He is leading by 27,753 votes against Mahua Maji at 12.05 pm, , according to the Election Commission on India.
CP Singh first secured a win in Ranchi in 1996 by-poll and has since won all the elections from here. The saffron party has continued its dominance over the Ranchi seat since 1990.
To end CP Singh’s winning streak, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has fielded its Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Maji. The two of them have contested against each other in previous polls as well.
In 2019, CP Singh won the seat by a little less than 6,000 votes. He defeated her by more than 50,000 votes in 2014.
During the last Assembly polls in Jharkhand, the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance emerged victorious. The JMM bagged 30 out of 81 seats, while Congress bagged 16 and one went to the RJD.
The BJP could only secure victory in 25 seats and the remaining went to Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P), AJSU and CPI(ML) among others.
Ranchi Assembly: Polling date
The 2024 Assembly election in Jharkhand is taking place in two phases. In the first phase, polling was held in 43 constituencies, including Ranchi, on November 13.
In Ranchi, the voter turnout stood at 52.46%, way below the 66.65% overall turnout in the maiden phase.
The remaining 38 seats in the state are all set to vote in the second phase on Wednesday, November 20, followed by the counting of votes on November 23.
Ranchi Assembly: Candidates List
Eighteen candidates are in the fray from the Ranchi Assembly constituency in the 2024 elections.
| Candidate Names | Party |
| CP Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
| Mahua Maji | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) |
| Abhay Pratap Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) |
| Kumar Abhishek Dubey | Rashtriya Jaihind Party |
| Gautam Ram | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) |
| Mahtab Alam | All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) |
| Raj Mahto | Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha |
| Sujit Barnwal | Right to Recall Party |
| Alok Kumar | Independent |
| Ayush Ranjan | Independent |
| Imtesham Ali | Independent |
| Uttam Yadav | Independent |
| Navindra Bharti | Independent |
| Pawan Choudhary | Independent |
| Priyanka Kumari | Independent |
| Rani Kumari | Independent |
| Vivek Krishna | Independent |
| Samir Singh | Independent |
2019 result
During the 2019 polls, BJP’s CP Singh defeated JMM’s Mahua Maji by 5,904 votes.
| Candidate Names | Party | Votes |
| CP Singh | BJP | 79,646 (46.77%) |
| Mahua Maji | JMM | 73,742 (43.31%) |
| NOTA | – | 1,845 (1.08%) |
(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)
First Published: Nov 23, 2024 7:45 AM IST
