Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that they are very confident of winning the Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections as the INDIA bloc fought the poll together, and the atmosphere is in their favour.
The Congress, JMM and RJD alliance which is currently leading on 42 seats contested on 31, 43 and seven seats respectively.
The exit polls indicate edge to JMM and Congress alliance.
The third phase of the election covered 56, 18, 267 voters that included 10, 365 service voters and 63, 616 PwD voters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day urged the people, especially the youth of the state, to go out and vote in large numbers
In the second phase, 48,25,038 voters were covered including 10,492 service voters and 62,565 PwD voters. 260 candidates including 29 female are contesting on 20 seats in this phase.
Jharkhand Agriculture Minister Randhir Singh's age increased by 13 years in the last five years as in 2014 he was 32 but in 2019, he declared his age is 45 years.
As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), out of 37,78,963 voters, 19,79,991 were men while 17,98,966 were women while five belonged to the third gender.
In the 81-seat assembly of Jharkhand assembly, the Congress will contest on 31 seats in alliance with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha which is contesting on 43 seats and Rashtriya Janata Dal contesting on 7 seats.
The AJSU has announced 12 candidates in response to the BJP's list of 52 candidates. Meanwhile, the chief whip of ruling BJP Radha Krishna Kishore on Tuesday joined AJSU.
