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| | PD News - Polls Peaceful in Gaya |
 | | Amidst sporadic rain, fear of attacks by Naxal outfits, and extremely tight security, voters in Gaya, Ara, and Nawada, among other districts, cast their franchise on Friday making it one of the least violent elections in the history of the districts with voters' turnout reported around 40-45 percent. |
 | | With criminals sponsored by many politicians itching to grab booths and cast bogus votes as they had done many times in the past thus substantially raising the percentage of total turnout, security officials had virtually turned all polling areas into a war zone effectively thwarting any attempt to indulge in any kind of electoral malpractices. |
 | | Elections at 130 booths in in Aurangabad, Jhajha, Ara, Nawada, Warisaliganj, Sandesh, Bikramganj, Obra, and Goh were also said to be peaceful with voters' turnout reported between 40 and 50 percent. |
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