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Published on: Dec 15 2014 12:53AM
Polling in 15 constituencies of Jharkhand today ended with 61.08 per cent electorate turning out to vote in the penultimate phase of the Assembly elections in Jharkhand as the day passed off peacefully. The polling, which began at 7 am in all seats, ended at 3 pm in 13 constituencies, while it concluded at 5 pm in Dhanbad and Bokaro, Election Commission office sources said here.The 13 other seats which went for polling in this round were: Madhupur, Deogarh (SC), Bagodar, Jamua (SC), Gandey, Giridih, Dumri, Chandankyari (SC), Sindri, Nirsa, Jharia, Tundi and Baghmara. “61.08 per cent polling has been registered, which may go up (in the final count),” Chief Electoral Officer PK Jajoria said adding voting passed off peacefully. Of the segments, Chandankyari (SC) registered the highest figure of 71.28 per cent, followed by Madhupur at 70.20, the EC sources said. At Pirtand in Giridih Assembly constituency Maoists posters asking the voters to boycott the polls had been removed, police sources said. Giridih registered 62.61 per cent votes, according to the EC. Giridih is the second seat from where former Chief Minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) president Babulal Marandi are contesting. An FIR was filed against an activist of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) at a booth in Tundi constituency for allegedly taking a party banner inside the booth, a Dhanbad report said quoting the police. Polling for the rest 16 seats in Jharkhand will be held in the fifth and final phase elections on December 20. Counting will be taken up on December 23 for the 81-member state assembly. — PTI
Published on: Dec 15 2014 12:53AM
A security person keeps vigil as voters wait in queues to cast their votes in the fourth phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections in the Naxal-hit Tundi consitituency in Dhanbad on Sunday. PTI
Ranchi, December 14
Polling in 15 constituencies of Jharkhand today ended with 61.08 per cent electorate turning out to vote in the penultimate phase of the Assembly elections in Jharkhand as the day passed off peacefully. The polling, which began at 7 am in all seats, ended at 3 pm in 13 constituencies, while it concluded at 5 pm in Dhanbad and Bokaro, Election Commission office sources said here.The 13 other seats which went for polling in this round were: Madhupur, Deogarh (SC), Bagodar, Jamua (SC), Gandey, Giridih, Dumri, Chandankyari (SC), Sindri, Nirsa, Jharia, Tundi and Baghmara. “61.08 per cent polling has been registered, which may go up (in the final count),” Chief Electoral Officer PK Jajoria said adding voting passed off peacefully. Of the segments, Chandankyari (SC) registered the highest figure of 71.28 per cent, followed by Madhupur at 70.20, the EC sources said. At Pirtand in Giridih Assembly constituency Maoists posters asking the voters to boycott the polls had been removed, police sources said. Giridih registered 62.61 per cent votes, according to the EC. Giridih is the second seat from where former Chief Minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) president Babulal Marandi are contesting. An FIR was filed against an activist of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) at a booth in Tundi constituency for allegedly taking a party banner inside the booth, a Dhanbad report said quoting the police. Polling for the rest 16 seats in Jharkhand will be held in the fifth and final phase elections on December 20. Counting will be taken up on December 23 for the 81-member state assembly. — PTI
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