a third of voters had cast their votes till 11.00 a.m. in the fourth phase of the Jharkhand state assembly elections, an Election Commission official said on Sunday.
“Till 11.00 a.m., 30.06 percent voting has taken place. Till 11.00 a.m. the highest turnout was in Sindri with 40 percent, followed by Tundi with 39 percent,” the official added.
Earlier, balloting for 15 of the total 81 seats of the Jharkhand state assembly began Sunday at 7 a.m.
The polling is taking place at 5,482 booths, including 36 auxiliary polling booths. Among these, 716 polling booths have been declared very sensitive and 2,007 have been declared sensitive.
The Election Commission has declared 183 polling stations as model polling stations. Web casting facility is available at 335 polling stations and approximately 27,410 polling personnel are deployed for poll duties during this phase.
Former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi is among the 13 candidates in the fray from Giridih seat.
Three incumbent ministers Mannan Mallick (Congress, Dhanbad), Suresh Paswan (RJD, Deogarh) and Haji Hussain Ansari (JMM, Madhupur) are in the electoral race today besides 11 MLAs who are seeking re—election.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and the Bahujan Samaj Party have fielded the maximum of 14 candidates each followed by the Jharkhand Vikas Party (Prajatantrik) with 13 candidates), CPI (three) CPI (M) and NCP in two seats each.
In all, 716 of the 3,718 polling stations are marked as highly sensitive and 2007 as sensitive.
Polling will end at 3 pm in the constituencies of Madhupur, Deogarh (SC), Bagodar, Jamua (SC), Gandey, Giridih, Dumri, Chandankyari (SC), Sindri, Nirsa, Jharia, Tundi and Baghmara constituencies while it will continue upto 5 PM in Dhanbad and Bokaro constitutencies,
Polling to 50 of the 81 seats has already been held in the previous three phases, which passed off peacefully.
The fifth and final phase for 16 seats is scheduled on December 20 and counting on December 23.
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