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Bihar Election 2020 Phase 2 LIVE: Voting for second phase gets underway

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Patna, Nov 03: The Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 is all set to witness its second phase of polls on Tuesday. The second phase is arguably the most crucial of the three phases of the Assembly election. Over 2.85 crore voters will decide the fate of nearly 1,500 candidates on Tuesday.

Bihar Election 2020: 94 seats to go for polls in second phase today

This phase will cover 94 assembly seats in 17 districts and is said to be the most crucial out of the three phases of the assembly election. Of the 94 seats at stake in this phase, the RJD is contesting 56, the BJP 46 and the JD(U) 43.

Bihar Elections 2020: Phase 3 has 1,201 candidates with pending criminal cases

Voting will take place in 94 Assembly segments, more than a third of the 243-member-strong Assembly spread across 17 districts. With the exception of three districts - Patna, Bhagalpur, and Nalanda - the other districts heading to polls on Tuesday are situated north of the Ganga river. The districts in which polls will be held in the second phase are West Champaran, East Champaran, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Vaishali, Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Nalanda, and Patna.

Out of the total 1,463 candidates in the second phase, 1,316 are men, 146 are women and one is transgender.

Of the total 2,85,50,285 voters 1,50,33,034 are male, 1,35,16,271 female and 980 transgender, as per the poll panel data.

The Election Commission said it has set up a total of 41,362 booths at 18,823 polling stations.

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8:01 AM, 3 Nov
Bihar: A girl arrived at a polling booth in Patna with her grandmother on cycle to cast vote in the 2nd phase of Bihar elelctions
7:53 AM, 3 Nov
Taking to Twitter, PM Modi appealed to people to vote in the second phase of elections in Bihar.
7:46 AM, 3 Nov
Bihar: Social distancing norms being followed as voters stand in queues at polling booth no. 325 and 326 in Patna to cast their votes for the second phase of Bihar elections.
7:40 AM, 3 Nov
I appeal to the people to step out of their homes, cast their vote, maintain social distancing and keep wearing mask: Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi after casting his vote
7:36 AM, 3 Nov
LJP president, Chirag Paswan casts his vote at a polling booth in Khagaria
7:21 AM, 3 Nov
Voting is also underway for the by-elections in 54 Assembly seats across 10 states. 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 8 in Gujarat, 7 in Uttar Pradesh, 2 each in Odisha, Nagaland, Karnataka & Jharkhand, and one seat each in Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Haryana are polling today.
7:18 AM, 3 Nov
I appeal to the people to come out and vote says Bihar’s Deputy CM, Sushil Kumar Modi.
7:16 AM, 3 Nov
Bihar
Bihar: Voters maintain social distancing as they stand in queues to cast their votes for the second phase of Bihar Elections. Visuals from booth number 24 of Raghopur Assembly constituency.
7:11 AM, 3 Nov
Bihar: Governor Phagu Chauhan cast his vote for 2nd phase of Bihar Elections, at the polling booth at government school in Digha, Patna.
7:04 AM, 3 Nov
Voting for the second phase of the Bihar assembly elections begin
6:53 AM, 3 Nov
People will vote on agenda of 'Padhai, Kamai, Dawai, Sichai, Mehengai'. I am sure they will vote for us as they want a change in state, says Tejashwi Yadav.
6:53 AM, 3 Nov
The fate of RJD chief, Tejashwi Yadav will be decided today. He is contesting from the Raghopur constituency of Vaishali.
6:53 AM, 3 Nov
A mock poll was conducted at polling booth number 103 in Raghopur constituency of Vaishali.
6:52 AM, 3 Nov
I will give you in writing that that Nitish Kumar will never again be the CM after Nov 10. I will have no role to play, I want 'Bihar first, Bihari first'. I want work to be done as per vision document prepared by suggestions of 4 lakh Biharis says Chirag Paswan.
1:44 AM, 3 Nov
In Haryana, the Baroda assembly segment in Sonipat goes to the by-polls after falling vacant due to the demise of Congress MLA Sri Krishan Hooda.
1:44 AM, 3 Nov
In Telangana, the by-election in Dubbaka assembly constituency in Siddipet district will be conducted as the seat fell vacant after the sudden demise of the sitting ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy.
1:43 AM, 3 Nov
By-elections are being held for the Southern Angami-I seat in Nagaland’s Kohima district and the Pungro-Kiphire seat in Kiphire district as the seats were vacant after the deaths of then assembly speaker Vikho-o Yhoshu and T Torechu of the Naga People’s Front respectively.
1:43 AM, 3 Nov
In Jharkhand, Dumka and Bermo seats will witness straight fights between the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress and opposition BJP.
1:43 AM, 3 Nov
In Uttar Pradesh, a total of 93 candidates are in the fray for the by-elections on November 3.
1:43 AM, 3 Nov
In Gujarat, the by-elections have been necessitated by the resignations of Congress MLAs ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in June.
1:43 AM, 3 Nov
Out of the 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh where elections will be held, 25 became vacant after Congress MLAs left the party in March to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
1:42 AM, 3 Nov
There are 28 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, eight in Gujarat, seven in Uttar Pradesh, two each in Karnataka, Odisha, Jharkhand and Nagaland and one seat each in Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Haryana which will witness by-polls along with the Bihar assembly elections. The counting will take place on November 10.
1:41 AM, 3 Nov
Along with the second phase of polling in the Bihar assembly elections, voters in 54 constituencies across 10 states will also choose their legislators on Tuesday.
1:40 AM, 3 Nov
Tej Pratap Singh’s fate will also be decided in the second phase of the Bihar election.
1:40 AM, 3 Nov
Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son and RJD’s chief minister nominee Tejashwi Yadav is contesting from Raghopur. The electorate of this area falling under Vaishali district will decide the fate of the RJP prince.
1:40 AM, 3 Nov
The districts are Patna, Bhagalpur, Nalanda, West Champaran, East Champaran, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Gopalganj, Vaishali, Samastipur, Begusarai, Siwan, Saran and Khagaria.
1:40 AM, 3 Nov
Over 2.85 crore electorate will decide the fate of 1,463 candidates in the 17 districts which are going to polls.
1:39 AM, 3 Nov
The Left parties, including Community Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPI (ML)), the Community Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) are also in the fray on 14 seats.
1:39 AM, 3 Nov
The Janata Dal (United) is contesting on 43 Assembly seats, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying its luck on 46, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has fielded its candidates in 56 constituencies, while the Congress is contesting on 24.
1:38 AM, 3 Nov
Phase 2 of the Bihar Assembly Election 2020 will be held today, Tuesday (03 November), during which voters in 94 constituencies will cast their ballots.
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Here's some of the key candidates contesting in the second phase of the Bihar Assembly elections 2020:

  • Tejashwi Yadav
  • Tej Pratap Yadav
  • Chandrika Rai
  • Pushpam Priya Choudhary
  • Luv Sinha
  • Nand Kishore Yadav
  • Manju Verma
  • Mangita Devi

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