Jharkhand Municipal Elections 2026 Live Updates: Complaints Of Irregularities At Several Booths, Councillor's Brother Beaten In Dhanbad

Uproar at RP Patel High School in Jugsalai after gates were closed.

Voting in Jharkhand Till 11 AM

-Dhanbad Municipal Corporation – 14.79 per cent 

-Chirkunda Municipal Council – 18.73 per cent 

-Adityapur Municipal Corporation – 21.80 per cent 

-Saraikela Nagar Panchayat – 31.30 per cent 

-Kapali Municipal Council – 22.13 per cent 

-Mango Municipal Corporation – 19.5 per cent 

-Chakulia Nagar Panchayat – 33.8 per cent 

-Jugsalai Municipal Council-24.2 per cent 

The impact of the announcement of election boycott in two wards of Koderma Nagar Panchayat Domchanch was clearly visible on the day of voting. Till 10 am, only seven votes were cast in ward number 11, whereas in ward number 5 not a single voter reached the polling booth. Most of the votes cast in ward 11 are said to be of booth level officers and government employees. No candidate had filed nomination for the post of ward councilor from these two wards. As such, voting is being held only for the post of president. Due to the absence of a candidate for the post of councilor, the lack of enthusiasm among the voters was clearly visible and there was silence at the polling booths.

Elections are underway peacefully in the Dhanbad Municipal Corporation. However, a ruckus broke out at booths 6, 110, 111, and 112 in Ward No. 27. A clash broke out between supporters of ward councilor candidates Pushpa Devi and Pinky Urmila Devi, jagran.com reported. Police arrived upon receiving information about the clash and disturbance and removed supporters from both sides. Pushpa Devi's husband, Sanjay Kumar Singh, said that candidate Pinky Devi is also a BLO and is working to woo voters. His friend, Ramesh Kumar Singh, was dragged out by Pramod Kumar Yadav's collar. Candidate Pinky Devi is a relative of Pramod Kumar Yadav. Sanjay Kumar Singh claims that they were outside the street and were forcibly attacked. Pramod Kumar Yadav countered that Sanjay Kumar Singh was bringing in infiltrators from Bihar to conduct the voting, which is why he was stopped.

A total of 4,333,574 voters will exercise their franchise in this election. These include 2,207,203 men, 2,126,227 women, and 144 third-gender voters. Voters will decide the fate of 562 candidates contesting for mayor and president, and 5,562 ward councilors.

Police officers helped a physically-challenged voter, escorted him to the polling booth and helped him cast his vote.

Voting percentage from 7 to 9 pm is as follows:

Giridih Municipal Corporation – 6.79 per cent
Badki Saraiya Nagar Panchayat – 10.09 per cent
Dhanwar Nagar Panchayat – 10.25 per cent
Mango Municipal Corporation – 8.4 per cent
Jugsalai Municipal Council – 11.4 per cent
Chakulia Nagar Panchayat – 14.4 per cent
Adityapur Municipal Corporation – 9.35 per cent
Saraikela Nagar Panchayat – 13.68 per cent
Kapali Municipal Council – 8.99 per cent
Chakradharpur Municipal Council – 9.44 per cent 
Chaibasa – 10.68  per cent 

-Adequate number of security forces have been deployed at all polling stations.

-Videography arrangements have been made to prevent any kind of disturbance at the polling stations.

-Every two hours, a report will be given to the State Election Commission regarding the voting status and any kind of disturbance.

-For security reasons, 2,445 sensitive and 896 hyper sensitive polling stations have been made out of 4,304 polling stations.

Long queues for voting at 44 polling stations in Gumla.

Votes are being cast for the mayor and 55 councillors of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation and the chairman and 21 councillors of Chirkunda Municipal Council. 

 In Dhanbad, an elderly man was carried on the shoulders to cast his vote, but no wheelchair was provided.

Voting is underway for the 2026 Jharkhand municipal elections. Many people are unable to vote because their names were not on the voter list. These include Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Aditya Ranjan, Senior Superintendent of Police Prabhat Kumar, Deputy Development Commissioner Sunny Raj, Municipal Commissioner Ashish Gangwar, Sadar Subdivision Officer Lokesh Barange, and others, jagran.com reported. All of the above officials have contributed recently, even though this election is being held based on the voter list from the 2024 Jharkhand Assembly elections.

Voters thronged the Ahalm English School in Ward No 2 for the Jugsalai municipal elections. The two booths here have 1,058 and 1,053 voters, respectively. Voters reported that the voting process was very slow. They had been waiting in line for the past hour but were unable to move forward.