Counting will be taken up at 55 centres across 38 districts where the outcome will decide the fate of the Nitish Kumar government that has helmed the state for a decade and half.
For the coming polls, Pappu Yadav, who formed the Jan Adhikar Party - Loktantrik (JAP-L) in 2015, has been named the chief ministerial candidate of the newly-formed Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) and is all set to take on both the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Grand Alliance.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) -- predicted to gain majority has requested its party workers to stay at home and avoid turning up at his house to personally greet, party chief and Mahagathbandan chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav on his 31st birthday. Tejashwi has decided to keep his birthday celebrations simple.
Bihar Assembly election 2020: A total of 78 seats are going to polls in the third and final phase on Saturday. About 2.34 crore voters will decide the fates of 1204 candidates.
Polling underway in Bihar amid tight security, nearly 35 per cent turnout till 1 pm. A total of 78 seats are going to polls in the third and final phase on Saturday. About 2.34 crore voters will decide the fates of 1204 candidates.
Polling is underway in 78 assembly segments 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. Casting of votes 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.
About 2.34 crore voters will decide the fates of 1204 candidates. Will Nitish Kumar return as the chief minister of Bihar for a record seventh time or will Tejashwi Yadav spring in a surprise to become the youngest CM?
Bihar records over 25% voter turnout till 12:00 pm in the third phase of State Assembly elections. A total of 78 seats are going to polls in the third and final phase on Saturday. About 2.34 crore voters will decide the fates of 1204 candidates.
Bihar Election 2020: Will Nitish Kumar return as the chief minister of Bihar for a record seventh time or will Tejashwi Yadav spring in a surprise to become the youngest CM?
Casting of votes 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.
Bihar minister Suresh Sharma casts vote at polling booth number 94 in Muzaffarpur. Polling is underway in 78 assembly segments 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.
Polling in the first phase on October 28 covered 71 seats. The turnout was over 55 per cent. Polling in the second phase took place on Tuesday, covering 94 constituencies. The turnout was 54 per cent. The results will be declared on November 10.
Polling is underway in 78 assembly segments 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. Casting of votes 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.
As many as 12 ministers are in the fray. According to ECI, about 2.34 crore voters, spread across 78 assembly seats in 19 districts in north Bihar will decide the fates of 1204 candidates.
Bihar Elections 2020: Plurals Party leader Pushpam Priya Choudhary stands in queue outside a polling station in Darbhanga to cast her vote. Polling in the third and final phase of Bihar Assembly elections began at 7 am amid tight security. The third phase covers 78 assembly seats.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed people to vote in large numbers in the third and last phase of the Assembly elections in Bihar.
Bihar Assembly election 2020: A total of 78 seats are going to polls in the third and final phase on Saturday. About 2.34 crore voters will decide the fates of 1204 candidates.
While addressing a public rally in Katihar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on November 03 said that farmers of Bihar made a mistake by voting for state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they are "not getting right price" for paddy.
Polling got underway in 94 constituencies of Bihar assembly on Tuesday morning in the second phase of elections which will decide the electoral fate of RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav and more than 1,450 other candidates.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Forbesganj at Araria district on November 03. PM Modi said, "The holy land of Bihar is determined to take the state to a new height in this new decade.
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