The 94 assembly constituencies that went to poll during the second phase of the Bihar elections on Tuesday recorded 54.53 per cent turnout, according to the Election Commission data.
The combined voter turnout in the two phases was recorded at 53.79 per cent till 5 PM, the Commission said. In the corresponding constituencies which went to poll in the 2015 assembly polls, the turnout was 55.35 per cent, the EC added.
Vaishali district's Raghopur, from where RJD leader바카라 웹사이트Tejashwi Yadav is contesting the elections in the second바카라 웹사이트phase, recorded 36.09 per cent votes during the first six바카라 웹사이트hours, as per the EC data.
Hasanpur, from where Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej바카라 웹사이트Pratap Yadav is in the fray, has recorded an estimated 38.83바카라 웹사이트per cent votes till 1 pm. Thirty one per cent voting was바카라 웹사이트recorded in Parsa from where JDU's Chandrika Roy, the father바카라 웹사이트of Tej Pratap's estranged wife Aishwarya, is contesting.
Prominent personalities including Governor Phagu바카라 웹사이트Chauhan, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Kumar바카라 웹사이트Modi, Mahagathbandhan's CM face Tejashwi Yadav, and LJP chief
Chirag Paswan have already cast their votes in respective바카라 웹사이트polling booths.
Kumar did not speak to the media waiting outside the바카라 웹사이트polling station, while Tejashwi said after casting the ballot바카라 웹사이트that people are "angry" with the government and they will vote바카라 웹사이트for education, health, irrigation and law and order.
Former CM and Lalu Prasad's wife Rabri Devi said바카라 웹사이트Bihar needed change.
Polling began at 7 am, but the time for its conclusion바카라 웹사이트has been extended by one hour till 6 pm to facilitate Covid-19바카라 웹사이트patients and those with symptoms of the disease to exercise바카라 웹사이트their franchise during the final hour.
The process, however, will conclude early in바카라 웹사이트Maoist-hit areas.
The Election Commission said voting ended at 4 pm바카라 웹사이트in eight seats -- Gaura Bauram and Kusheshwar Asthan in바카라 웹사이트Darbhanga district, Minapur, Paroo and Sahebganj in바카라 웹사이트Muzaffarpur, Alauli and Beldour in Khagaria, and Raghopur in바카라 웹사이트Vaishali.