Jharkhand Elections: CM Champai Soren casts his vote in Seraikela-Kharsawan

THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK

Saraikela-Kharsawan, May 13: In the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections on Monday, Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren cast his ballot at a polling booth in Jilingora, Saraikela-Kharsawan district.

“I appeal to everyone to vote,” Champai Soren said after casting his vote.

He exercised his voting right at Utkramit Madhya Vidyalaya in Jilinggora at the polling booth number 220.

Voting underway on four Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand

Voting began amidst tight security at 7 a.m. on Monday for four Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand. Polling will continue until 5 p.m. on the Singhbhum, Lohardaga, Khunti, and Palamu Lok Sabha seats.

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According to the Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar, a total of 64.37 lakh voters will exercise their franchise in the first phase in Jharkhand. For voting on the four Lok Sabha seats, 7,595 polling booths have been set up. In these booths, 30,380 polling personnel have been deployed. Webcasting is being monitored at all booths, and 15,000 4D cameras have also been installed.

According to the Election Commission’s figures, there are 14 candidates in Singhbhum, 7 in Khunti, 9 in Palamu, and 15 in Lohardaga trying their luck. In Khunti, the faceoff is between Central Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Arjun Munda and opposition alliance ‘INDIA’ candidate Kalicharan Munda.

The states undergoing voting

In the fourth phase, voting is taking place on 25 seats in Andhra Pradesh, five out of 40 in Bihar, four out of 14 in Jharkhand, eight out of 29 in Madhya Pradesh, 11 out of 48 in Maharashtra, four out of 21 in Odisha, all 17 seats in Telangana, 13 out of 80 in Uttar Pradesh, and eight out of 42 in West Bengal. Additionally, one seat in Jammu and Kashmir is also going to polls.