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Bihar third phase polling concludes; 56.12% voter turnout recorded till 6 pm
Here's how Bihar voted in third phase of assembly election 2020.
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File Photo (ANI) Voting for the third and final phase of the Bihar Assembly election for 78 seats in 15 districts took place on Saturday (November 7). About 2.34 crore voters, spread across 78 assembly segments of the 243-strong Assembly, voted to decide the fates of 1204 candidates, including the Speaker and 12 members of the state cabinet.
This third phase of Bihar polls will play an important role in deciding which party will be able to form the government in the state.
From the NDA, the JD(U) has fielded 37 candidates while the BJP, Vikassheel Insaan Party and HAM have fielded 35, 5 and 1 candidates respectively. On the Mahagathbandhan side, the RJD has fielded 46 candidates while the Congress, the CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation and the CPI have fielded 25, 5 and 2 candidates respectively. Separately, the LJP has put up 42 candidates.
The assembly constituencies going to the polls include West Champaran, East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Kishanganj, Katihar, Madhepura, Saharsa, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali and Samastipur.
Here's how Bihar voted in third phase of assembly election.
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मास्क पहनकर बूथ चलेंगे, वोट करेंगे।#BiharElections_ThirdPhase pic.twitter.com/W4Bn2tVQVg— CEO Bihar #ElectionDepartmentBihar (@CEOBihar) November 7, 2020
Biomedical waste disposal team, 63- Katihar AC.
मास्क पहनकर बूथ चलेंगे, वोट करेंगे।#BiharElections_ThirdPhase pic.twitter.com/CQFZOWWwhE— CEO Bihar #ElectionDepartmentBihar (@CEOBihar) November 7, 2020
दरभंगा जिले से मतदान की झलकियां
मास्क पहनकर बूथ चलेंगे, वोट करेंगे।#BiharElections_ThirdPhase pic.twitter.com/L6oIaT7pdx— CEO Bihar #ElectionDepartmentBihar (@CEOBihar) November 7, 2020
Arrangement at EVM Collection centre, Purnea.
मास्क पहनकर बूथ चलेंगे, वोट करेंगे।#BiharElections_ThirdPhase pic.twitter.com/nj4aQhbhLy— CEO Bihar #ElectionDepartmentBihar (@CEOBihar) November 7, 2020
The poll percentage till 6 pm in 15 districts are given below:
West Champaran - 56.02%
East Champaran - 57.16%
Sitamarhi - 55.84%
Madhubani - 56.36%
Supaul - 57.90%
Araria - 50.43%
Kishanganj - 62.55%
Purnia - 59.03%
Katihar - 57.73%
Madhepura - 54.29%
Saharsa - 57.70%
Darbhanga - 54.91%
Muzaffarpur-57.57%
Vaishali - 51.44%
Samastipur - 58.15%
For the Lok Sabha byelection poll at Valmikinagar witnessed the voter turnout of 56.02% till 6 pm.
Here is the constituency-wise poll percentage of 3rd phase till 5:00 PM:
Poll Percentage
3rd Phase (5:00 PM)#BiharElections_ThirdPhase pic.twitter.com/3mq6V0OubT— CEO Bihar #ElectionDepartmentBihar (@CEOBihar) November 7, 2020
Bihar assembly election 2020 phase 3 sees 54.06% voter turnout till 5 pm.
District wise turnout (in %)
West Champaran - 52.08
East Champaran - 54.78
Sitamarhi - 52.27
Madhubani - 54.84
Supaul - 57.90
Araria - 50.90
Kishanganj - 59.77
Purnia - 55.63
Katihar - 52.22
Madhepura - 54.03
Saharsa - 55.73
Darbhanga - 53.44
Muzaffarpur - 54.54
Vaishali - 49.97
Bihar assembly election 2020 phase 3 sees 45.85% voter turnout till 3 pm.
District wise turnout (in %)
West Champaran - 44.18
East Champaran - 47.46
Sitamarhi - 41.61
Madhubani - 44.08
Supaul - 51.12
Araria- 43.22
Kishanganj - 47.55
Purnia - 46.09
Katihar - 43.11
Madhepura - 46.33
Saharsa - 48.98
Darbhanga - 41.15
Muzaffarpur - 48.43
Vaishali - 46.34
Samastipur - 45.05
34.82 per cent voter turnout recorded till 1 pm.
Voting underway for the third phase election in Bihar's Kishanganj.
Voting underway for the third phase of #BiharAssemblyElections2020, visuals from Kishanganj.
The fate of 1,204 candidates is being decided by close to 2.34 crore voters for 78 seats. pic.twitter.com/XBQPpp73Ut
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
According to the Election Commission, the polling percentage at 11 am was 19.77, which is higher than the corresponding figures for the first phase (18.48) and the second phase (19.26) of polls.
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).
Locals make a temporary bridge in Bihar's Muzaffarpur to help voters reach a polling station.
#BiharElections2020: 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. pic.twitter.com/GIDsE8qGUU
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
Bihar records 19.77 per cent voter turnout till 11:00 am in the third phase of assembly elections.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar appealed to the voters to come out in large numbers. "Your one vote will quicken the pace of development in Bihar and make it a developed state," he tweeted.
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) November 7, 2020
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urges people of Bihar to come out and vote in large numbers, he said exercising their franchise is a step towards strengthening democracy.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 7, 2020
RJD candidate Lovely Anand from Saharsa and wife of former MP Anand Mohan, voted in booth number 209.
— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) November 7, 2020
8.43 per cent voter turnout recorded till 10 am in third phase of Bihar assembly election 2020.
Bihar assembly election phase 3: 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.
7.69 per cent voter turnout recorded till 9 am in the third phase of Bihar assembly elections.
Bihar Assembly election third phase: Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) chief Sharad Yadav's daughter Subhashini Raj Rao casts her vote at a polling booth in Madhepura. (ANI image)
Bihar assembly election phase 3: EVM stops functioning at Sitamarhi's Riga polling booth.
#BiharElections: People stand in queues outside a polling station in Sitamarhi's Riga as electronic voting machine (EVM) at the booth is not functioning currently. pic.twitter.com/ZaxA1PdK6o
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
Bihar Assembly election third phase: Voting underway in Vaishali district.
।#BiharElections_ThirdPhase pic.twitter.com/rq2euKAGcB
— CEO Bihar #ElectionDepartmentBihar (@CEOBihar) November 7, 2020
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and Mahagathbandhan chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav urge people to exercise their franchise in the third and final phase of voting. Taking to Twitter, he said, ''In Bihar, Ganga, Gandak and Kosi of change are flowing. The waves are on the rise. Make sure you vote for a golden future, all-round development, progressive Bihar and peace today.''
Cast your vote & Be a companion of change.
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) November 7, 2020
Voting underway in Bihar's Muzaffarpur.
Bihar assembly election phase 3: Voting begins in Darbhanga and Araria district.
Voting for the third phase of #BiharElections is underway; visuals from polling stations in Darbhanga (pic 1 & 2) and Araria (pic 3 & 4). pic.twitter.com/z0F2ySS6C8
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
PM Narendra Modi urges voters to go out and exercise the power of vote in Bihar phase 3 election. He said, ''I request all voters to participate in this festival of democracy in large numbers and set a new voting record. However, it is necessary to wear masks and maintain social distancing.''
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 7, 2020
Bihar: Voting is also being held for by-election in Valmiki Nagar Parliamentary seat, following the demise of sitting JD(U) MP Baidyanath Mahato.
Voting begins for the third and final phase of Bihar polls.
Bihar: Voting begins for the third and final phase of #Biharpolls; visuals from polling booth no 149 in Saharsa. pic.twitter.com/VQOQ1qlN7g
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
Out of the 1,204 candidates contesting in Bihar assembly election phase 3 - 1094 are men and 110 women.
The main contest in this phase is being considered between the NDA and the Grand Alliance, but former MP Pappu Yadav`s party, the Jan Adhikar Party, the Lok Janshakti Party and the AIMIM have also fielded candidates, which has increased the worries of both the major alliances.
Four ministers are in the fray from the BJP are - Pramod Kumar (Motihari), Suresh Sharma (Muzaffarpur), Binod Narayan Jha (Benipatti) and Krishnakumar Rishi (Banmankhi).
JDU ministers in the fray are- 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).
Bihar assembly election phase 3: Political future of 12 Nitish ministers and several veteran leaders of Grand Alliance is at stake.
33,782 polling booths have been set up for the phase 3 assembly election in Bihar.
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