Polling in the second phase of the Bihar Assembly elections is will take place today. Dubbed as the most crucial of the three-phased elections, a total of 2.85 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise. They will decide the fate of nearly 1,464 candidates, including 146 women. The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements to ensure the smooth conduct of the democratic exercise. Voting will take place in 94 assembly segments, more than a third of the 243-strong assembly spread across 17 districts. Barring Patna, Bhagalpur, and Nalanda, the remaining districts are situated north of the river Ganga. Notable among the candidates is the RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav (the opposition's CM candidate), his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav, and RJD turncoat Chandrika Rai. While Tejashwi is seeking re-election from Raghopur in Vaishali district, Tej Pratap is in the fray Hasanpur in Samastipur district, shifting his base from Mahua in Vaishali. Rai, who happens to be Tej Pratap's father-in-law, is contesting from Parsa on a JD(U) ticket. From the ruling NDA's camp, prominent faces seeking re-election include Nand Kishore Yadav from Patna Sahib, Nitin Nabin from Bankipore, Arun Sinha from Kumhrar, and Sanjiv Chaurasia from Digha. Polling in the first phase on October 28 covered 71 seats with 55.69 % turnout. The third and final phase of polling will be held on November 7. The results will be announced on November 10.from IndiaTV: Google News Feed https://ift.tt/34Sb2Qy
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