Ranchi, Dec. 6 -- Voters in Jamshedpur East and Jamshedpur West constituencies will get two extra hours to exercise their franchise in comparison with voters in the remaining 18 seats that are going to polls in the second phase of elections on Saturday.
The decision, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vinay Kumar Choubey said, was taken to provide maximum time for voting to electors in areas that are not prone to Left Wing Extremism (LWE) violence.
"We try and extend the voting time in areas that do not have LWE presence. Since Jamshedpur East and Jamshedpur West constituencies are spread across urban areas, all the voters who reach the polling station by 5pm in the two constituencies will get to cast their votes," Choubey said.
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