The 13 constituencies are in six Maoist-hit districts and polling was held amidst tight security
Altogether 169 MLAs vote in favour of the motion of confidence, pro tem Speaker Dilip Walse Patil informed the House
The percentage is likely to increase as voters who entered the polling stations by 3 pm will be allowed to exercise their franchise, they said
The voting commenced at 7 a.m. and will end at 3 p.m., Election Commission officials said
Governor B K Koshyari has asked Thackeray to prove majority by December 3
The only challenge for the BJP in the state is to keep its own house in order
The term of the 81-seat Jharkhand Assembly ends on January 5 next year
The BJP is in power the state, which has a large tribal population, and an alliance of opposition parties, mainly the Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, is determined to oust the govt
Counting of votes is on December 23
Earlier, Manjhi had also rejected the possibility of joining the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), alleging that the BJP was involved in communal politics.
The money would go towards the regional party's fund to help it fight the polls, the party said
In a joint press conference here, Congress Jharkhand in-charge RPN Singh and JMM executive president Hemant Soren announced the seat sharing formula also
Jharkhand will vote in five phases, with the first one on November 30 and the last on December 20. Results will be declared on December 23
To boost higher literacy in the state, scholarships to support higher education were also promised in the manifesto
Besides the loan waiver assurance, the manifesto -- released by AICC in-charge RPN Singh here -- pledged to free farmers from the clutches of money lenders and make the process of institutional loans
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will be sworn in as the chief minister at a ceremony to be held at the Shivaji Park in the evening
Any delay of the project is likely to undermine investor confidence, at a time when growth has slowed to its weakest pace in years
Releasing the party's manifesto for the polls, JMM president Shibu Soren and his son Hemant said unemployed graduates and post-graduates would be given an allowance of Rs 5,000
Reiterating the Shiv Sena's demand for sharing the chief minister's post, Raut said the state's CM will be from the Uddhav Thackeray-led party only
Gadkari said BJP-Shiv Sena should come together to form the government for the sake of welfare of the people