Bihar Second Phase Elections Concluded successfully with 54% voting, Bihar Election Second Phase on 24 Oct
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Bihar Second Phase Elections Concluded successfully with 54% voting, Bihar Election Second Phase on 24 Oct, Bihar Election 2nd Phase, Bihar Elections 2010
Oct 24: Voting was done in Bihar for second phase elections for 45 assembly constituencies. Although Maoists did try to disrupt the voting but everything was completed successfully with 54% voting.
Voting began at 7 a.m. amid tight security across the Tirhut-Mithilanchal belt.
Maoists tried to disrupt polling in two separate incidents in Runni Saidpur area of Sitamarhi. The rebels abducted four polling officials and released them within an hour.
"The Maoists released the kidnapped officials after one hour," a Sitamarhi district police official said.
The rebels tried to ransack a booth in the same area as well.
A total of 9,844,981 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 took place in six districts - Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Motihari, Sheohar and Sitamarhi.
The stakes are high for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as well as for the combine of his arch rivals - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) boss Lalu Prasad and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan. Besides, Congress which is fighting on its own, is eying to make its presence felt in the belt.
The Tirhut-Mithilanchal belt is the strongest base of the RJD-LJP and they will try to retain it.
The next election rounds will be held Oct 28, Nov 1, 9 and 20. Votes will be counted Nov 24. In the first phase Thursday, balloting took place for 47 of Bihar's 243 assembly seats. For complete schedule of the elections please click here
Election Schedule of Bihar
3rd Phase Elections
Assembly constituencies where Second phase elections took place are :-
| Phase 2 |
| 22- Sheohar |
| 23-Riga |
| 24-Bathnaha(SC) |
| 25-Parihar |
| 26-Sursand |
| 27-Bajpatti |
| 28-Sitamarhi |
| 29-Runnisaidpur |
| 30-Belsand |
| 78-Kusheshwar Asthan(SC) |
| 79-Gaura Bauram |
| 80-Benipur |
| 81-Alinagar |
| 82-Darbhanga Rural |
| 83-Darbhanga |
| 84-Hayaghat |
| 85-Bahadurpur |
| 86-Keoti |
| 87-Jale |
| 88-Gaighat |
| 89-Aurai |
| 91-Bochaha(SC) |
| 92-Sakra(SC) |
| 93-Kurhani |
| 94-Muzaffarpur |
| 95-Kanti |
| 96-Baruraj |
| 131-Kalyanpur(SC) |
| 132-Warisnagar |
| 133-Samastipur |
| 134-Ujiarpur |
| 135-Morwa |
| 136-Sarairanjan |
| 137-Mohiuddinnagar |
| 138-Bibhutipur |
| 139-Rosera(SC) |
| 140-Hasanpur |
| 12-Narkatia |
| 17-Pipra |
| 18-Madhuban |
| 20-Chiraia |
| 21-Dhaka |
| 90-Minapur |
| 97-Paroo |
| 98-Sahebganj |