Voting has started today for municipal elections in Jharkhand. For this, there are strong security arrangements for the polling booths. People are standing in line waiting for their turn.
Jharkhand Nikay Chunav 2026 Voting Live
Digital Desk, Ranchi. Jharkhand Nikay Chunav Voting 2026 LIVE: Voting has started today for municipal elections in Jharkhand. For this, strong security arrangements have been made for the polling booths. Today, 43,33,574 voters in 48 civic bodies will elect the government of their city. In this, 9 Municipal Corporation Mayors, 20 Municipal Councils and 19 Nagar Panchayat Presidents will be elected. Along with this, voting will be held for 1,042 ward councilors. Voting has started from 7 am to 5 pm at all 4,304 booths of the civic bodies. A total of 43,33,574 voters will exercise their franchise in this election. Of these, 22,07,203 are male, 21,26,227 female and 144 third gender voters. Voters will decide the fate of 562 candidates contesting for Mayor and President and 5,562 candidates for Ward Councillor. In this way, the fate of a total of 6,124 candidates will be sealed in the ballot box.
Jharkhand municipal elections 2026: 10 to 11 percent voting in Jharkhand till 9 pm
Jharkhand Nikay Choice Voting Live: The voting percentages from 7 to 9 pm are as follows:
Jharkhand Municipal Voting Live: Policemen helped the disabled voter, took him to the booth and cast his vote.
Policemen helped Moolchand Aggarwal, who came to vote in Boys Middle School Jugsalai. He not only carried the wheel chair to the booth but also helped in getting it up the ramp.
Jharkhand Nikay Election Live Voting: Allegation of slow voting in Jugsalai, voters standing outside the booth
Crowd of voters at Ward No. 2 Ahlam English School for Jugsalai Municipal Corporation elections. There are 1058 and 1053 voters in the two booths here respectively. Voters say that the voting process here is very slow. He has been standing in line for the last one hour, but has not been able to move forward.
Dhanbad Nikay Election Live Voting: Deputy Commissioner, SSP and other officers of Dhanbad will not be able to vote.
Voting is going on for Jharkhand municipal elections 2026. In such a situation, many people are not able to vote due to their names not being in the voter list. This includes Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Aditya Ranjan, Senior Superintendent of Police Prabhat Kumar, Deputy Development Commissioner Sunny Raj, Municipal Commissioner Ashish Gangwar, Sadar Sub-Divisional Officer Lokesh Barange and others. All the above officials have contributed in recent times, while this election is being held on the basis of voter list of Jharkhand Assembly elections held in the year 2024.
Jharkhand Nikay Chunav LIVE: In Dhanbad, an elderly man was lifted on his shoulders to cast his vote, no provision for wheelchair
Jharkhand Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: Voting is being held for the Mayor and 55 councilors of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation and the Chairman and 21 councilors of Chirkunda Municipal Council. 77-year-old Daddan Singh of Babudih, who reached the polling booth at District CM School of Excellence District School in Ward No. 20 of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation, said that there is no arrangement. There is not even a wheelchair. There is a lot of trouble. There is pain in the knee. When I asked the supervisor, he said write to the Election Commission. The ramp is also not built. Five booths have been made here
Municipal Election Live: Voting at 416 booths including Mango, Adityapur and Kapali, long queues in Muslim dominated areas
Nagar Nigam Voting Live: Long queues for voting at 44 polling stations in Gumla
Jharkhand Nikay Chunav Voting Live: Tight security arrangements in Chaibasa
Jharkhand Nikay Chunav 2026 live: Voting is going on from 7 am in all 87 polling stations of Chaibasa and Chakradharpur Municipal Council area of West Singhbhum district. Queues of voters started forming at various booths since morning. The voting process is being conducted peacefully. Voting will continue till 5 pm. District Election Officer (Municipality)-cum-Deputy Commissioner Chandan Kumar and Superintendent of Police Amit Renu are jointly monitoring the voting process from moment to moment from the control room established in the District Collectorate auditorium. CCTV cameras have been installed at all 87 polling stations, which are being monitored live. In this election, the fate of other candidates including Nitin Prakash, Ramesh Khirwal, Sunil Sab, Anoop Kumar Sultania, Kabu Dutta, Faiyaz Khan, Mohd Salim, Radha Mohan Banerjee and Nitesh Dodrajka will be decided in the ballot boxes today.