Earlier, the voter turnout of 16.90 per cent was recorded in Budhni while Vijaypur stood at 17.86 per cent in the initial trend of polling till 9 am in the state.
Odisha Governor and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, along with his family, cast their votes at a polling station in Jamshedpur on Wednesday.
Prakash launched a scathing attack against the current ruling JMM in Jharkhand and questioned on why JMM felt uneasy when BJP made attempts to remove Bangladeshi infiltrators from the state.
As voting for the first phase of assembly elections in Jharkhand is underway, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate from Ranchi, Mahua Maji said that women security would be her priority.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is also the JD(S) State Youth Unit President, is competing against CP Yogeshwara, who joined the Congress after resigning as BJP MLC recently.
BJP's Ranchi candidate CP Singh cast his vote on Wednesday, as polling began for the first phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections. Voters cast their ballots in 43 constituencies across 15 districts
Polling for the two assembly seats in Vijaypur assembly seat and Budhni seat are going on and conclude at 6 pm. The counting of votes will be done on November 23.
As the polling for the first phase is underway in Jharkhand, Union Minister and BJP leader Sanjay Seth on Wednesday exuded confidence in the party's victory in the Assembly election, saying that the party will win with "two-third majority."
As the polling for the first phase of the assembly election in Jharkhand is underway, Congress candidate from Jamshedpur East, Ajoy Kumar, said on Wednesday that he has got immense support from the people and party workers of Jamshedpur.
On the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections polling, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Manoj Pandey said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s desperation and fear showed that they had lost in the elections.