13 candidates withdraw their nomination papers

A total of 13 candidates withdrew their nomination on the last day of withdrawal, leaving 199 nominees for the first phase of the five-phase polling scheduled on November 25 in Jharkhand.
Two candidates of the Bahujan Samaj Party from Bishunpur (ST) and Hussainabad, and 11 independent candidates from different assembly constituencies withdrew from the race, according to an Election Commission release.