The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to announce the election schedule for Jharkhand on Friday afternoon. The tenure of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is ending on January 5.
The 81-member assembly is currently ruled by Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) with Raghubar Das as its Chief Minister. Last year in December, Raghubar Das became the first Chief Minister in the state to complete four years in the office. On the occasion, he also released the report of his government’s work in the state.
Raghubar Das led BJP is hoping to come back to the power in the state.
In the last Jharkhand Assembly elections held in 2014, BJP won 37 seats and formed the government with its ally All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) who won five seats. The combined tally was enough to cross the majority mark of 41 seats in the Assembly.
ECI has recently successfully contested the elections in Haryana and Maharashtra. In Haryana BJP formed government with support from JJP while in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance got the majority but the government is still not formed in the state due to tussle in between the two parties.