Ranchi, December 23: Rajendra Prasad Singh of the Congress party has won the Bermo Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Jharkhand. The polling in Bermo  assembly constituency in Jharkhand was held on December 12, 2019. This seat falls in the Seraikella-Kharsawan district in Jharkhand. The counting of votes and results for all the seats in Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 will be declared on December 23. The sitting MLA in the Bermo seat is Yogeshwar Mahto of the BJP.  This time the BJP has fielded Yogeshwar Mahato Batul from this seat while  the Congress had given its ticket to Rajendra Prasad Singh. Phase-Wise List of Seats Going to Polls in Jharkhand.

The major political parties contesting the Assembly Elections in Jharkhand include Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) and the alliance between Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). These three parties have come together to take on the BJP in the ensuing elections for the 81-member Jharkhand assembly. While BJP plans to go solo this time, the JMM will contest 43 seats, Congress wil contest on 31 seats and RJD will contest on 7.

In Jharkhand, the five-phase elections were held between November 30 to December 20. The first phase of election in the state had taken place on November 30, third phase on December 12, the fourth phase on December 16, and the fifth and last phase on December 20.

In the 2014 Assembly polls in Jharkhand, the BJP had won the elections by defeating Congress and its major allies RJD, Janata Dal (United), and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Ever since Jharkhand was formed, it was the first time in 2014, that a single-party (BJP) formed a majority in the state assembly. The BJP had won in 43 seats out of 81 seats, 2 more that required majority.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Kailash Chandra MahtoIND929
Rajendra Pd. Singh (Current MLA)INC88945
Baijnath GorainSHS872
Subodh MahtoIND825
Yogeshwar MahtoBJP63773
Ram Bhajan LayakIND632
Md. Aftab Alam KhanCPI5695
Sameer Kumar DasBSP451
Gangadhar PrajapatiIND439
Ram Kinkar PandeyJVM1997
Khirodhar KiskuIND1494
Nitu SinghIND1136
Alam AnsariIND1129
Kashi Nath SinghAJSU PartyNA
Umesh RawaniLok Jan Shakti PartyNA
Kaleshwar RavidasRepublican Party of India (A)NA
Chandan KumarPeoples Party of India (Democratic)NA
Teko MahatoAmra BangaleeNA
Salimuddin AnsariJharkhand Mukti Morcha (Ulgulan)NA
Sabita DeviJharkhand Party (Secular),NA

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