2015 Bihar Assembly Elections - 458 candidates left in fray for Phase II of voting on October 16,2015

 

A total of 458 candidates are left for election to 32 Assembly seats in Bihar for the second phase of voting on October 16, the Election Office said on Thursday Oct 01,2015

 

 A total of 13 candidates withdrew their nominations on the last date of withdrawal on Thursday, Additional Chief Election Officer R Lakshamanan said.471 candidates had filed nominations for 32 seats that would go to voting in the second phase on October 16,2015 out of which 458 are left,

Makhdumpur and Imamganj, both reserved SC seats, from where Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi is contesting, are among 32 constituencies to go to vote in second phase

A maximum of 22 candidates are left to contest for the Kurtha seat in Arwal district. This was followed by 21 nominees in Goh in Aurangabad district and 20 each in Aurangabad and Bhabua. Imamganj reserved seat in naxal-hit Gaya district has minimum 7 candidates while Ghosi in Jehanabad is left with 8 nominees.

Spread in six districts, a total of 85,86,704 electors would cast vote in  Phase II