
|
Auto Rickshaw
|
|||||||||
|
Republican Party of
India (A)
|
Dwaraka Prasad Lala
|
Helicopter
|
|||||||||
|
Jharkhand Party
(Secular)
|
Madhu Sudan
|
Tractor
Chalata
Kisan
|
|||||||||
|
Bhartiya
Manavadhikaar
Federal Party
|
Shibu Singh
|
Biscuit
|
|||||||||
|
Bahujan Mukti Party
|
Sohrab Shah
|
Cot
|
|||||||||
|
Other Candidates
|
|||||||||||
|
Independent
|
Rajendra Dasaundhi
|
Almirah
|
|||||||||
|
Sanjeev Kumar Mahato
|
Balloon
|
||||||||||
|
Simmi Suman
|
Flute
|
||||||||||
|
Sunita Tudu
|
Ring
|
||||||||||
|
Dhanbad
|
Bharatiya Janta Party
|
Pashupati Nath
Singh
|
Lotus
|
||||||||
|
Indian National
Congress
|
Kirti Azad
|
Hand
|
|||||||||
|
All India
Trinamool
Congress
|
Madhvi Singh
|
Flowers
and Grass
|
|||||||||
|
Bahujan Samaj Party
|
Meghnath Rawani
|
Elephant
|
|||||||||
|
Peoples Party
of India
(Democratic)
|
Deepak Kumar Das
|
Black Board
|
|||||||||
|
Amra Bangalee
|
Mantosh Kumar Mandal
|
Computer
|
|||||||||
|
Ambedkarite Party of India
|
Mihir Chandra Mahato
|
Coat
|
|||||||||
|
Samajwadi Party
|
Meraj Khan
|
Air Conditioner
|
|||||||||
|
Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)
|
Ram Lal Mahto
|
Battery torch
|
|||||||||
|
Bahujan Mukti Party
|
Sudhir Kumar Mahato
|
Cot
|
|||||||||
|
All India Forward Bloc
|
Heera Lal Shankhvar
|
Lion
|
|||||||||
|
Other Candidates
|
|||||||||||
|
Independent
|
Umesh Paswan
|
Coconut Farm
|
|||||||||
|
Prem Prakash Paswan
|
Almirah
|
||||||||||
|
Bamapada Bauri
|
Apple
|
||||||||||
|
Rajesh Kumar Singh
|
Helicopter
|
||||||||||
|
Lakshmi Devi
|
Batsman
|
||||||||||
|
Varun Kumar
|
Auto Rickshaw
|
||||||||||
|
Sanjay Paswan
|
Baby Walker
|
||||||||||
|
K.C. Singh Raj
|
Key
|
||||||||||
|
Siddharth Gautam
|
Tractor Chalata Kisan
|
||||||||||
| Jamshedpur | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Bidyut Baran Mahato | Lotus | ||||||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | Ashraf Hussain | Elephant | |||||||||
| All India Trinamool Congress |
Anjana Mahata | Flowers and Grass | |||||||||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Champai Soren | Bow & Arrow | |||||||||
| Amra Bangalee | Angad Mahato | Battery torch | |||||||||
| Bharat Prabhat Party | Asjadullah Imran | Ludo | |||||||||
| Bhartiya Panchyat Party | Qamar Raza Khan | Letter Box | |||||||||
| Peoples Party of India (Democratic) | Chandra Shekhar Mahato | Black Board | |||||||||
| Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | Panmani Singh | Glass Tumbler | |||||||||
Communist Party of India (MarxistLeninist) Red Star |
Malay Kumar Mahato | Saw | |||||||||
| Right to Recall Party | Mahesh Kumar | AutoRickshaw | |||||||||
| Jharkhand Party | Ranjit Kumar Singh | Basket containing Fruits | |||||||||
| Jharkhand Party (Naren) | Shekh Akhir Uddin | Football | |||||||||
| Aihra National Party | Sabita Kaibarto | Chapati Roller | |||||||||
| Ambedkarite Party of India | Subrat Kumar Pradhan | Coat | |||||||||
| Jharkhand People’s Party | Surya Singh Besra | Pot | |||||||||
| Other Candidates | |||||||||||
|
Independent
|
Asit Kumar Singh | Cup & Saucer | |||||||||
| Dinesh Mahato | Matchbox | ||||||||||
| Deepak Kumar Giri | Tractor Chalata Kisan | ||||||||||
| Mubin Khan | Almirah | ||||||||||
| Rakesh Kumar | Cauliflower | ||||||||||
| Shailesh Kumar Singh | Plate Containing Food | ||||||||||
| Sarita Anand | Truck | ||||||||||
| Singhbhum (ST)
|
Bharatiya Janata Party |
Laxman Giluwa | Lotus | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress |
Geeta Kora | Hand | |||||||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party |
Pardeshi Lal Munda | Elephant | |||||||||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Ulgulan) | Krishna Mardi | Bottle | |||||||||
| Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | Chandra Mohan Hembrom | Battery torch | |||||||||
| Ambedkarite Party of India | Pratap Singh Banara | Coat | |||||||||
| Kalinga Sena | Hari Orawn | Bat | |||||||||
| Other Candidates | |||||||||||
| Independent | Anil Soren | Tractor Chalata Kisan | |||||||||
| Pushpa Sinku | Helicopter | ||||||||||
(Source – Website of CEO, Jharkhand)
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