Full list of candidates going to polls in Jharkhand in fifth phase of Lok Sabha election 2019

The seats where polling will be held in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election in Jharkhand are Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti and Hazaribagh.

In the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election, 4 seats in Jharkhand will go to polls. The seats where polling will be held in the state are Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti and Hazaribagh. While Kodarma, Ranchi and Hazaribagh are General seats, Khunti has been reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates.

As per the data from Election Commission, there are a total of 65,87,028 electors in the four constituencies, out of which 34,42,266 are male electors, 31,44,679 female electors and 83 third gender electors. There are 1,09,025 electors in the age group of 18-19 years in Phase V in Jharkhand. 

The fate of two former Chief Ministers -- Arjun Munda, Babulal Marandi -- and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha will be decided in the second phase. The other prominent candidates in the fray include Marandi, Rajkumar Yadav of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist and the Bharatiya Janata Party`s Annapurna Devi in Koderma; Sanjay Seth of the BJP and Subodhkant Sahai of the Congress in Ranchi; Munda of the BJP and Kalicharan Munda of the Congress in Khunti; and Sinha of the BJP, Gopal Sahu of Congress and Bhuneshwar Prasad Mehta of the CPI in Hazaribagh.

Here is the full list of candidates going to polls in Jharkhand in fifth phase of Lok Sabha election 2019

HAZARIBAGH

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	GOPAL PRASAD SAHU	Indian National Congress
2	JAYANT SINHA	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	BHUBANESHWAR PRASAD MEHTA	Communist Party of India
4	VINOD KUMAR	Bahujan Samaj Party
5	KRISHNA KUMAR SINGH	Bharat Prabhat Party
6	JAGAT KUMAR SONI	Bhartiya Azad Sena
7	BHAWESH KUMAR MISHRA	Bharatiya Jan Kranti Dal (Democratic)
8	MISBAHUL ISLAM	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
9	MD MUBARAK	Janata Congress
10	RAJNI DEVI	Jai Prakash Janata Dal
11	RAJESH RANJAN	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
12	RAMESHWAR RAM KUSHWAHA	All India Forward Bloc
13	GAUTAM KUMAR	Independent
14	TEKOCHAND MAHTO	Independent
15	MD. MOIN UDDIN AHMAD	Independent
16	RAMAVTAR MAHTO	Independent

KHUNTI

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	ARJUN MUNDA	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	INDUMATI MUNDU	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	KALI CHARAN MUNDA	Indian National Congress
4	AJAY TOPNO	Jharkhand Party
5	ABINASHI MUNDU	Hum Bhartiya Party
6	NEEL JUSTINE BECK	Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh
7	MUNNA BARAIK	Aihra National Party
8	SIBIL KANDULNA	Rashtriya Sangail Party
9	NIYARAN HERENJ	Independent
10	MEENAKSHI MUNDA	Independent
11	SUKHRAM HERENJ	Independent

KODARMA

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	ANNPURNA DEVI	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	KANCHAN KUMARI	All India Trinamool Congress
3	BABU LAL MARANDI	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)
4	SARFARAJ AHMAD	Bahujan Samaj Party
5	AJAY KRISHNA	Rashtriya Jansangharsh Swaraj Party
6	AVADHESH KUMAR SINGH	Vishva SHakti Party
7	TUKLAL NAYAK	Hindusthan Nirman Dal
8	DAYANAND KUMAR	Janata Congress
9	BAYAS KUMAR	Moolniwasi Samaj Party
10	RAJ KUMAR YADAV	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
11	SHIVNATH SAW	All India Forward Bloc
12	PRADIP TURI	Independent
13	MD. MAHBOOB ALAM	Independent
14	RAMESHWAR PRASAD YADAV	Independent

RANCHI

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	BIDYADHAR PRASAD	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	SANJAY SETH	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	SUBODH KANT SAHAY	Indian National Congress
4	AMAR KUMAR MAHTO	Republican Party of India (A)
5	ALOK KUMAR	Rashtriya Jansangharsh Swaraj Party
6	PARMESHWAR MAHTO	Jharkhand Party
7	RANJIT MAHTO	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
8	RAMJIT MAHTO	Proutist Sarva Samaj
9	VIKAS CHANDRA SHARMA	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
10	SIDHESHWAR SINGH	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
11	SUNITA MUNDA	Ambedkarite Party of India
12	ANJANI PANDEY	Independent
13	JAY PRAKASH PRASAD	Independent
14	JITENDRA THAKUR	Independent
15	NAND KISHOR YADAV	Independent
16	RAJU MAHTO	Independent
17	RAJESH KUMAR	Independent
18	RAJESH THAPA	Independent
19	RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY	Independent
20	SATISH SINGH	Independent

In the 2014 election, there were a total of 59,18,883 electors in these four PCs. This number has grown to 65,87,028 during the 2019 election, an increase of 6,68,145 (11.29%) electors.

In Jharkhand, the Kodarma seat is the largest parliamentary constituency in terms of the population whereas, the Khunti seat is the smallest in terms of population as well as in terms of size of the electorate.

While 14 candidates are contesting from Kodarma, 20 from Ranchi, 11 from Khunti and 16 are in the fray in Hazaribagh. 

Naxals have a good presence in all four seats particularly in Khuti. According to the police, a total of 225 companies of para-military and state police have been deployed. The polling staff was dispatched by helicopter in remote areas. Three helicopters have been kept in readiness for any eventuality.

Voting in Jharkhand is being held in 4 phases. While three seats went to polls in the fourth phase on April 29, voting in 4 seats each will be held in the fifth and sixth phase while polling for the remaining 3 seats will be held on May 19. In the first phase, more than 64 per cent polling took place in the state.