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Prez poll: 80 of 81 MLAs cast their votes in Jharkhand

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Press Trust of India Ranchi
Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 8:29 AM IST

JMM, Ajsu Party, RJD, JD(U) and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) have expressed support for UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee.

The only MLA of the Marxist Coordination Committee Arup Chatterjee, who expressed support for Mukherjee, also cast his vote.

The lone MLA CPI (ML-Liberation) member Vinod Kumar Singh abstained as per his party's decision.

"Eighty MLAs and MP Madhu Koda cast their votes at the end of the polling," a senior official in the assembly secretariat said.

Koda, who is in judicial custody, was allowed to vote here.

Jharkhand Party MLA Enos Ekka and Independent MLA Harinarayan Rai, who are also in judicial custody in corruption cases, also cast their votes.

Chief Minister Arjun Munda, Congress leaders Rajendra Prasad Singh and Sarfaraz Ahmed were among the first legislators to cast their votes.

JPCC chief and Rajya Sabha member Pradeep Kumar Balmachu cast his vote in Delhi.

  

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First Published: Jul 19 2012 | 8:06 PM IST

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