New Delhi: Indian National Congress' Shwettaa Singh won Bokaro seat with total votes 133438. Singh won with a voting margin of 7207 votes against Bharatiya Janata Party's Biranchi Narayan. Bokaro Assembly seat is one of the 4 assembly seats in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand. 


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A total of 18 candidates were in the fray for the Bokaro Assembly seat including several independents. Some of the key candidates being-- Biranchi Narayan (Bharatiya Janata Party), Rajesh Kumar (Bahujan Samaj Party), Shwettaa Singh (Indian National Congress), Tapan Kumar {peoples Party Of India (Democratic)}, Niwaran Digar (All India Forward Bloc), Manoj Kumar Mahli (Johaar Party), Yashbir Singh (Nationalist Congress Party), Ramesh Chandra Mahato {socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)}, Saroj Kumari (Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha), Md. Sultan (Lokhit Adhikar Party).



 


 


Jharkhand's ruling alliance comprising the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and CPI-ML, stormed into power, thereby claiming stakes to form the second consecutive government. 


This is for the first time in the state's political history that the incumbent government is retaining power for the second term because no government has ever been re-elected in the state. 


Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024 recorded a voter turnout of 67.74 percent, the highest since the formation of the state in 2000. The polling was held in two phases -- 43 seats on November 13, and 38 seats on November 20.


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8.01 am: Counting Begins


8.30 am: State's Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar says, "One counting centre each has been set up in all 24 districts... All preparations have been made. The process has begun...Counting of postal ballots will begin at 8 am and EVM counting will begin at 8.30 am. The results of the first round will be declared by 9.30 am


9.02 am: BJP ahead with 27 seats, JMM with 25 seats in early trends


9.19 am: BJP ahead with 35 seats, JMM with 30 seats in early trends


9. 30: INC's Shwettaa Singh ahead with 9254 votes


1 pm: INC's Shwettaa Singh ahead with 74827 votes


INC's Shwettaa Singh wins with 133438 votes