After an 11-year gap, elections were held for railway union recognition in Chakradharpur. The vote count, determining the recognized union in the South Eastern Railway, will take place tomorrow. In 2013, both the South Eastern Railway Men's Congress and the South Eastern Railway Men's Union received recognition. The 2013...
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election saw five unions participate; Men's Congress received 29,933 votes (45.91%), and Men's Union received 27,516 votes (42.20%). Both exceeded the minimum 35% threshold for recognition. Other unions' vote shares were significantly lower. In 2013, Chakradharpur division saw the Men's Union win with 8322 votes out of 16804 cast. In other divisions like Kharagpur Open Line, Garden Reach, and Adra, Men's Congress dominated. The 2024 election involved six unions: South Eastern Railway Men's Union, South Eastern Railway Men's Congress, South Eastern Railway Mazdoor Sangh, South Eastern Railway Men's Trinamool Congress, Independent Railway Bahujan Karmachari Union, and South Eastern Railway Mazdoor Union. Detailed vote counts from various divisions in 2013 are provided in the original text.