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Round five of Jharkhand polls – a factfile

By IANS,

New Delhi : The fifth phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections will be held Friday. Some facts:

Number of constituencies – 16

Total electors: 3,393,172 (male 1,783,149, female 1,610,023)

Total candidates: 290

Women candidates: 20

Constituency with maximum candidates: Bhawnathpur – 25

Constituency with least candidates: Chatra (Scheduled Castes) – 10

Constituency with more than one woman candidate: Chhatarpur (Scheduled Castes) – four

Party-wise list of candidates: Congress 13, Bahujan Samaj Party 15, Bharatiya Janata Party 11, Communist Party of India 2, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 14, Rashtriya Janata Dal 12, Nationalist Congress Party 4, others 214

Number of EVMs to be used: Control unit – 5,110, Ballot unit – 8,020

Largest constituency (area-wise): Manika (Scheduled Tribes)

Smallest constituency (electorate-wise): Bishrampur

Largest assembly constituency (electorate wise): Daltonganj, 266,704 electors

Smallest constituency (electorate-wise): Jaganathpur (Scheduled Tribes) 137,382 electors

Polling stations: 4,579