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
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
Today, 1.45 crore voters would decide the fate of 808 candidates, 71 of whom are women
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.
"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.
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.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Bihar's former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi also cast his ballot in Patna
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.
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.
Over 53% voting registered in Phase III of Bihar Assembly elections
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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