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Voting
begins for second phase of Bihar polls
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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Patna:
The second phase of the Bihar assembly elections began Sunday in
45 constituencies spread across the Tirhut-Mithilanchal belt where
the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal-Lok Janshakti Party have a
strong base.
Voting began at 7 a.m. amid tight security. A total of 99,49,873
voters are eligible to vote in the second phase that will decide
the fate of 623 candidates. Most of the 9,952 polling booths are
in the rural areas.
Balloting will take place in six districts - Muzaffarpur,
Darbhanga, Samastipur, Motihari, Sheohar and Sitamarhi.
In the first phase Thursday, balloting took place for 47 of
Bihar's 243 assembly seats.
The RJD has 19 legislators in the region going to the polls Sunday
and the LJP has three. The ruling Janata Dal-United and Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) together have 23 legislators.
The heavyweights in this phase include state JD-U president Vijay
Kumar Choudhary, RJD state president Abdul Bari Siddiqui as well
as minister Ramnath Thakur, son of the legendary Karpoori Thakur.
The next rounds of elections will be held Oct 28, Nov 1, 9 and 20.
Votes will be counted Nov 24.
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