The Election Commission on Sunday handed over the list of newly elected MLAs to Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar at the Raj Bhavan. During this, Election Commission of India's Principal Secretary Arvind Anand and Jharkhand's Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar were present. Hemant Soren also presented his claim to form the new government before the Governor on Sunday. The swearing-in ceremony is to be held on November 28.
The Jharkhand assembly election 2024 was conducted successfully and without any major untoward incidents across the state despite the left-wing extremism (LWE) influence and the history of political antagonism in several parts of the state.
According to the commission, there was no need for repolls even as the voting was carried out in 29,563 booths. Polling was violence-free in LWE-sensitive areas, including Burha Pahar and the Saranda areas, in which a number of booths witnessed high voter turnout.
The poll panel informed that elaborate security measures were made at polling booths and 600 Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), 60 companies of the Jharkhand Armed Police, over 15,000 district police and 14,000 home guards were deployed in the first phase and 685 companies of CAPF, 60 companies of the state armed police besides home guards and the state police numbering 26,000 were deployed in the second.
