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Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019 Updates: Estimated 62% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm

By Anuj Cariappa

| Updated: Monday, December 16, 2019, 18:59 [IST]

Ranchi, Dec 16: An estimated 62 per cent of voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in the fourth phase of the Jharkhand Assembly election in 15 constituencies on Monday. Voting ended at 3 pm at Jamua, Bagodar, Giridih, Dumri and Tundi seats while the process complete process of voting ended at 5 pm in the remaining constituencies.

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6:57 PM, 16 Dec

It is estimated 62 percent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm.

5:47 PM, 16 Dec

An elderly man died of a suspected heart attack while standing in a queue to cast his vote in Dumri assembly constituency in Bokaro district.

4:37 PM, 16 Dec

The families of prominent Maoists and the victims of Naxal violence were among those who exercised their democratic right.

4:37 PM, 16 Dec

Voters turned out in large numbers in Tundi, Sindri constituencies of Dhanbad and Pirtand block in Giridih seat defying banners and wall paintings put up by suspected Naxals asking the electorate to boycott polls.

4:37 PM, 16 Dec

Voting ended at 3 pm at Jamua, Bagodar, Giridih, Dumri and Tundi seats while the process will end at 5 pm in the remaining constituencies.

4:36 PM, 16 Dec

56.02 per cent polling recorded till 3 pm

3:16 PM, 16 Dec

Addressing the rally, BJP president Amit Shah said that the BJP inits manifesto has promised quote for backwards, without reducing quote of Dalits and Tribals.

3:16 PM, 16 Dec

When Rahul Gandhi and his party leaders ask why the BJP leaders peak of the Kashmir issue in Jharkhand, they forget that a lot of youth have laid down their lives as part of BSF and CRPF for Kashmir, says Amit Shah

2:58 PM, 16 Dec

A first-time voter and her relatives show their inked finger after casting votes during the fourth phase.

2:52 PM, 16 Dec

Meanwhile, Amit Shah in Pakur said,''Supreme Court has given its verdict. Now, within 4 months a sky-high temple of Lord Ram will be built in Ayodhya.''

2:23 PM, 16 Dec

BJP president Amit Shah, speaks at atrally in Pakur. Lists a number of achievements by the centre and state governments

2:07 PM, 16 Dec

A total of 47,85,009 voters, including 22,44,134 women and 81 third-gender people, are eligible to decide the fate of 221 nominees in this phase.

2:07 PM, 16 Dec

Meanwhile, voters at booth numbers 50 and 51 in Jamua constitutency of Giridih district, told reporters that they were not willing to vote due to "lack" of development in the area.

2:07 PM, 16 Dec

Voting will end at 3 pm at Jamua, Bagodar, Giridih, Dumri and Tundi while the exercise will continue till 5 pm in the remaining seats, they said.

2:06 PM, 16 Dec

An estimated 44.65 per cent of over 47 lakh electorate cast their votes till 1 pm Monday in the fourth phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections in 15 constituencies, Election Commission (EC) officials said. Polling, which began at 7 am, is going on peacefully in the constituencies spread over Giridih, Deoghar, Dhanbad and Bokaro districts, they said.

2:06 PM, 16 Dec

44.74% voter turnout recorded till 1pm in fourth phase of Jharkhand assembly elections.

11:10 AM, 16 Dec

Meanwhile, EC has sought a report from election authorities in Jharkhand over the "Rape in India" remark of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made at a rally in the state last week.

11:10 AM, 16 Dec

In 2014, JMM and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) had contested as an alliance, while the Congress and the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) had fought independently.

10:06 AM, 16 Dec

11.85% voting till 9 am in the fourth phase of polling in Jharkhand.

9:25 AM, 16 Dec

Voting underway in Dhanbad constituency

Visuals from a polling booth in Dhanbad as voting for the fourth phase of #JharkhandElection2019 begins. Fifteen constituencies of the state are undergoing polling today. pic.twitter.com/aVB6IwADQN
— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2019

7:59 AM, 16 Dec

As the fourth phase polling for Jharkhand Assembly election is underway, PM Modi urged voters to cast their votes. He took to his Twitter handle and wrote, "Today is voting for the fourth phase of Jharkhand Assembly Polls. I appeal to all the voters to cast their votes and participate in this festival of democracy."

झारखंड विधानसभा चुनाव में आज चौथे दौर के लिए मतदान है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरा निवेदन है कि वे अपना वोट अवश्य डालें और लोकतंत्र के इस पावन पर्व के भागीदार बनें।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 16, 2019

7:02 AM, 16 Dec

Polling has begun across the 15 constituencies in Jharkhand.

6:57 AM, 16 Dec

There are 75 candidates with pending criminal cases, who will be fighting phase 4 of the Jharkhand elections.

6:57 AM, 16 Dec

Out of 221 candidates analysed, 75 (34 per cent) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves says a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms.

6:56 AM, 16 Dec

Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 48(22 per cent) candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

6:56 AM, 16 Dec

Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: Among the major parties, 8(53 per cent) out of 15 candidates analysed from BJP, 7(47 per cent) out of 15 candidates analysed from JVM(P), 4(31 per cent) out of 13 candidates analysed from BSP and 6(50 per cent) out of 12 candidates analysed from AJSU party have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

6:53 AM, 16 Dec

Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Among the major parties, 5(33 per cent) out of 15 candidates analysed from BJP, 4(27 per cent) out of 15 candidates analysed from JVM(P), 1(8 per cent) out of 13 candidates analysed from BSP and 5(42 per cent) out of 12 candidates analysed from AJSU party have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

6:52 AM, 16 Dec

Candidates with declared cases related to crime against women: 4 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women such as assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354) and word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman (IPC Section-509).

6:47 AM, 16 Dec

Candidates with declared cases related to murder: 2 candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section-302) against themselves.

6:46 AM, 16 Dec

Candidates with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 16 candidates have declared cases related to Attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) against themselves.

12:41 AM, 16 Dec

The high-pitch campaigning for the fourth phase of the assembly elections in Jharkhand ended on Saturday, with polling to begin today in 15 constituencies spread over four districts.

12:41 AM, 16 Dec

The fate of state Labour Minister Raj Paliwar and Land and Revenue Minister Amar Kumar Bauri will be decided in the fourth phase of polling in Jharkhand today.

12:42 AM, 16 Dec

BJP candidate Bauri will lock horns with NDA ally AJSU Party nominee Umakant Razzak in Chandankiyari seat while the saffron party's Paliwar will contest JMM candidate Hussain Ansari in Madhupur constituency.

12:42 AM, 16 Dec

Jharia seat will witness a direct fight between two women candidates of the same family.

12:42 AM, 16 Dec

The BJP has nominated Ragini Singh, wife of sitting saffron party MLA Sanjeev Singh who is behind the bars in the murder case of his cousin Niraj Singh of the Congress.

12:42 AM, 16 Dec

The Congress has fielded Niraj Singh's widow Purnima Niraj Singh in the seat.

12:42 AM, 16 Dec

A total of 47,85,009 electorate, including 22,44,134 women and 81 third gender voters, are eligible to cast their franchise in the 15 Assembly seats that are going to polls in the fourth of the five phases, state Chief Electoral Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey said on Sunday.

12:43 AM, 16 Dec

A total of 221 candidates, including 23 women nominees, are in the fray in the elections.

12:44 AM, 16 Dec

The highest number of 25 candidates will lock horns in the Bokaro seat while the least number of eight nominees will contest the Nirsa constituency

12:44 AM, 16 Dec

Voting will commence at 7 am and end at 3 pm at Jamua, Bagodar, Giridih, Dumri and Tundi seats while polling will continue till 5 pm in rest of the constituencies

12:44 AM, 16 Dec

Polling will be held in Deoghar (SC), Jamua (SC), Chandankiyari (SC), Madhupur, Bagodar, Gandey, Giridih, Dumri, Bokaro, Sindri, Nirsa, Dhanbad, Jharia, Tundi and Baghmara constituencies spread across four districts of the state.

12:45 AM, 16 Dec

Webcasting would be done in 2,122 booths while only women polling personnel will be present in 70 polling stations

12:45 AM, 16 Dec

Webcasting would be done in 2,122 booths while only women polling personnel will be present in 70 polling stations

12:45 AM, 16 Dec

Polling in the first three phases to 13, 20 and 17 seats ended on November 30, 7 and 12 respectively.

12:46 AM, 16 Dec

The fifth and final phase of polling to 16 seats will be held on December 20. The results will be declared on 23 December.

6:17 AM, 16 Dec

Gender details of candidates: 23(10 per cent) female candidates are contesting in the Jharkhand assembly election Phase IV.

6:23 AM, 16 Dec

Age details of candidates: 82(37 per cent) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 110 (50 per cent) candidates have declared their age to be between 41 to 60 years. There are 29(13 per cent) candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years.

6:25 AM, 16 Dec

Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 15 BJP candidates analysed is Rs. 2.95 crores, 15 JVM(P) candidates analysed is Rs 1.46 crore, 13 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 51.19 lakhs, 12 AJSU Party candidates have average assets of Rs 2.47 crore and 8 JMM candidates have average assets worth Rs. 2.57 crore.

6:28 AM, 16 Dec

Average Assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the Jharkhand Assembly Elections Phase IV is Rs 1.25 crores.

6:31 AM, 16 Dec

Party wise Crorepati Candidates: Among the major parties 12(80 per cent) out of 15 candidates analysed from BJP, 9(60 per cent) out of 15 candidates analysed from JVM(P), 6(75 per cent) out of 8 candidates analysed from JMM, 5(42 per cent) out of 12 candidates analysed from AJSU Party and 3(50 per cent) out of 6 candidates from INC have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

6:36 AM, 16 Dec

Out of the 221 candidates, 60(27 per cent) are crorepatis.

6:37 AM, 16 Dec

A mock poll is underway at a polling booth in Deoghar.

6:41 AM, 16 Dec

Candidates with declared convicted cases: 3 candidates have declared convicted cases against themselves. 14 constituencies in the Jharkhand assembly elections, Phase IV are having 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. (Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections).

6:46 AM, 16 Dec

Candidates with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 16 candidates have declared cases related to Attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) against themselves.

6:47 AM, 16 Dec

Candidates with declared cases related to murder: 2 candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section-302) against themselves.

6:52 AM, 16 Dec

6:53 AM, 16 Dec

6:56 AM, 16 Dec

Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 48(22 per cent) candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

6:57 AM, 16 Dec

Out of 221 candidates analysed, 75 (34 per cent) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves says a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms.