THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Ranchi, Nov 20: In the second phase of Jharkhand assembly elections, voter turnout stood at 61.47% by 3 PM. Pakur district recorded the highest participation at 69.31%, while Dhanbad reported the lowest at 56.32%.
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), voter turnout till 3 PM was recorded as follows: Deoghar 64.55%, Dumka 64.79%, Giridih 60.57%, Hazaribagh 58.16%, Jamtara 68.24%, Ramgarh 66.02%, Ranchi 65.84%, and Sahebganj 60.08%.
Constituency wise turnout
In Jharkhand, voter turnout for various constituencies till 3 PM was recorded as follows: Baghmara 57.42%, Bagodar 60.15%, Barhet 59.76%, Bermo 60.66%, Bokaro 46.43%, Borio 59.20%, Chandanakiyari 64.49%, Deoghar 58.27%, Dhanbad 45.14%, Dhanwar 58.34%, Dumka 62.06%, Dumri 64.23%, Gandey 65.21%, Giridih 61.19%, Godda 63.28%, Gomia 63.16%, Jama 65.61%, Jamtara 65.14%, Jamua 55.42%, and Jarmundi 63.87%.
Other constituencies saw the following turnouts till 3 PM: Jharia 48.40%, Khijri 62.59%, Littipara 67.98%, Madhupur 67.16%, Mahagama 61.58%, Maheshpur 74.00%, Mandu 58.16%, Nala 72.34%, Nirsa 63.75%, Pakur 67.16%, Poraiyahat 63.93%, Rajmahal 61.00%, Ramgarh 66.02%, Sarath 70.19%, Shikaripara 68.14%, Silli 71.26%, Sindri 62.83%, and Tundi 64.05%.
The voter turnout stood at 47.92% by 1 PM while it was recorded 31.37% by 11 AM, whereas by 9 AM the estimated voter turnout for the second phase in Jharkhand was 12.71%.
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528 candidates in fray
Meanwhile, voting commenced for the second phase in Jharkhand, covering 38 Assembly seats under tight security measures today. Since 7 AM of Wednesday morning, people have been arriving at polling stations to cast their votes. In this phase, a total of 528 candidates are contesting, including 472 men and 55 women. One transgender candidate is also in the electoral arena in Jharkhand. Voting will continue till 5 PM.
In Jharkhand’s second phase, there are 73 candidates from the national party, of which 60 are men and 13 are women. 28 candidates of recognised state-level Jharkhand parties are also in the electoral fray. This includes 23 male and five female candidates. The number of independent candidates is 257.
Voting being held at 14,218 booths in Jharkhand
Voting is being held at 14,218 booths for the 38 assembly seats in the second phase. The number of general booths in this is 7,390 and the number of booths in Naxal-affected areas is 900. Voting will be held at 31 booths from 7 am to 4 pm. 585 companies of paramilitary forces and 60 companies of JAP have been deployed for peaceful voting. About 30 thousand district force and home guard jawans have been deployed.
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Elections being held on these 38 seats
In the second phase of voting in Jharkhand, elections are being in Rajmahal, Borio, Barhait, Littipara, Pakur, Maheshpur, Shikaripara, Nala, Jamtara, Dumka, Jama, Jarmundi, Madhupur, Sarath, Deoghar, Poraiyahat, Godda, Mahagama, Ramgarh, Mandu, Dhanwar, Bagodar, Jamua, Gandey, Giridih, Dumri, Gomia, Bermo, Bokaro, Chandankiyari, Sindri, Nirsa, Dhanbad, Jharia, Tundi, Baghmara, Silli and Khijri.
