Race for Bihar is on as first phase of polling begins

October 12, 2015 07:50

Voting for the first of the five-phase assembly elections in Bihar has begun - polling is being held on 49 seats. The BJP has fielded 27 candidates - the rest of the seats will be contested by its allies, including 13 seats for Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party. In the opposite camp, the Janata Dal -United has fielded 24 candidates, Rashtriya Janata Dal 17 and Congress 8.

While in a majority of seats, the polling will end at 5 pm, at some constituencies in Naxal-hit areas, the polling will end a couple of hours early in view of the law and order situation.

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