Bihar elections, third phase: As it happened

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• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 6:15 PM IST

  53.32 percent turnout in third phase of polling in Bihar Assembly elections: CEO Ajay Nayak.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 4:39 PM IST

  BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha casts his vote in Patna.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 4:30 PM IST

  Around 50 percent polling recorded till 4 pm in the Assembly elections being held at 50 constituencies.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 4:06 PM IST

  Over 45 percent votes cast till 3 pm in third phase of Bihar polls.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 3:27 PM IST

  About 40 percent voter turnout was recorded till 2 pm in the third phase of polling today.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 2:05 PM IST

  33.88 percent voter turnout was recorded till 1 PM in 50 Assembly constituencies spread over six districts of Bihar in the third phase of polling today.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 1:09 PM IST
• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 12:47 PM IST

  In an exclusive interview to news agency ANI, Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley says: "In this election, the conventional arithmetic has come to an end. The basic chemistry has changed in this election. The youth and women are with the BJP and NDA in large numbers. It is difficult to assess them in this changed chemistry."

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 12:41 PM IST

  26.94 percent voter turnout was recorded till 12 noon in the third phase of the Bihar elections.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 12:11 PM IST

  Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudu casts his vote in Chhapra.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 11:48 AM IST

  Over 20 percent voter turnout recorded till 11 am on Wednesday in the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 11:38 AM IST
• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 11:28 AM IST

  Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu says people of Bihar desire change, they want to move ahead.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 11:05 AM IST

  14.09 percent turnout recorded till 10 am in the Bihar Assembly elections being held at 50 constituencies.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 10:50 AM IST

  Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad casts his vote in Patna for third phase of Bihar elections.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 10:41 AM IST

  Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley expresses confidence that BJP will sweep Bihar Assembly Elections.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 10:36 AM IST

  Prominent political personalities who cast their vote in the first two hours of voting included Governor Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejaswi Yadav, former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi and others.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 10:35 AM IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges electorates to vote in large numbers.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 10:31 AM IST

  Bihar Chief Minster and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar casts his vote in Patna.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 9:58 AM IST

  9.12 percent voting recorded till 9 AM for third phase of Bihar polls.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 9:21 AM IST

  According to news agency ANI, residents of Dilawarpur and Bidupur decide to opt for 'NOTA' over nonfunctional transformer affecting power supply.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 8:58 AM IST

  5.59 percent polling recorded till 8 AM.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 8:41 AM IST

  Polling was temporarily halted at booth number 270 in Banki district due to EVM malfunction.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 8:32 AM IST

  RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tejaswi casts his vote in Patna.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 8:21 AM IST

  Senior BJP leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi casts his vote in Rajendra Nagar, Patna.

• Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 8:20 AM IST

  Nearly 14.5 million voters are eligible to decide the fate of 808 candidates. Most of the 14,170 polling booths are in the rural areas. The six districts where polling will be held are Patna, Saran, Vaishali, Nalanda, Bhojpur and Buxar.

  Voting started at scheduled 7 AM in 14,170 polling stations spread in six districts of Patna, Vaishali, Saran, Nalanda, Buxar and Bhojpur districts.

  Polling would end at 4 PM in 10 constituencies due to security reasons and at 5 PM in the rest 40 constituencies, Additional Chief Electoral Officer R Lakshamanan said.

  The prominent politicians, other than the two sons of Lalu Prasad, whose fate would be decided in this round are BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav (Patna Sahib), ministers Shyam Rajak and Shrawan Kumar from Phulwari and Nalanda seats respectively, Deputy Speaker Amarendra Pratap Singh (Ara) and BJP's chief whip in the state Assembly Arun Kumar Sinha (Kumhrar).

  The staggered elections to pick a 243-member Bihar assembly will end on November 5. The result will be revealed three days later.

  In the first and second phases of the elections on October 12 and 16, polling was held in 49 and 32 constituencies. The fourth round will be held on November 1.