Polling for the fifth and final phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections ended at 3 pm in five constituencies while it will conclude at 5 pm in the remaining 11 seats. The fate of former chief minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren is set to be decided in these elections, as is that of state Woman and Child Welfare Minister Louis Marandi and Agriculture Minister Randhir Singh.
The polling that began at 7 am in all assembly segments will end at 3 pm in five constituencies of Borio (ST), Barhait (ST), Litipara (ST), Maheshpur (ST) and Sikaripara (ST). Voters in the rest of the assembly segments can exercise their franchise till 5 pm.
Exit Polls will be released in the evening after the conclusion of voting in all booths.
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Jharkhand Assembly election, Phase 5, Update:
Voting has been concluded in all the 16 seats. all eyes are on exit poll results now.
A total of 63.98 percent of voters exercisedtheir voting rights till 4 pm in the fifth and final phase of Jharkhand Assembly polls, Election Commission has said.
An estimated 62.77 percent of over 40 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 3pm in the fifth and final phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections,Chief Electoral Officer of Jharkhand shared on Twitter.
Jharkhand Assembly election, Phase 5:
Voting ended at 3 pm in five constituencies while it will conclude at 5 pm in the remaining seats.
Visual from a polling booth in Jharkhand
(Image: Twitter/@ceojharkhand)
An estimated 49.01 percent of over 40 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 1 pm in the fifth and final phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections, IANS has reported.
28.24 percent polling recorded till 11 am
Around 28.24 percent of over 40 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 11 am in the fifth and final phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections, Election Commission (EC) officials said.
Long queues were seen before polling stations in the 16 constituencies with voters braving minimum temperatures hovering between 6.6 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celsius. (PTI)
An estimated 12.01 per cent of over 40 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 9 am in the fifth and final phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections, Election Commission (EC) officials said. Women and men were seen waiting in queues outside the polling booths to exercise their franchise, braving the December cold. (PTI)
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Twitter:
I appeal to all the first-time voters to come out and vote in large numbers. Vote for the prosperity of Jharkhand.
Jharkhand Assembly election, Phase 5:
BJPcandidate andJharkhandAgriculture MinisterRandhirSingh is seeking re-election fromSarath. State Women and Child Development Minister LouisMarandiis contesting againstJMM'sworking president and former chief ministerHemantSorenfromDumka.
Jharkhand Assembly election, Phase 5:
The Election Commission has set up 8,987 ballot units, 6,738 control units and 7,006 VVPAT machines. Altogether, 249 polling stations have been marked as model booths. As many as 133 polling stations have women staff while 1,347 have webcasting facilities, Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey told PTI.
Jharkhand Assembly election, Phase 5:
In all, 40,05,287 electorate, including 19,55,336 women and 30 third gender voters, are eligible to cast their vote, Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey said. Adequate security forces have been deployed, he said.
Of 5,389 polling stations, 396 in Naxal-affected areas have been marked as "critical" while 208 have been declared "sensitive".
In all, 1,321 polling stations in non-left wing extremism affected areas have been marked as "critical" while 1,765 declared "sensitive". (PTI)
Jharkhand Assembly election, Phase 5:
The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance has fielded candidates from all 16 constituencies. While the JMM has fielded nominees in 11 constituencies, the Congress and the RJD are contesting from four and one segments, respectively.
The Babulal Marandi-headed Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) has also fielded candidates in this round.
Candidates of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Lok Jan Shakti Party, AJSU Party and the Left are also in the fray. (PTI)
Jharkhand Assembly election, Phase 5:
The BJP, which is contesting on all 16 seats in this final phase, has fielded sitting MLAs Ashok Kumar Bhagat, Anant Ojha and Amit Mandal from Mahagama, Rajmahal and Godda assembly constituencies, respectively.
Polling for the fifth and final phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections in 16 constituencies has begun. The fate of 237 candidates, including two ministers and a former CM, will be decided in this final phase. The polling that began at 7 am in all assembly segments will end at 3 pm in five constituencies of Borio (ST), Barhait (ST), Litipara (ST), Maheshpur (ST) and Sikaripara (ST). Voters in the rest of the assembly segments can exercise their franchise till 5 pm.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter:
Today is the fifth and final phase of voting in the Jharkhand assembly elections. I request all voters to participate in this festival of democracy.
Gender representation of candidates
Out of 237 candidates contesting in the fifth phase of voting in Jharkhand Assembly election, 29 are women. This amounts to 12 percent candidature.
(Source: Association for Democratic Reforms)
Education of candidates
A total of 94 out of 237 candidates contesting have an educational qualification equivalent to graduate or above. This amounts to 40 percent of the candidates.
As many as 129 candidates – 54% – declared their educational qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass. Just 1 candidate has declared his education just literate, while 13 candidate declared his education as ‘Illiterate’.
(Source: Association for Democratic Reforms)
Jharkhand Assembly Election, Phase 5:
The seats going for the final leg voting are Rajmahal, Borio (ST), Barhait (ST), Litipara (ST), Pakur, Maheshpur (ST), Sikaripara (ST), Nalla, Jamtara, Dumka (ST), Jama (ST), Jarmundi, Sarath, Poreyahat, Godda and Mahagama across six districts in the Santhal Pargana region of the state.
Elections have already been held in 65 out of total 81 Assembly constituencies in the previous four phases between November 30 and December 16.
Crorepati candidates
Out of the 237 candidates, 51 are crorepatis, which means 22 percent of candidates have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.
Going party-wise, 6 (38%) out of 16 candidates analysed from BJP, 4 (25%) out of 16 candidates analysed from JVM(P), 10 (91%) out of 11 candidates analysed from JMM, 4 (33%) out of 12 candidates analysed from AJSU Party and 3 (75%) out of 4 candidates from Congress are crorepati.
Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the second phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections is Rs 71.68 Lakhs.
(Source: Association for Democratic Reforms)
Jharkhand Assembly Election, Phase 5:
In this round of elections, the Election Commission has set up 8,987 ballot units, 6,738 control units and 7,006 VVPAT machines, said Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey. Altogether 249 polling stations have been marked as model booths, 133 polling stations will be conducted by women personnel and 1,347 have webcasting facilities, the CEO told PTI.
Jharkhand Assembly Election, Phase 5:
The polling will begin at 7 am in all the constituencies with the exercise ending at 3 pm in Borio, Barhait, Litipara, Maheshpur and Sikaripara and voting will continue till 5 pm in the rest of the constituencies.
Like the previous four-phase polling there have been left-wing extremism (LWE) pockets, the final phase also have certain Naxal pockets, Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey told PTI.
Fate of Hemant Soren will be decided in final phase of polling today
The fate of former chief minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren and two state ministers will be decided in the fifth and final phase of polling in Jharkhand
for 16 assembly seats. Soren, the chief ministerial candidate of the opposition JMM-Congress-RJD alliance is contesting from two seats Dumka and Barhait which will go to polls today. (PTI)
Red Alert constituencies:
There are 10 Red Alert constituencies in Phase 2 of state elections, which means these seats have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases.
(Source: Association for Democratic Reforms)
Candidates with declared cases related to crime against women:
Out of all the contesting candidates in 5th phase of voting in Jharkhand Assembly polls, 5 have declared cases related to crime against women. Out of these, 2 candidate has declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376).
(Source: Association for Democratic Reforms)
Criminal background of candidates:
Among the 237 candidates in ballot battle in Phase 5, 58 have declared criminal cases against themselves. This ran through party lines. This makes up around 25% of all the candidates.
Among these candidates, 7 (44%) out of 16 candidates analysed from BJP, 5 (31%) out of 16 candidates analysed from JVM(P), 3 (25%) out of 12 candidates analysed from BSP, 6 (55%) out of 11 candidates analysed from JMM, 2 (50%) out of 4 candidates analysed from Congress and 2 (17%) out
of 12 candidates analysed from AJSU party have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
(Source: Association for Democratic Reforms)
Key candidates and campaigners from BJP:
BJP has fielded sitting MLAs Ashok Kumar Bhagat, Anant Ojha and Amit Mandal from Mahagama, Rajmahal and Godda assembly constituencies respectively while the saffron party nominated former minister Satyanand Jha from Nalla.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Tribal Welfare Minister Arjun Munda, BJP's working president J P Nadda and Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das were among the BJP leaders who campaigned in the Santhal Pargana region, seeking
votes for party candidates.
– PTI
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) key candidates and campaigners:
JMMpresident Shibu Soren and his son, Hemant Soren, canvassed for party candidates. The JMM re-nominated its sitting MLA Sita Soren, daughter-in-law of the party president, from Jama seat.
Former deputy chief minister and sitting JMM MLA Stephen Marandi is seeking re-election from Maheshpur.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Shatrughan Sinha were among the party leaders who appealed to the people to vote for the opposition alliance of Congress, JMM and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
– PTI
Fate of two Jharkhand ministers, former CM Hemant Soren to be decided in last phase
In the final round of elections, the fate of two Jharkhand ministers and former chief minister Hemant Soren will be decided.Soren, who is contesting in two seats, is facing a tough fight from Woman and Child Welfare Minister Louis Marandi of the BJP from Dumka and Simon Malto of the saffron party from Barhait.
State Agriculture Minister Randhir Singh of BJP is contesting from Sarath.
– PTI
The voting will begin at 7 am and end at 3 pm on December 19in Borio, Barhait, Litipara, Maheshpur and Sikaripara seats while voters in the rest of the constituencies can exercise their franchise between 7 am and 5 pm.
Over 40,000 security personnel have been deployed in the these assembly constituencies spread over six districts to ensure free, fair and peaceful polling.
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