Live: Polling begins for third phase of Bihar Assembly elections

Live:

7am: Polling began in the third of the five-phase assembly elections in Bihar this morning.

Nearly a dozen of 50 of the 243 constituencies in this phase are urban centric in six  -- Patna, Saran, Vaishali, Nalanda, Bhojpur and Buxar. Most of the 14,170 polling booths are in rural areas.

About 14.5 million voters are eligible to decide the fate of 808 candidates in this phase. Polling will end at 5 pm and an hour earlier in 10 Maoist-hit constituencies in view of the law and order situation.