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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

2015 Bihar Assembly Elections Phase III Wednesday Oct 28,2015

Bihar Elections: 14.1 Per Cent Turnout Till 10 AM in Third Phase 
Of the 243 assembly seats in the state, elections have already been held for 81 in the first two phases, held on October 12 and October 16. Two more rounds of polling will be held on November 1 and November 5,2015


Today, 1.45 crore voters would decide the fate of 808 candidates, 71 of whom are women
Today, 1.45 crore voters would decide the fate of 808 candidates, 71 of whom are women. Photo: Ranjeet Kumar

Bihar is voting again today after a break of 11 days in the third phase of polling, with 50 of the state's 243 constituencies up for grabs. Half-way into the five-phased election, the crucial third phase tests Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav on home ground.

23 of the 50 Seats where polling is being held today were won by Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) last time. The BJP, then a partner of the JD(U), had won 19. Lalu Yadav's RJD had won eight.

Polling is currently underway in six districts of Saran, Vaishali, Nalanda, Patna, Bhojpur and Buxar in the third phase

Prominent political personalities who cast their vote in the first two hours of voting included Governor Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejaswi Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and others.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad cast their ballot today morning in the third phase of the ongoing Bihar assembly elections.

"Nitish Kumar cast his vote at a model polling booth in Bakhtiyarpur" assembly constituency in Patna district, an official said in Patna.

After casting his ballot, Nitish Kumar said that he was confident of victory of the grand alliance in the polls. "I am going to campaign as usual after casting my vote," he said.
Nitish Kumar

Earlier, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad and his family, including wife and former chief minister Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti and son Tej Pratap, cast their votes in Patna.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and his family members cast their votes in Patna and another union Minister, Ram Kirpal Yadav, too cast his vote.
Ravishankar Prasad

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Bihar's former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi also cast his ballot in Patna
Sushil Modi


Conjoined twins vote on a single voter ID

Nineteen-year-old conjoined twins Saba and Farah cast their ballot on Wednesday here in the Bihar assembly elections — on a single voter identity card.
“Conjoined twins Saba and Farah have cast their vote at a polling booth near their residence in Samanpura locality in Patna,” an official of the state Election Commission said here.
Saba and Farah live with their parents.
After casting their vote on a single voter identity card, Saba and Farah told the media that they had decided to use their right to elect a right government in the State.
“We have voted as per our willingness to take part in formation of the next government,” they said.
Three months ago Chief Minister Nitish Kumar issued a direction to authorities to increase the twins’ monthly grant to Rs. 20,000 from Rs. 5,000 after they met him at his weekly janata darbar here and submitted a petition.
Two years ago, the State government had agreed to pay the grant following a Supreme Court directive.
The apex court had ordered the Bihar government to take care of the twins’ medical expenses. The court’s direction came on a public interest litigation filed by Aarushi Dhasmana, a law student in Pune.
Their father Shakeel Ahmad — who runs a small roadside eatery — said the grant would help the family take proper care of the twins.
The Supreme Court in its order had ruled out surgery to separate the two sisters after doctors said the operation risked the life of one of them.

Over 53% voting registered in Phase III of Bihar Assembly elections

 
 
Women beat men to the polls again in Bihar as phase-III of Assembly elections gets
Voting started at scheduled 7 AM in 14,170 polling stations and ended at 4 PM in 10 constituencies due to security reasons and at 5 PM in the rest 40 constituencies, Additional Chief Electoral Officer R Lakshamanan said.

A total of 808 candidates were in the fray, out of which 71 were female.

The two sons of Lalu Prasad, Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejaswi Yadav, contested from Mahua and Raghopur seats respectively.

The former chief minister's political turf Saran, which has 10 Assembly seats, and the seven-seat Nalanda, home district of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, were covered in the third phase.

Of the total 14,170 polling stations, 6,747 were declared as critical and 1,909 as Left Wing Extremist hit polling stations.

All the booths were manned by central forces and live webcasting was done from 716 polling stations.

In the last Assembly poll in 2010 JDU had won 23 seats while BJP had won on 19 out of the 50 constituencies. Eight was with RJD of Lalu Prasad. But this time with a change in equation the scene is different.

From grand secular alliance, RJD is contesting on maximum 25 seats, JDU 18 and Congress 7.

From NDA, BJP is fighting on 34, LJP 10, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) 4 and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) 2.

 

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