Around 58.44 per cent voters turnout has been calculated so far on the basis of reports from different polling booths of Hazaribagh parliamentary constituency. Reports from some booths are yet to come, there are queue in some booths and it is expected that overall voting percentage will be around 59% in Hazaribagh. It was informed by the Returning Officer of Hazaribagh constituency Cum Deputy Commissioner Sunil Kumar after the polling on Thursday evening.
Kumar said that only five EVM were replaced today. Three EVM failed before the mock poll practice while two failed just after the start of the poll. He said on model booths voters were welcomed by NSS volunteers by flowers. The polling concluded peacefully in entire constituency. One bomb was recovered from the Bishnugarh area while the report from Oriya was not found correct. DC along with SP Manoj Kaushik visited more than 50 booths.
SP Manoj Kaushik said that overall polling in Hazaribagh district passed peacefully. First time about 50% voters used their voting rights in the remote naxal affected areas. No incidence was took place in the naxal areas of entire constituency. Teams were sent to four clusters by choppers and they all are coming back within short span. In Hazaribagh parliamentary constituency 1084 booths were in Hazaribagh district, 14 in Chatra, 39 in Koderma and 651 in Ramgarh districts. 195 digital camera, 62 videographers captured the voting while webcasting of polling from 76 booth took place. 171 microobservers were posted to look after 302 booths and now reports are awaited.