Polling has ended for all 16 assembly constituencies that went to polls on Friday during the fifth and final phase of Jharkhand elections. A total of 70.40 per cent voter turnout was registered till 5 pm in the Jharkhand.
Jharkhand elections: Voting concludes, 70.40 % polling recorded till 5 pm
Jharkhand assembly polls
17:28 December 20
70.40 % polling recorded till 5 pm in fifth phase of voting
17:01 December 20
Voting concludes in 5 seats in final phase of Jharkhand polls
Voting concluded in Jharkhand in five of the 16 seats at 3 p.m. in the fifth and final phase of polling on Friday for 16 Assembly constituencies, an official said.
The polling began at 7 a.m. for 16 seats located in Santhal Pargana region of the state. More than 60 per cent voting has been recorded till 3 p.m. in the state.
Among these seats voting ended in five seats - Borio, Barhet, Littipada, Mahespur and Shikaripada till 3 p.m. and in the remaining 11 seats voting will conclude at 5 p.m.
There are a total of 237 candidates including 29 women aspirants whose fate will be decided by 40,05,287 voters. More than 35,000 security forces have been deployed to ensure peaceful polling.
The polling started late at two polling booths due to technical issues in Electronic Voting Machines. In Kathikuna locality of Dumka voters reached for polling on bullock carts.
Among the 16 seats, seven are reserved for Scheduled Tribes including Borio, Barhet, Littipada, Mahespur, Shikaripada, Dumka and Jama while others including Rajmahal, Pakur, Nala, Jamtara, Jarmundi, Mahgama, Poriyahaat, Sarath and Godda are in general category. A maximum of 26 candidates were in the Jarmundi seat while only seven candidates are in the race for Poriyahaat seat.
The 16 seats are spread across Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, Jamtara, Deoghar and Godda districts. The key candidates include state ministers Raj Paliwar, Louis Marandi and Randhir Singh.
Chief ministerial candidate of Congress, JMM and RJD alliance, Hemant Soren is contesting polls from Dumka and Barhet. Hemant Soren is locked in a direct fight with Louis Marandi in Dumka assembly seat. She had defeated Soren in 2014 polls when Soren was Chief Minister of the state.
On 13 seats, there is a direct fight between BJP and the JMM, Congress and RJD alliance and on the rest of the seats the contest is triangular.
15:19 December 20
59.16 percent polling was recorded till 3 pm in the fifth phase of Jharkhand assembly elections in 16 constituencies.
15:03 December 20
Sarath constituency JMM candidate Parimal Singh cast vote.
14:57 December 20
BJP candidate Anant Ojha from Rajmahal along with his wife cast vote at booth no. 45 in Shobhanapur.
BJP candidate Suresh Murmu from Jama constituency along with his wife cast vote at booth no. 200.
Suresh said: "If people give mandate then I will try to provide proper education in this area."
13:42 December 20
49.01 percent polling was recorded till 1 pm in the fifth phase of Jharkhand assembly elections in 16 constituencies.
| Constituency | Polling % (till 11 am) |
| Rajmahal | 47.68 |
| Boreya | 48.23 |
| Berhait | 49.72 |
| Litipara | 52.97 |
| Pakur | 58.38 |
| Maheshpur | 59.38 |
| Shikaripara | 53.81 |
| Nala | 53.54 |
| Jamtara | 51.86 |
| Dumka | 42.09 |
| Jama | 46.98 |
| Jarmundi | 45.97 |
| Sarath | 51.36 |
| Poreyahat | 36.01 |
| Gonda | 45.75 |
| Mahagama | 44.06 |
12:10 December 20
Polling delayed at booth number 77 of Rajmahal constituency due to EVM glitches.
Women and men were seen waiting in queues outside the polling booths to exercise their franchise, braving the December cold.
11:26 December 20
29.19 percent polling was recorded till 11 am in the fifth phase of Jharkhand assembly elections in 16 constituencies.
| Constituency | Polling % (till 11 am) |
| Rajmahal | 11.07 |
| Boreya | 10.62 |
| Berhait | 10.83 |
| Litipara | 13.1 |
| Pakur | 14.3 |
| Maheshpur | 15.77 |
| Shikaripara | 8.59 |
| Nala | 12.13 |
| Jamtara | 9.8 |
| Dumka | 9.7 |
| Jama | 7.8 |
| Jarmundi | 10.2 |
| Sarath | 11.59 |
| Poreyahat | 14.52 |
| Gonda | 13.93 |
| Mahagama | 15.79 |
10:32 December 20
During voting for the fifth and final phase of Assembly elections in Jharkhand, a voter died of a heart attack here on Friday.
The incident took place at Borrio, an administrative division in Sahibganj subdivision of Sahibganj district, in the morning.
The deceased fainted inside the voting center, and then on the way to the hospital suffered a heart attack and died.
"Voting is taking place peacefully here. The man who had come to cast his vote fainted inside the polling booth and was being taken to the hospital. While he was being taken there, he suffered a heart attack and died. It was a natural death and was not related to violence," said Varun Ranjan, Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Magistrate while speaking to media in Sahibganj.
10:20 December 20
BJP candidate from Deoghar Sarath constituency Randhir Singh cast his vote.
BJP candidate from Dumka Dr Louis Marandi cast her vote.
09:35 December 20
12.0% voter turnout till 9 am in J'khand assembly polls
An estimated 12.0 percent polling was recorded till 9 am on Friday in the fifth phase of Jharkhand assembly elections in 16 constituencies.
09:26 December 20
Speaking to ETV Bharat, Dumka District Commissioner Rajeswari said: "Voting is going on peacefully and I wish that people in large numbers will participate in this festival of democracy."
08:59 December 20
PM Modi urges voters to vote in record numbers in fifth phase
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झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव में आज पांचवें और आखिरी चरण का मतदान है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरी विनती है कि वे लोकतंत्र के इस महोत्सव में शामिल होकर रिकॉर्ड मतदान करें।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 20, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव में आज पांचवें और आखिरी चरण का मतदान है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरी विनती है कि वे लोकतंत्र के इस महोत्सव में शामिल होकर रिकॉर्ड मतदान करें।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 20, 2019झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव में आज पांचवें और आखिरी चरण का मतदान है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरी विनती है कि वे लोकतंत्र के इस महोत्सव में शामिल होकर रिकॉर्ड मतदान करें।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 20, 2019
As polling for the fifth and final phase of Assembly elections began in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters to be a part of the festival of democracy by coming out to vote in maximum numbers and make a record.
"The fifth and the last phase of voting in the Jharkhand assembly elections is today. I request all voters to vote in record numbers and join this festival of democracy," Modi tweeted.
07:17 December 20
Voting concludes in 5 seats in final phase of Jharkhand polls
Ranchi: The fifth and final phase of polling began on Friday for 16 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand, an official said.
The polling began at 7 a.m. for 16 assembly seats located in Santhal Pargana region of the state.
There are a total of 237 candidates including 29 women aspirants whose fate will be decided by 40,05,287 voters.
The key candidates include ministers of Chief Minister Raghubar Das-led cabinet Raj Paliwar, Louis Marandi and Randhir Singh.
Chief ministerial candidate of Congress, JMM and RJD Hemant Soren is contesting the assembly poll from Dumka and Barhet.
17:28 December 20
70.40 % polling recorded till 5 pm in fifth phase of voting
Polling has ended for all 16 assembly constituencies that went to polls on Friday during the fifth and final phase of Jharkhand elections. A total of 70.40 per cent voter turnout was registered till 5 pm in the Jharkhand.
17:01 December 20
Voting concludes in 5 seats in final phase of Jharkhand polls
Voting concluded in Jharkhand in five of the 16 seats at 3 p.m. in the fifth and final phase of polling on Friday for 16 Assembly constituencies, an official said.
The polling began at 7 a.m. for 16 seats located in Santhal Pargana region of the state. More than 60 per cent voting has been recorded till 3 p.m. in the state.
Among these seats voting ended in five seats - Borio, Barhet, Littipada, Mahespur and Shikaripada till 3 p.m. and in the remaining 11 seats voting will conclude at 5 p.m.
There are a total of 237 candidates including 29 women aspirants whose fate will be decided by 40,05,287 voters. More than 35,000 security forces have been deployed to ensure peaceful polling.
The polling started late at two polling booths due to technical issues in Electronic Voting Machines. In Kathikuna locality of Dumka voters reached for polling on bullock carts.
Among the 16 seats, seven are reserved for Scheduled Tribes including Borio, Barhet, Littipada, Mahespur, Shikaripada, Dumka and Jama while others including Rajmahal, Pakur, Nala, Jamtara, Jarmundi, Mahgama, Poriyahaat, Sarath and Godda are in general category. A maximum of 26 candidates were in the Jarmundi seat while only seven candidates are in the race for Poriyahaat seat.
The 16 seats are spread across Sahebganj, Pakur, Dumka, Jamtara, Deoghar and Godda districts. The key candidates include state ministers Raj Paliwar, Louis Marandi and Randhir Singh.
Chief ministerial candidate of Congress, JMM and RJD alliance, Hemant Soren is contesting polls from Dumka and Barhet. Hemant Soren is locked in a direct fight with Louis Marandi in Dumka assembly seat. She had defeated Soren in 2014 polls when Soren was Chief Minister of the state.
On 13 seats, there is a direct fight between BJP and the JMM, Congress and RJD alliance and on the rest of the seats the contest is triangular.
15:19 December 20
59.16 percent polling was recorded till 3 pm in the fifth phase of Jharkhand assembly elections in 16 constituencies.
15:03 December 20
Sarath constituency JMM candidate Parimal Singh cast vote.
14:57 December 20
BJP candidate Anant Ojha from Rajmahal along with his wife cast vote at booth no. 45 in Shobhanapur.
BJP candidate Suresh Murmu from Jama constituency along with his wife cast vote at booth no. 200.
Suresh said: "If people give mandate then I will try to provide proper education in this area."
13:42 December 20
49.01 percent polling was recorded till 1 pm in the fifth phase of Jharkhand assembly elections in 16 constituencies.
| Constituency | Polling % (till 11 am) |
| Rajmahal | 47.68 |
| Boreya | 48.23 |
| Berhait | 49.72 |
| Litipara | 52.97 |
| Pakur | 58.38 |
| Maheshpur | 59.38 |
| Shikaripara | 53.81 |
| Nala | 53.54 |
| Jamtara | 51.86 |
| Dumka | 42.09 |
| Jama | 46.98 |
| Jarmundi | 45.97 |
| Sarath | 51.36 |
| Poreyahat | 36.01 |
| Gonda | 45.75 |
| Mahagama | 44.06 |
12:10 December 20
Polling delayed at booth number 77 of Rajmahal constituency due to EVM glitches.
Women and men were seen waiting in queues outside the polling booths to exercise their franchise, braving the December cold.
11:26 December 20
29.19 percent polling was recorded till 11 am in the fifth phase of Jharkhand assembly elections in 16 constituencies.
| Constituency | Polling % (till 11 am) |
| Rajmahal | 11.07 |
| Boreya | 10.62 |
| Berhait | 10.83 |
| Litipara | 13.1 |
| Pakur | 14.3 |
| Maheshpur | 15.77 |
| Shikaripara | 8.59 |
| Nala | 12.13 |
| Jamtara | 9.8 |
| Dumka | 9.7 |
| Jama | 7.8 |
| Jarmundi | 10.2 |
| Sarath | 11.59 |
| Poreyahat | 14.52 |
| Gonda | 13.93 |
| Mahagama | 15.79 |
10:32 December 20
During voting for the fifth and final phase of Assembly elections in Jharkhand, a voter died of a heart attack here on Friday.
The incident took place at Borrio, an administrative division in Sahibganj subdivision of Sahibganj district, in the morning.
The deceased fainted inside the voting center, and then on the way to the hospital suffered a heart attack and died.
"Voting is taking place peacefully here. The man who had come to cast his vote fainted inside the polling booth and was being taken to the hospital. While he was being taken there, he suffered a heart attack and died. It was a natural death and was not related to violence," said Varun Ranjan, Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Magistrate while speaking to media in Sahibganj.
10:20 December 20
BJP candidate from Deoghar Sarath constituency Randhir Singh cast his vote.
BJP candidate from Dumka Dr Louis Marandi cast her vote.
09:35 December 20
12.0% voter turnout till 9 am in J'khand assembly polls
An estimated 12.0 percent polling was recorded till 9 am on Friday in the fifth phase of Jharkhand assembly elections in 16 constituencies.
09:26 December 20
Speaking to ETV Bharat, Dumka District Commissioner Rajeswari said: "Voting is going on peacefully and I wish that people in large numbers will participate in this festival of democracy."
08:59 December 20
PM Modi urges voters to vote in record numbers in fifth phase
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झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव में आज पांचवें और आखिरी चरण का मतदान है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरी विनती है कि वे लोकतंत्र के इस महोत्सव में शामिल होकर रिकॉर्ड मतदान करें।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 20, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव में आज पांचवें और आखिरी चरण का मतदान है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरी विनती है कि वे लोकतंत्र के इस महोत्सव में शामिल होकर रिकॉर्ड मतदान करें।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 20, 2019झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव में आज पांचवें और आखिरी चरण का मतदान है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरी विनती है कि वे लोकतंत्र के इस महोत्सव में शामिल होकर रिकॉर्ड मतदान करें।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 20, 2019
As polling for the fifth and final phase of Assembly elections began in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters to be a part of the festival of democracy by coming out to vote in maximum numbers and make a record.
"The fifth and the last phase of voting in the Jharkhand assembly elections is today. I request all voters to vote in record numbers and join this festival of democracy," Modi tweeted.
07:17 December 20
Voting concludes in 5 seats in final phase of Jharkhand polls
Ranchi: The fifth and final phase of polling began on Friday for 16 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand, an official said.
The polling began at 7 a.m. for 16 assembly seats located in Santhal Pargana region of the state.
There are a total of 237 candidates including 29 women aspirants whose fate will be decided by 40,05,287 voters.
The key candidates include ministers of Chief Minister Raghubar Das-led cabinet Raj Paliwar, Louis Marandi and Randhir Singh.
Chief ministerial candidate of Congress, JMM and RJD Hemant Soren is contesting the assembly poll from Dumka and Barhet.
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Voting begins for final phase of Jharkhand assembly polls
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Ranchi, Dec 20 (IANS) The fifth and final phase of polling began on Friday for 16 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand, an official said.
The polling began at 7 a.m. for 16 assembly seats located in Santhal Pargana region of the state.
There are a total of 237 candidates including 29 women aspirants whose fate will be decided by 40,05,287 voters.
The key candidates include ministers of Chief Minister Raghubar Das-led cabinet Raj Paliwar, Louis Marandi and Randhir Singh.
Chief ministerial candidate of Congress, JMM and RJD Hemant Soren is contesting the assembly poll from Dumka and Barhet.
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Last Updated : Dec 20, 2019, 6:03 PM IST
