New Delhi: Voting is underway for the fourth and penultimate phase of the Bihar elections involving 55 assembly constituencie.
Here are the live updates:
* 57.59% polling recorded till 5 pm for the fourth phase of BiharPolls
* 55.32% polling recorded till 4pm for fourth phase of Bihar Polls
* 52.42% voting recorded till 3 pm
* 48.37% Voting recorded till 2 pm - Pashchim champaran 50.73%; Purbi champaran 50.27%; Sheohar 47.04%; Sitamarhi 49.72%; Muzaffarpur 49.34%; Gopalganj 46%; Siwan 42.63%
* A section of voters in Kalyanpur, East Champaran have boycotted voting in protest against lack of electricity in their area
* Polling for 4th phase of Bihar Election underway across seven districts. 42.94 % Voting recorded till 1 Pm - Pashchim champaran 45.88%; Purbi champaran 45.12%; Sheohar 43.03%; Sitamarhi 40.66%; Muzaffarpur 44.39%; Gopalganj 42.03%; Siwan 37.89%;
* 42.94% polling recorded till 1pm
* Voting recorded till 12 noon- Pashchim champaran 40.03%; Purbi champaran 37.84%; Sheohar 32.09%; Sitamarhi 31.33%; Muzaffarpur 36.97%; Gopalganj 35.58%; Siwan 31.24%
* 35.68% polling recorded till 12 noon
* 27.77% polling recorded till 11AM,Pashchim champaran 31.30%; Purbi champaran 29.20%; Sheohar 23.60%; Sitamarhi 22.85%; Muzaffarpur 29.83%; Gopalganj 28.49%; Siwan 15.53%;
* 18.97% voter turnout recorded till 10AM
*13% polling recorded till 9AM
*Clash between police officials and voters outside booth number 50 in Sheohar , police resorts to lathicharge.
* Home guard jawan deployed on election duty at polling booth no. 69 of Purandara area of Raxaul #BiharPolls, died of heart attack last night
*Atmosphere in Bihar indicates ppl want change.Ppl are seeing NDA as a ray of hope.Will campaign in Madhubani,Madhepura & Katihar: PM tweets
*Sab jagah se BJP ka safaaya ho gya hai ekdum pura, isliye tilmila gye hain: Lalu Prasad Yadav
* The fourth phase covers seven districts of north and western Bihar – West Champaran, East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj and Siwan.
* Voting begins or the fourthphase of the Bihar elections
* Voting will be held from 7 am to 5 p.m. in 43 seats, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in eight others and from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the remaining four.
* Altogether 1163 companies (each comprising 100 personnel) of Central Paramilitary Force and state police has been posted to ensure free and fair elections.
* A total of 1,46,93,294 electorate will be able to cast vote on 14,139 polling stations to elect their representatives from 776 candidates of which 57 are women.
* NDA is eyeing major gains in Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Purvi Champaran and Paschim Champaran. Buoyed by the reports of the party doing very well in the polling on October 28, the party is hopeful of better perofrmance in the fourth phase also.
* From NDA, the BJP has fielded its nominees in 42 seats, Lok Janshakti Party in 5 and Hindustanti Awam Morcha and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) in 4 seats each.
* From Mahagathbandhan RJD has fielded 26 candidates whereaes JD(U) has fileded 21 candidates and Congress on 8 seats.
* It will be a crucial contest for both the BJP and JD(U), as they had together bagged 51 out of the 55 seats as NDA partners in 2010 polls.
* The fourth phase saw high voltage campaigning with both BJP-led NDA and JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance accusing each other of trying to polarise voters on communal lines.
