Ranchi: Voting commences in four constituencies across Jharkhand for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections.
The four constituencies voting from Jharkhand are Kodarma, Ranchi, Khunti, Hazaribagh.
Naxals have a good presence in all four seats particularly in Khunti.
According to the police, a total of 225 companies of para-military and state police have been deployed for security purpose.
A total of 14 candidates are in the fray in Kodarma, 20 in Ranchi, 11 in Khunti and 16 in Hazaribagh.
As per the data from Election Commission, there are a total of 65,87,028 voters in the four constituencies, out of which 34,42,266 are male voters, 31,44,679 female voters and 83 third gender voters. There are 1,09,025 voters in the age group of 18-19 years in Phase V in Jharkhand.