Jharkhand sees impressive polling in final phase of Assembly elections

As the polling for the fifth and final phase of elections for 16 Assembly seats comes to an end, fate of heavyweights including CM Hemant Soren will be decided in this phase.

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   Long queues were seen at the booths as the sun came out and morning chill decreased. (Source: IE photo by Manas Chaudhary)

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   Altogether 208 candidates are contesting in this round of elections. (Source: IE photo by Manas Chaudhary)

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   Among those in the fray are Chief Minister Hemant Soren from Dumka and Barhait. (Source: IE photo by Manas Chaudhary)

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   Police said polling was so far peaceful in all the six districts. (Source: IE photo by Manas Chaudhary)

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   The six districts are Dumka, Pakur, Godda, Sahibganj, Jamtara and a part of Deogarh which forms the Jarmundi. (Source: IE photo by Manas Chaudhary)

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   EC said as many as 833 polling stations have been marked as hyper-sensitive and 1,496 sensitive and 291 polling stations will have web casting. (Source: IE photo by Manas Chaudhary)

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   A total of 22,240 polling personnel have been deployed for the polling. (Source: IE photo by Manas Chaudhary)

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   Counting for Jharkhand Assembly polls is slated for December 23. (Source: IE photo by Manas Chaudhary)