THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Ranchi, June 1: In the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections, polling was held on 57 seats in seven states and one union territory including three seats of Jharkhand.
In Jharkhand, 67.95% of voting took place till 5 pm.
Three seats of Jharkhand, namely Dumka, Rajmahal, and Godda voted today.
Jharkhand witnessed a robust voter turnout of 67.95%, with Dumka recording 69.89%, Godda at 67.24%, and Rajmahal at 66.98% till 5 pm.
Till 1 pm, Jharkhand witnessed a voter turnout of approximately 46.80 per cent.
Till 3 pm, Jharkhand recorded a voter turnout of 60.14 per cent.
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Voting on 57 seats in 7 states and 1 UT in seventh phase
In the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, voting began at 7 am amid tight security in 57 Lok Sabha seats of seven states and one union territory.
The 57 Lok Sabha seats include one seat from the union territory of Chandigarh, all 13 seats from Punjab, four from Himachal Pradesh, 13 from Uttar Pradesh, nine from West Bengal, eight from Bihar, six from Odisha and three from Jharkhand.
904 candidates in fray, 10.06 crore eligible voters
A total of 904 candidates are in the fray for 57 Lok Sabha seats in the final phase. These include PM Modi from Varanasi seat, Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Mamta Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti and actress Kangana Ranaut.
The fate of these candidates will be decided by 10.06 crore voters. These include 5.24 crore men, 4.82 crore women and 3,574 transgenders.
