The Election Commission has set up 8,987 ballot units, 6,738 control units and 7,006 VVPAT machines.
The fate of 237 candidates, including two ministers and a former CM, will be decided in this final phase.
PM Modi benefitted 15-20 top industrialists of the country instead of farmers, says Rahul Gandhi
The BJP had demanded action against him
A total of 47,85,009 voters, including 22,44,134 women and 81 third-gender people, are eligible to decide the fate of 221 nominees in this phase
Rahul will campaign for the party on December 2 for the second phase of Jharkhand elections, according to sources
Addressing an election rally in Godda, Gandhi had taken a jibe at the Modi government over rising cases of crimes against women
Efforts were being made to tarnish the country's image, Modi alleged
Jharia seat will witness a direct fight between two women candidates of the same family
Amid tight security, 61.19% of 56,18,267 voters exercised their franchise in the 17 seats across eight districts
Senior Congress leader and former union minister Subodh Kant Sahay was among the early voters
Ayushman Bharat is expected to take India towards universal health coverage
Jharkhand's political observers believe that if the AJSU snapped ties with the BJP rather insouciantly, it had 'good' reasons to do it
As Pakistan couldn't fight a conventional war, it resorted to sending terrorists to attack Indian forces, the Union defence minister said
The BJP leader said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had always taken a 'keen interest' in the development of the tribal state
The voting figure is likely to go up as reports from remote places are awaited.
While the voting exercise in 18 seats will end at 3 pm, voters in Jamshedpur (East) and Jamshedpur (West) constituencies can vote till 5 pm, an Election Commission release said
A total 47,24,968 voters, including women and third gender voters will decide the fate of 260 candidates, the EC sources said
The Congress leader cited several data regarding per capita income, unemployment, and growth rate to buttress his claim that in the last five years, the state has slid backward
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik candidate Saba Ahmad's age increased by only one year in the last five years