Round four of Jharkhand polls - a factfile

December 11th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )

Bahujan Samaj Party New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The fourth phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections will be held Saturday. Some facts:
Number of constituencies - 14

Total electors: 24,62,850 (male 12,65,767, female 11,97,083)

Total candidates: 233

Women candidates: 20

Constituency with maximum candidates: Ichagarh - 27

Constituency with least candidates: Baharagora - 11

Constituency with more than one woman candidate: Bishunpur (Scheduled Tribe) - four

Party-wise list of candidates: Congress 12, Bahujan Samaj Party 14, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 14, Communist party of India 1, Communist Party of India-Marxist 1, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 14, Rashtriya Janata Dal 11, Nationalist Congress Party 2, others 164

Number of EVMs to be used: Control unit - 3,622, Ballot unit - 4,989

Largest constituency (area-wise): Simdega (Scheduled Tribe)

Largest constituency (electorate-wise): Potka (Scheduled Tribe), 225,847 electors

Smallest constituency (electorate-wise): Torpa (Scheduled Tribes), 143,877 electors

Polling stations: 3,457

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