Dhanbad: Security person keeps vigil as voters wait in queue to cast their votes in the 4th Phase of Jharkhand Assembly Elections at the naxal hit Tundi consitituency. (PTI Photo)
Polling in 15 constituencies in the state today ended with 61.08 per cent electorate exercising their franchise in the penultimate phase of the Assembly elections in Jharkhand as the day passed off peacefully.
The polling, which began at 7 AM in all the seats, ended at 3 PM in 13 constituencies while it concluded at 5 PM in Dhanbad and Bokaro, Election Commission office sources said in Ranchi.
The 13 other seats which went for polling in this round were Madhupur, Deogarh (SC), Bagodar, Jamua (SC), Gandey, Giridih, Dumri, Chandankyari (SC), Sindri, Nirsa, Jharia, Tundi and Baghmara.
"61.08 per cent polling has been registered, which may go up (in the final count)," Chief Electoral Officer P K Jajoria told reporters here adding voting passed off peacefully.
Of the segments, Chandankyari (SC) registered the highest figure of 71.28 per cent, followed by Madhupur at 70.20, the EC sources said.
At Pirtand in Giridih Assembly constituency Maoists posters asking the voters to boycott the polls had been removed, police sources said.