Ranchi, June 1 (UNI) Voting started at 7 am on Saturday amid tight security arrangements in Godda, Rajmahal (SC) and Dumka (SC) Lok Sabha constituencies in the seventh phase in Jharkhand.
State Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar told UNI here that voting will continue till 5 pm.
He said that strict security arrangements have been made for fair and fear-free voting.
Bike-riding Quick Response Team has also been deployed to deal with any untoward incident.
He said that the total number of voters in the three parliamentary constituencies of Godda, Rajmahal and Dumka is 53,23,886.
Among them, 27,00,538 are male, 26,23,315 are female, and 33 are transgender voters. The total number of booths is 6,258.
Of these, 489 booths are in urban areas and 5,769 booths are in rural areas. The command of 241 booths will be in the hands of women.
Whereas the disabled at 7 booths and the youth at 11 will handle all the voting arrangements. 18 booths are unique.
The Chief Electoral Officer said that there are a total of 17,04,671 voters in Rajmahal (reserved for Scheduled Tribe) parliamentary constituency. Of these, 8,51,165 are male, 8,53,496 are female and 10 are third gender voters. There are a total of 2,020 polling stations in this parliamentary constituency.
Of these, 127 booths are in urban areas and 1893 booths are in rural areas. 166 polling stations in this constituency are completely operated by women. Similarly, 3 booths are run by disabled people and 6 booths are run by youth. The 5 booths here are in unique category.
Dumka (reserved for Scheduled Tribes) parliamentary constituency has a total of 15,91,061 voters. Of these, 7,99,045 are male, 7,92,010 female and 6 third gender voters.
There are a total of 1891 polling stations in this parliamentary constituency. Of these, 105 booths are in urban areas, and 1786 booths are in rural areas. Seventy polling stations in this constituency are completely run by women. Similarly, 1 booth is run by disabled people, and 3 booths are run by youth. 11 booths here are in unique category.
There are a total of 20,28,154 voters in the Godda parliamentary constituency. Of these, 10,50,328 are male, 9,77,809 are female and 17 are third gender voters.
There are a total of 2347 polling stations in this parliamentary constituency. Of these, 257 booths are in urban areas and 2,090 booths are in rural areas.
Five polling stations in this constituency are completely run by women. Similarly, three booths are run by disabled people and two booths are run by youth. The two booths here are in unique category.
A total of 52 candidates are in the fray in these three Lok Sabha constituencies, including 14 from Rajmahal and 19 each from Godda and Dumka. This also includes two MPs and four MLAs.
The prominent candidates in these three Lok Sabha constituencies include JMM candidate MP Vijay Hansda from Rajmahal, BJP’s Tala Marandi and rebel JMM MLA Lobin Hembram, BJP candidate Sita Murmu Soren from Dumka and JMM candidate Nalin Soren, MLA from Shikaripada and Godda. BJP candidate MP Nishikant Dubey, Congress candidate Podaiyahat MLA Pradeep Yadav are included.
