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35% voting in Jharkhand till 1300 hrs

Around 35 per cent voting was recorded till 1300 hrs today in the first phase of elections to 26 Assembly seats in Jharkhand. - Poll begins amid air surveillance in Jharkhand - Koda scam forces banks to tighten cash norms - Koda says he will report to ED only after Jharkhand polls - Sunita Narain: Rich land of the poor">Sunita Narain: Rich land of the poor - Centre talking to states on ArcelorMittal, Posco projects - Jharkhand govt gives major ore lease to SAIL Adequate security measures were put in place along with air surveillance and no untoward incidents have been reported from anywhere in the constituencies so far. Prominent among the 470 candidates contesting the first phase are former speaker and Congress leader Alamgir Alam, ex-ministers Raghuvar Das, Dulal Bhuiyan (both BJP) and Aparna Sengupta (AIFB). It is the second assembly election in Jharkhand after it was carved out from Bihar on November 15, 2000. The first Assembly election was held in 2005 which threw a hung Assembly that saw four governments in as many years, culminating in the imposition of President"s Rule.


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