Polling in the maiden elections to the municipal corporation of Adityapur on Monday was held peacefully under strict vigil.
The polling witnessed about 25 per cent turnout in the first four hours after voting began at 7 a.m. By 2 pm, 48 percent of voters had already cast their votes.
The fight for the post of mayor in Adityapur Municipal Corporation is interesting, as all 14 candidates who had filed nominations did not withdraw their candidature.
With no did withdraw nominations, the Municipal Corporation Elections in Adityapur in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district has become interesting as the BJP's official candidate Vinod Srivastava, faced challenge from two of the candidates having saffron background are also in the fray.
Among those who turned up to vote early, were Congress candidate Yogendra Sharma alias Munna Sharma and BJP candidate, Binod Srivastava, both mayoral candidates, who voted along with their family at booth No 34 in Transport Colony and booth No 28 respectively.
There were considerable number of first-time voters in the Adityapur Municipal Corporation poll.
The girls were in greater number in comparison of athe boys in the first-time voters section.
Adityapur Municipal Corporation (AMC) Elections was held for electing mayor, deputy mayor and 35 ward commissioners by a total of 1.9 lakh voters. Earlier the Civic Poll was held in 2013, but it was for Adityapur municipal council.
With a population of over 2.5 lakh, Adityapur municipal council is comprised of 32 wards.
The total number of voters in the area is 1,03,055.
Seraikela-Kharsawan deputy commission Chhabi Ranjan said that in all 14 candidates had contested for the post of mayor and 10 candidates were in the fray for the post of deputy mayor. Adityapur Civic Poll ended by 5 pm.