Bihar Election 2020 Phase-1 Polling: Polling for 78 assembly seats has concluded in the third and last phase of assembly election in Bihar. Counting will take place on November 10. You can check exit poll results here.
Till 3 pm, 43.88 per cent voter turnout was recorded. Highest turnout is recorded in Saharsa district (48.98 per cent) followed by Supaul (47.90 per cent). The lowest turnout was recorded in Araria district (37.59 per cent). About 2.34 crore voters will decide the fates of 1204 candidates, including the Speaker and 12 members of the state cabinet. The first phase of polling happened on October 28 and the second phase on November 3.
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Among the prominent candidates contesting in this phase are Speaker of the outgoing assembly Vijay Kumar Chaudhary of JDU, Bijendra Prasad Yadav (Supaul), Narendra Narayan Yadav (Alamnagar), Maheshwar Hazari (Kalyanpur), Ramesh Rishideo (Singheshwar), Khurshid alias Firoz Ahmed (Sikta), Lakshmeshwar Roy (Laukaha), Bima Bharti (Rupauli) and Madan Sahni (Bahadurpur).
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Four ministers are in the fray from the BJP Pramod Kumar (Motihari), Suresh Sharma (Muzaffarpur), Binod Narayan Jha (Benipatti) and Krishnakumar Rishi (Banmankhi). Another keenly watched candidate is Subhashini Yadav from Bihariganj whose father, veteran socialist leader and former Union minister Sharad Yadav, had been a multiple-term MP from Madhepura under which the assembly segment falls. She is contesting on a Congress ticket.
Polling has concluded for Bihar assembly elections. Counting of votes will take place on November 10. You can exit poll results here
The RJD candidate from Jokihat assembly segment Sarfaraz Alam, who seeks to wrest the seat from his own brother now contesting on an AIMIM ticket, has ended up being booked for violating model code of conduct, a senior official said on Saturday. Instructions were issued to lodge an FIR against Alam after he was spotted at a polling station wearing a badge denoting lantern the RJDs poll symbol, said District Magistrate Prashant Kumar.
However, Alam claimed it was an "oversight" and that he would "fully cooperate with any legal proceedings" that may arise out of the incident. Alam is the son of late Mohd Taslimuddin, a former Union minister and a controversial figure who enjoyed tremendous following in the Kosi Seemanchal region of Bihar, which had earned him the epithet "Seemanchal Gandhi".
Bihar Election 2020: From NDA, the BJP is contesting on 110 seats and JDU is fighting on 115. On the other side, the RJD is contesting on maximum number of seats followed by the Congress. Tejashwi Yadav is contesting on 144 seats while Congress on 70. Rest are divided among other constituents. In 2015, the RJD had emerged as the single largest party by winning 80 seats, 58 more than what it had got in 2010.
Bihar Election Phase-3 Voting LIVE: Nearly 44 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 3 PM. Highest turnout is recorded in Saharsa district (48.98 per cent) followed by Supaul (47.90 per cent). The lowest turnout was recorded in Araria district (37.59 per cent). About 2.34 crore voters will decide the fates of 1204 candidates, including the Speaker and 12 members of the state cabinet.
Bihar Elections 2020: Till 2 pm, over 36 per cent voter turnout was recorded. Highest turnout was recorded in Darbhanga district (41.15) followed by Muzaffarpur (40.15). The lowest turnout was recorded in Araria district (32.79).
Bihar Elections 2020: Locals make a temporary bridge in Darbanga to help voters reach a polling station. "There was no bridge to cross the water stream. We constructed this bridge for easy movement of people. We wanted maximum people to cast their vote,” says a local.
Bihar Election 2020: Phase-III Constituencies (78)
1. Valmiki Nagar
2. Ramnagar (SC)
3. Narkatiaganj
4. Bagaha
5. Lauriya
6. Sikta
7. Raxaul
8. Sugauli
9. Narkatia
10. Motihari
11. Chiraia
12. Dhaka
13. Riga
14. Bathnaha (SC)
15. Parihar
16. Sursand
17. Bajpatti
18. Harlakhi
19. Benipatti
20. Khajauli
21. Babubarhi
22. Bisfi
23. Laukaha
24. Nirmali
25. Pipra
26. Supaul
27. Triveniganj (SC)
28. Chhatapur
29. Narpatganj
30. Raniganj (SC)
31. Forbesganj
32. Araria
33. Jokihat
34. Sikti
35. Bahadurganj
36. Thakurganj
37. Kishanganj
38. Kochadhaman
39. Amour
40. Baisi
41. Kasba
42. Banmankhi (SC)
43. Rupauli
44. Dhamdaha
45. Purnia
46. Katihar
47. Kadwa
48. Balrampur
49. Pranpur
50. Manihari (ST)
51. Barari
52. Korha (SC)
53. Alamnagar
54. Bihariganj
55. Singheshwar (SC)
56. Madhepura
57. Sonbarsha (SC)
58. Saharsa
59. Simri Bakhtiarpur
60. Mahishi
61. Darbhanga
62. Hayaghat
63. Bahadurpur
64. Keoti
65. Jale
66. Gaighat
67. Aurai
68. Bochahan (SC)
69. Sakra (SC)
70. Kurhani
71. Muzaffarpur
72. Mahua
73. Patepur (SC)
74. Kalyanpur (SC)
75. Warisnagar
76. Samastipur
77. Morwa
78. Sarairanjan
Bihar Elections 2020: A polling station in Begusarai wears a deserted look as locals have decided to boycott elections alleging lack of development in the area; people stage demonstration against the government of Nitish Kumar.
Bihar Election 2020: The maximum turnout of 24.87 per cent till 11 am has been recorded in the Araria district, and the minimum in Darbhanga (13.23). In terms of polling percentage Araria is followed by Vaishali (24.58), Supaul (21.06), Saharsa (20.81), Purnia (20.51), Madhubani (20.20), Purvi Champaran (20.16), Muzaffarpur (19.82), Sitamarhi (19.71), Kishanganj (19.63), Pashchim Champaran (19.14), Madhepura (18.77), Katihar (17.77), Samastipur (17.51) and Darbhanga (13.23).
Bihar Elections 2020: Locals make a temporary bridge in Muzaffarpur to help voters reach a polling station. 'There was no bridge to cross the water stream. We constructed this bridge for easy movement of people. We wanted maximum people to cast their vote,” says a local.
Bihar Election 2020: An old man was brought to a polling booth in Katihar on a cot by his family members to help him cast his vote in the third and final phase of Bihar Elections 2020.
Bihar Election 2020 LIVE: Over 19 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 11 AM. Highest turnout is recorded in Araria district (24.87%) followed by Vaishali (24.58%). The lowest trunout is recorded in Darbhanga (13.23%).
Bihar Election 2020: The third and final phase of elections is noteworthy because of the role the 'Owaisi factor' might play in some of the constituencies up for polls in phase-3. Headed by fiery Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, the AIMIM had registered a stunning victory in Kishanganj last year. It had defeated the Congress candidate whose son's election to Lok Sabha had necessitated the by-poll. The AIMIM is in the fray in more than a dozen seats, mostly in the Kosi-Seemanchal region which is densely populated and has a high percentage of Muslim residents. (PTI)
Bihar Election 2020: Polling is underway in 78 assembly segments in which 2.35 crore voters are eligible to decide the fate of 1,204 candidates. Voting began at 7 am at all 33,782 polling stations where as many EVM sets and VVPAT machines have been installed and paramilitary forces deployed to maintain order. Of the total 2.35 crore voters in the 78 assembly segments, 1.23 are men, 1.12 crore are women while 894 are in the 'third gender' category.
Bihar Election 2020: Polling is underway for 78 seats in Phase-3. Among the candidates in the fray, 37 belong to Nitish Kumar's JD(U), 35 to the BJP, while five are contesting on tickets of junior NDA ally Vikassheel Insaan Party and one from the Hindustani Awam Morcha. The candidates of the JDU-BJP include the assembly Speaker and 12 members of the state cabinet. The opposition RJD is fighting 46 seats while its ally Congress is in the fray in 25.
Bihar Election 2020 LIVE | The poll opened at 7 am in these seats spread across 15 districts of north Bihar. According to the Election Commission, the polling percentage at 9 am was 7.69. The maximum 10.67 per cent turnout till 9 am was recorded in the Araria district, and the minimum (5.36 per cent) in the Katihar district. The turnout in the first phase till 9 am was 6.74 per cent, while in the second phase it was 8.05 per cent. Voting is being held simultaneously in the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat, where a bypoll has been necessitated due to the death of JD(U) MP Baidyanath Mahto.
BJP president J P Nadda appealed to people to vote in large numbers for development of the state. "Last phase of polling for Bihar assembly elections is taking place today. I appeal to people to vote in large numbers and vote for development of Bihar. People should ensure their participation in grand festival of democracy while keeping COVID related precautions in mind," Nadda tweeted. Polling is underway in 78 assembly constituencies of Bihar in the third and final phase of state elections on Saturday in which 2.35 crore voters are eligible to decide the fate of 1,204 candidates.
Bihar Elections 2020 | 7.69% voter turnout recorded till 9 am in the third phase of Bihar Elections.
Bihar Elections 2020: From NDA, the BJP is contesting on 110 seats and JDU is fighting on 115. On the other side, the RJD is contesting on maximum number of seats followed by the Congress. Tejashwi Yadav is contesting on 144 seats while Congress on 70. Rest are divided among other constituents. In 2015, the RJD had emerged as the single largest party by winning 80 seats, 58 more than what it had got in 2010.
Bihar Election 2020: Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) chief Sharad Yadav's daughter Subhashini Raj Rao casts her vote at a polling booth in Madhepura in the third and final phase of Bihar Election2020. She is the Congress candidate from Bihariganj.
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Driving License
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Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office.
PAN Card
Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR
MNREGA Job Card
Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour
Pension document with photograph
Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs and
Aadhar Card
Bihar Election 2020 Phase-3 Polling LIVE | Rajya Sabha MP Ahmad Ashfaque Karim casts his vote at a polling station in Katihar. He says, "I appeal to people of the State to exercise their right to vote so that deserving candidates are elected."
People cast their votes in the third phase of BiharElections; visuals from a polling station in Muzaffarpur. A voter says, "I want our leader to work for the welfare of the country and society."
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PM Modi on Bihar Election 2020 Phase-3: "Today is the third and last phase of voting in Bihar assembly elections. I request all voters to participate in this holy festival of democracy in greater numbers and set a new voting record. And of course, be sure to wear masks and social distancing as well."
Bihar Election Phase-3 Polling LIVE | Chirag Paswan of LJP says: "The way people are connecting with 'Bihar first, Bihari first', I believe our performance will be good in this phase too. One thing is very clear Nitish Kumar Ji will never become the chief minister."
Bihar Election 2020: Phase-III Constituencies (78)
1. Valmiki Nagar
2. Ramnagar (SC)
3. Narkatiaganj
4. Bagaha
5. Lauriya
6. Sikta
7. Raxaul
8. Sugauli
9. Narkatia
10. Motihari
11. Chiraia
12. Dhaka
13. Riga
14. Bathnaha (SC)
15. Parihar
16. Sursand
17. Bajpatti
18. Harlakhi
19. Benipatti
20. Khajauli
21. Babubarhi
22. Bisfi
23. Laukaha
24. Nirmali
25. Pipra
26. Supaul
27. Triveniganj (SC)
28. Chhatapur
29. Narpatganj
30. Raniganj (SC)
31. Forbesganj
32. Araria
33. Jokihat
34. Sikti
35. Bahadurganj
36. Thakurganj
37. Kishanganj
38. Kochadhaman
39. Amour
40. Baisi
41. Kasba
42. Banmankhi (SC)
43. Rupauli
44. Dhamdaha
45. Purnia
46. Katihar
47. Kadwa
48. Balrampur
49. Pranpur
50. Manihari (ST)
51. Barari
52. Korha (SC)
53. Alamnagar
54. Bihariganj
55. Singheshwar (SC)
56. Madhepura
57. Sonbarsha (SC)
58. Saharsa
59. Simri Bakhtiarpur
60. Mahishi
61. Darbhanga
62. Hayaghat
63. Bahadurpur
64. Keoti
65. Jale
66. Gaighat
67. Aurai
68. Bochahan (SC)
69. Sakra (SC)
70. Kurhani
71. Muzaffarpur
72. Mahua
73. Patepur (SC)
74. Kalyanpur (SC)
75. Warisnagar
76. Samastipur
77. Morwa
78. Sarairanjan
Bihar Election 2020: Voting begins for the third and final phase of Bihar polls. Over 1200 candidates are in the fray for 78 Assembly seats.
Voting also being held for by-election in Valmiki Nagar Parliamentary seat, following the demise of sitting JD(U) MP Baidyanath Mahato.