Bihar polls: 33.10% turnout till 1 pm

October 28, 2020 14:03

Bihar polls: Voter turnout of 33.10% recorded till 1 pm in the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections. Over 2.14 crore voters are today deciding the fate of 1,066 candidates contesting for 71 seats.

Voting began on 71 constituencies spread across 16 districts in the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections on Wednesday at 7 am.

As many as 1,066 candidates are in the fray including 42 from Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), 35 from Janata Dal (United), 29 from BJP, 21 from Congress and 8 from Left parties.

Bihar is witnessing a triangular contest with the ruling JDU-BJP alliance and grand alliance (RJD, Congress and others) and Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), which is eying the role of a kingmaker in case of a hung Assembly.

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