Assembly seats under the two constituencies are going to polls in the fifth phase. Fifty seven constituencies spread over 9 districts of Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Kishanganj, Purnea, Katihar, Madepura, Saharsa, Darbhanga will go to the polls tomorrow.
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District Magistrate Subhash Sharma said police fired in the air to disperse the mob which violated the section 144 CrPC and assembled unlawfully to obstruct polling, which has resumed. He died at the hospital later, official sources said.
In the 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly, as per exit poll analysis, neck and neck fight is predicted between BJP and Grand Alliance.
In a few of Bihar’s, this round of polling is taking place in most backward pockets notorious for high percentage of illiteracy, poverty as well as migration.
A total of 827 candidates are in the fray, the dominant contestants being Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP-led four-party alliance and the Grand Alliance of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Stray incidents of clashes were reported between rival groups.
Polling began at 7 am and ended at 5 pm, except in two where it concluded at 3 pm due to security reasons.
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“Vote in large numbers for development in Bihar”, he re-tweeted a tweet by the BJP. Besides, AIMIM, impact of third front particularly Jan Adhikar Party of Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav would also be keenly watched in the Kosi belt. At a few places, the electronic voting machines malfunctioned. The Rashtriya Lok Samata Party of Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha has put up candidates in five constituencies and Hindustani Awam Morcha of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi in three. Results for the elections would be declared on November 8.
