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Ranchi
Following the scrutiny of nomination papers for the Jharkhand High Court Advocates Association (Ranchi) elections for the term 2026–2028, a total of 93 candidates has been declared valid across various posts. Candidates may withdraw their nominations until Tuesday, August 18, 2026.Polling willbeheld on August 21 from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM, while counting of votes will be on August 22. For the post of President five candidates are in fray Ajit Kumar, Mahesh Tiwari, Manoj Tandon, R.S.P. Sinha, Ritu Kumar.
For the post of Vice President candidates are Amaresh Kumar, Dheeraj Kumar, Jaishankar Tiwari, Naveen Kumar Singh, Pran Pranay, Rahul Kumar Gupta, Sanjeev Thakur.
General Secretary (5 Candidates) are contesting Amit Sinha, Binod Singh, Mayank Kumar, Naveen Kumar, Santosh Kumar Soni.
For Treasurer & Assistant Treasurer candidates are Nalini Jha, Shreshtha Mehta, Vipul Divya. Assistant Treasurer (8 Candidates): Akash Deep, Anjani Kumar, Kaushal Kishore Mishra, M.D. Faizal Alam, Namita Sahay, Prem Mardi, Ramesh Kumar, Veer Vijay Pradhan. Secretary (Administration) (8 Candidates): Amritraj Kisku, Arun Kumar Dubey, Ashish Verma, Dharmendra Kumar Maalityar, Kavita Singh, Moti Gop, Sumit Prakash, Vikas Kumar.
Secretary (Library) (4 Candidates): Ashok Kumar, Bholanath Ojha, Sanjeev Kumar Shivprasad, Shubhashish Rasik Soren. Executive Committee / Governing Council 52 candidates are in fray.