Bihar assembly election 2020: 2nd phase of polling today; 1,463 candidates in fray
PATNA: At least 94 legislative meeting constituencies in 17 districts in Bihar have gone to polls in the course of the second section of ongoing meeting elections within the state. According to studies, over 2.85 crore voters will resolve the destiny of 1,463 candidates who’re within the fray for the second section of polling.
Maharajganj seat has a most of 27 candidates within the electoral battle and Daraula with solely 4 within the second spherical of Assembly polls.
Prominent contestants within the fray embody Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and Grand Alliance`s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav who’s recontesting the Raghopur seat and his brother Tej Pratap within the fray in Hassanpur seat in Samastipur district.
As many as 41,362 polling stations have been arrange throughout 17 districts, all of which besides Patna, Bhagalpur, and Nalanda are located north of the Ganges.
Polling in 94 Assembly segments in 17 districts will probably be held from 7 am until 6 pm. The polling in some delicate constituencies will finish at four pm as per the Election Commission (EC) instructions.
Key candidates:
Other outstanding faces within the fray within the second section are RJD leaders Alok Kumar Mehta from Ujiyarpur and Shailesh Kumar from Bihpur, former parliamentarian Anand Mohan`s son Chetan Anand from Sheohar, former parliamentarian Rama Singh`s spouse Beena Singh from Mahnar, and Congress chief Shatrughan Sinha`s son Luv from Bankipur.
Plurals Party chief Pushpam Priya Choudhary can also be within the fray in Bankipur, aside from BJP`s Nitin Naveen.
Ministers Nandkishore Yadav, Randhir Singh, and Shravan Kumar are additionally within the fray from Patna Sahib, Madhuban and Nalanda segments. The status of 27 MLAs of the Grand Alliance is at stake.
The RJD has fielded 56 candidates within the second section of elections, whereby it’s in direct contest with the BJP on 27 seats and with the ally turned foe JD(U) on 25 seats. The BJP is contesting 46 seats and the JD(U) 43 seats. The Congress is contesting 24 seats, CPI and CPM 4 every, Lok Janshakti Party 52 and RLSP 36 seats.
In the 2015 election, Rashtriya Janata Dal of Lalu Prasad bagged 33 of those seats, the JD(U) 30 and the Congress seven whereas the NDA received solely 22 seats.
However, quite a lot of water has since flown down the rivers ever since. New political permutations and mixtures have come into play in 2020 as in contrast with the 2015 polls.
Five years in the past, Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) fought the elections in alliance with the RJD and the Congress, whereas the NDA had Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) in its camp.
In this ballot fray, the JD(U) has moved to the NDA camp, the LJP is combating its personal battle and the RLSP is part of the Grand Democratic Secular Front.
Elections for the 243-seat Bihar Assembly are set to be held in three phases, out of which polling within the first section was performed on October 28.
After the November three voting for 94 seats, remaining 78 constituencies will go to polls on November 7. The counting of votes is slated for November 10.
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