Sarath Vidhan Sabha Constituency Result in Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019: Randhir Kumar Singh of BJP Wins MLA Seat

Sarath, December 17: Randhir Kumar Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party has won the Sarath Vidhan Sabha seat. The polling in Sarath assembly constituency in Jharkhand was held in the fifth phase on December 20, 2019. The Sarath seat comes under the Dumka Lok Sabha constituency. The sitting MLA of the Sarath constituency is Randhir Kumar Singh. The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) had given its ticket to Uday Shankar Singh. Jharkhand Assembly Elections Results 2019: JMM-Congress-RJD Alliance Set to Form Government, BJP Trounced.

The major battle was between BJP, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and the alliance between Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). These three parties came together to take on the BJP in the ensuing elections. While BJP planned to go solo this time, the JMM fought on 43 seats, Congress contested on 31 seats and RJD on 7.

In phase five, a total of 16 constituencies went into polls. The notification was issued on November 26. The last date of filing the nomination papers was December 3. The counting of votes and result will be declared on December 23. In the 2014 Jharkhand assembly elections, the BJP had won by beating the Congress and its allies. The saffron party had gained 43 seats out of 81 seats.

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