Live : Chandankiyari Assembly Election 2019

Chandankiyari assembly seat is a part of the central region of Jharkhand. 97 per cent population in Chandankiyari is rural and 3 per cent population is urban.

In this assembly seat, 23.53 per cent population belongs to scheduled castes (SC), and 7.66 per cent population belong to scheduled tribes (ST).

The assembly election for Chandankiyari seat was held in the fourth phase, on December 16, 2019.

The counting of votes will be held on December 23, 2019.

The sitting MLA from Chandankiyari seat is Amar Kumar Bauri who received 81,925 votes in the 2014 Assembly elections. He had contested the election on a ticket from JVM. His closest opponent was Uma Kant Rajak, who fought the election on a ticket from AJSUP and received 47,761 votes.

In 2009 Jharkhand Assembly Elections, Uma Kant Rajak was elected from Chandankiyari seat on a ticket from AJSUP. He received 36,620 votes. His closest opponent was Amar Kumar Bauri who had fought on a ticket from JVM and received 33,103 votes.

For the 2019 Assembly elections in Jharkhand, BJP has fielded the sitting MLA Amar Kumar Bauri, AJSUP has fielded Uma Kant Rajak, and JMM has fielded Bijay Kumar Rajwar.