Lagatar24 Desk
Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has officially declared Mahua Maji as its candidate for the Ranchi assembly seat. Mahua Maji, currently serving as a Rajya Sabha MP, is set to challenge BJP’s CP Singh in the upcoming election. Notably, Mahua Maji made history as the first woman from Jharkhand to become a Rajya Sabha member.
Earlier on Tuesday night, JMM released its first list of candidates for the assembly elections, which includes 35 names. Chief Minister Hemant Soren will contest from Barhait, while other prominent candidates include Kalpana Soren from Gandey, Basant Soren from Dumka, and Baby Devi from Dumri. JMM has announced that it will contest 41 of the 81 assembly seats, and Mahua Maji’s nomination from Ranchi completes the party’s lineup for the seat, which had not been declared earlier.
JMM’s First List of Candidates
- Barhait (ST) – Hemant Soren
- Rajmahal – M.T. Raja
- Boriyo (ST) – Dhananjay Soren
- Maheshpur (ST) – Stephen Marandi
- Shikaripara (ST) – Alok Soren
- Nala – Ravindranath Mahto
- Dumka (ST) – Basant Soren
- Madhupur – Hafizul Hassan
- Sarath – Uday Shankar Singh
- Gandey – Kalpana Murmu Soren
- Giridih – Sudivya Kumar
- Dumri – Baby Devi
- Chandankyari (SC) – Umakant Rajak
- Baharagora – Sameer Mohanty
- Tundi – Mathura Prasad Mahto
- Ghatshila (ST) – Ramdas Soren
- Potka (ST) – Sanjeev Sardar
- Jugsalai (SC) – Mangal Kalindi
- Ichagarh – Sabita Mahto
- Chaibasa (ST) – Deepak Birua
- Majhgaon (ST) – Niral Purty
- Manoharpur (ST) – Jagat Manjhi
- Kharsawan (ST) – Dashrath Gagrai
- Tamar (ST) – Vikas Munda
- Torpa (ST) – Sudip Gudiya
- Gumla (ST) – Bhushan Tirkey
- Latehar (SC) – Baidyanath Ram
- Garhwa – Mithilesh Kumar Thakur
- Jamua (SC) – Kedar Hajra
- Bhawanathpur – Anant Pratap Deo
- Simaria (SC) – Manoj Chandra
- Silli – Amit Mahto
- Barkatha – Janki Yadav
- Dhanwar – Nizamuddin Ansari
- Littipara – Hemlal Murmu
