According to the reports, Congress will contest on 29 seats, a slight decrease from 31 in the last assembly elections. While the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is slated to contest on 41 seats, 2 less than last time.

Seat-sharing dispute is causing unrest among Congress ranks as some leaders are unhappy with JMM being given high-profile constituencies like Ranchi and Bhawnathpur

A day after both the parties announced the seat-sharing deal in the poll-bound state, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has called it "unilateral".

Expressing its disappointment with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress over seat-sharing for the Jharkhand Assembly Polls, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday (October 20, 2024) said it would not settle for less than 12 seats, but it will not sabotage the prospects of the INDIA bloc even if it goes solo.

CM Hemant Soren declares that JMM and Congress will contest 70 seats and that the remaining 11 seats have been left for other INDIA allies; seat break-up not disclosed; RJD calls it “unilateral”

Talks between Hemant Soren, K C Venugopal on seat-sharing “did not end on a happy note”, says a JMM insider; Congress leader alleges, “JMM arm-twisting us”.

Even as RJD and Left parties continued to demand "respectable" share despite winning only one seat out of the seven it fought in 2019, both JMM and Co

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren announced that his party JMM and Congress will contest 70 out of 81 seats.

RJD State President Sanjay Singh Yadav voiced concerns about the seat-sharing deal for the Jharkhand assembly elections. The RJD is seeking the seats they previously won. The party remains part of the alliance with JMM and Congress.