The election of legislative Assembly, 2014 passed peacefully in lohardaga. DC Rajeev Ranjan in a Press conference said, “A total of 63 per cent voters cast their votes in 363 polling booths. It may vary somewhat to the last moment. A total of 5 EVMs were changed. These included 3 machines at lohardaga and 2 machines at Bishunpur constituency area. There was zeal among the voters. Especially the rural youths and women were seen enthusiastic.”
“The percentage of the voters in 2009 State constituency election was 59 per cent whereas it was 61 per cent in the lok Sabha election, 2014. The percentage of voters in this election is 71 per cent in lohardaga, 68 per cent in Kudu, 72 per cent in Kairo, 67 per cent in Bhandra, 67 per cent in Kisko, 68 per cent in Senha and 54 per cent in Bishunpur,” the DC added.
Ranjan further said, “There were 363 polling booths in the area, these included 202 most sensitive, 89 sensitive, 72 general, 43 cluster and 58 model booths. By helicopter DIG Praveen Kumar did a survey of the area.”
SP Manoj Ratan Chothe said, “The election was conducted peacefully and till evening no untoward incident was noticed. The voting employees started returning to the district office with their EVM.”
DC Rajeev Ranjan and SP Manoj Ratan Chothe thanked all the denizens, voting employees and police forces for cooperating in the poll. The voters in urban areas kept coming from early morning whereas in rural area the number of voters were seen increasing till dusk. The security kept strict vigil on every activities and the patrolling was noticed throughout the day at polling booths. The polling went peacefully in the booths. In the press conference, DC Rajeev Ranjan, SP Manoj Ratan Chothe, SDO Saurabh Sinha and Vaibhav Charan Tripathi were present.