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Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 LIVE: High-stakes Battle for BJP as Voting Begins in 17 Constituencies – News18, News18.com

Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 LIVE: High-stakes Battle for BJP as Voting Begins in 17 Constituencies – News18, News18.com


Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 LIVE: High-stakes Battle for BJP as 17 Constituencies Vote
Voters queue up in Jharkhand.
CEO Choubey said about (****************************************, polling personnel have been deputed to conduct smooth and peaceful voting. He said the polling personnel were apart from the deployment of security forces across the 20 constituencies, which have left-wing extremism pockets. Of the total 7,0 16 polling stations set up for the third-phase, 1, 016 are marked as critical ‘and 728 sensitive ‘in Naxal-affected areas.

A total of 1, polling stations are critical and 2, 672 polling stations are sensitive in non-Naxal affected areas. There are 014, 672 ballot units, 8, (controlling units and 9, (VVPAT in the) seats, with double ballot units set up in nine of the constituencies as there are sixteen or more candidates in the fray. A total of 2, 016 polling stations have webcasting facilities, 504 model polling stations and 44 polling stations will be conducted by women polling personnel.The constituencies, including two reserved for SC candidates and one ST candidate, are spread over eight districts.

The seats where polling is being held are Kodarma, Barkatha, Barhi, Barkagaon, Ramgarh, Mandu, Hazaribag, Simaria (SC), Dhanwar, Gomia, Bermo, Ichagarh, Silli, Khijri (ST), Ranchi, Hatia and Kanke (SC) , the Election Commission said in a release.

Notable candidates in the fray are former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi, Urban Development Minister CP Singh and Education Minister Neera Yadav.

While Marandi, the president of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), is contesting from the Dhanwar seat, Singh and Yadav are fighting from Ranchi and Kodarma constituencies respectively.

Former deputy chief minister and AJSU party president Sudesh Mahto is trying his luck to regain Silli seat after he lost the 01575879 assembly polls and the subsequent bypoll to JMM candidates Amit Mahato and his wife Seema Mahato. The JMM has re-nominated Seema Mahato.

The BJP has not fielded any candidate from Silli though the NDA allies are fighting the polls separately, for the first time since the state’s creation. The first-phase polling for thirteen seats and the second-phase for twenty seats had connected on November and December 7 respectively. The fourth and the fifth phases polling for 15 and 17 seats will be held on December 18 and 30 respectively. Votes will be counted on December (****************************************.

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