Jharkhand Assembly polls: Voting ends in 5 of 15 seats

Voting ended in five of the 15 assembly seats that went to the polls in the fourth phase in Jharkhand on Monday. According to the Election Commission, more than 53.37 percent polling has been reported till 3 p.m. Voting ended at 3 p.m. on five seats - Bagodar, Jamuna, Giridih, Dumri, and Tundi, while on rest of the 10 seats, it will end at 5 p.m. In Dhanbad, an elderly woman was brought on a cot to cast her vote. Despite cold weather conditions and Maoist threat, voters turned out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. Jharkhand had witnessed rain on Sunday and the weather is cloudy in most parts of the state on Monday. There are a total of 221 candidates including 23 women in the fray in this phase. The maximum, 25 candidates, are contesting from the Bokaro seat while the minimum, eight candidates, are trying their luck from the Nirsa seat. Out of 15 seats, three — Deoghar, Jamuna, and Chandankiyari — are reserved for Scheduled Castes while the remaining 12 are general category seats. (IANS)

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