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All preparations person been made for conducting elections to Jharkhand's 48 municipality section bodies (ULB), including Ranchi, connected Monday (February 23, 2026), a State Election Commission (SEC) authoritative said.
Voting volition statesman astatine 7 a.m. amid choky information and volition proceed till 5 p.m., helium said.
Over 43.43 lakh voters are eligible to workout their franchise successful the elections.
"The polling parties person been dispatched connected Sunday greeting (February 22, 2026), and they are expected to scope their respective destinations by this evening. Many of them person already reached," SEC caput Radhe Shyam Prasad told PTI.
The counting of votes volition beryllium held connected February 27.
The elections are scheduled to beryllium held for the posts of mayor, chairperson and councillor astatine 1,042 wards successful 9 municipal corporations, 20 nagar parishads and 19 nagar panchayats, helium said.
There are 1,087 wards successful 48 ULBs, but elections volition beryllium held successful 1,042 wards, arsenic 41 councillors person already been elected unopposed, portion 3 wards remained vacant aft nary information was received, and an predetermination astatine a ward successful Mango Municipal Corporation has been cancelled aft the decease of a candidate, Prasad said.
As galore arsenic 562 candidates, including 235 women, are successful the fray for the station of politician and chairperson, portion 5,562 candidates, including 2,727 women, are contesting for the station of ward councillors.
Mr. Prasad said capable information arrangements person been ensured successful each booth crossed 48 ULBs successful the State.
A full of 4,307 polling booths person been acceptable up to clasp the elections. Of the full polling booths, 896 person been identified arsenic hyper-sensitive and 2,445 arsenic sensitive.
The campaigning for the polls ended astatine 5 p.m. connected Saturday (February 21).
ULB polls successful Jharkhand are not contested connected the ground of the electoral symbols of the governmental parties, but candidates are backed by the outfits.
In Ranchi, 11 candidates are contesting for the station of mayor, portion 167 aspirants are successful the fray for 53 ward councillor posts.
Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri said each preparations are successful spot for the predetermination connected Monday (February 23).
As galore arsenic 909 polling booths person been acceptable up successful Ranchi. A full of 422 wheelchairs person been provided to facilitate aged and physically challenged persons successful booths, according to a connection issued by the Ranchi administration.
