Jharkhand registers 66% voter turnout in five phases of polling

Jharkhand, which also went to the polls along with Jammu and Kashmir, broke all previous polling records to witness over 66 percent of turn-out in the five phases, bettering the previous mark of 54.2 per cent in the 2004 assembly poll. This 66 percent polling in five phase election is a record in Jharkhand as the state has not recorded so high polling in any election - assembly or Lok Sabha before after the creation of the state