Union Minister and BJP candidate Jayant Sinha has won the elections in Hazaribagh. The seat in Jharkhand went to polls in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019, on May 12. The constituency recorded a turnout of 61 per cent. Stay tuned here for the live election results and updates of Hazaribagh constituency in Jharkhand. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results: Check Tally of BJP, Congress, Other Parties.

In the run up to Lok Sabha Elections 2019, the Communist Party of India (CPI) has fielded Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta from the Hazaribagh constituency while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given the ticket of this constituency to Jayant Sinha (BJP), who is the current MP of Hazaribagh.

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Hazaribagh Constituency:

Issue of Notification April 10
Last date for filing nomination April 18
Scrutiny of nomination April 20
Last date for withdrawal of candidature April 22
Date Of Poll May 6
Date of Result May 23

Watch: Details of Lok Sabha Polls Phase V

List of States And Constituencies That Will Vote On May 6 In Phase V

State (No. of seats voting in this phase) Constituencies
Bihar (5) Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur
Jammu and Kashmir (2) Anantnag, Ladakh
Jharkhand (4) Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti, Hazaribagh
Madhya Pradesh (7) Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Satna, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Betul
Rajasthan (12) Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur
Uttar Pradesh (14) Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Faizabad, Bahraich, Kaiserganj, Gonda
West Bengal (7) Bangaon, Barrackpur, Howrah, Uluberia, Sreerampur, Hooghly, Arambag

Of the 14 Jharkhand Lok Sabha constituencies, the constituencies of Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti and Hazaribagh would be voting in phase 5. The polling for the fifth phase will be held on May 6. Voting in all the 14 parliamentary constituencies of Jharkhand are scheduled to take place in four phases.

According to the ECI, voting will be held in the 4th phase, 5th phase, 6th phase and 7th phases of the Lok Sabha elections. Three seats were contested on April 29; four constituencies on May 6; four Lok Sabha segments on May 12; and three seats on May 19. The results will be declared on May 23.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Jayant Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won the Hazaribagh seat by defeating Saurabh Narain Singh of the Congress Party.  The BJP candidate had won the seat by 406,931 votes.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on May 24, 2019 01:07 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).