BREAKING: Bihar assembly election dates announced

New Delhi: The dates for the Bihar assembly elections have been announced on Thursday. Elections will be held in three stages. The first phase will be held on October 28, the second on November 3 and the third phase on November 7. Election results will come on 10 November.

Announcing the dates, the Election Commission on Friday said that in the first phase, there will be 31 thousand polling stations for the elections in 71 seats. In the second phase, elections to 94 seats, there will be 42 thousand polling stations. In the third phase, elections to 78 seats, 33.5 thousand polling stations will be held. Explain that there are a total of 7 crore 79 lakh voters in Bihar. There are 3 crore 39 lakh women voters in it. The total number of seats is 243. 38 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 2 seats for Scheduled Tribes.

In the first phase, elections will be held in Sheikhpura, Jamui, Khagaria, Begusarai, Purnia, Araria, Kishanganj, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Lakhisarai, and Katihar districts. In the second phase, elections will be held in the districts of Madhubani, Samastipur, Saharsa, Supaul, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Shivhar, West Champaran, East Champaran, Vaishali, Darbhanga, Madhepura districts of North Bihar. In the third phase, elections will be held in Bodh Gaya, Jehanabad, Arwal, Nawada, Aurangabad, Kaimur and Rohtas, Patna including Buxar, Saran, Bhojpur, Nalanda, Gopalganj and Siwan.

This time the Election Commission has extended the deadline for casting votes. That is, one hour more time has been kept for voting in this election. Votingh will be held from 7 am to 6 pm. But this will not happen in Naxalite affected areas. Only five people will be able to go to the campaign.

This time the nomination and affidavit will also be filled online, the deposit can also be submitted online. Only two people will be present with the candidate at the time of nomination. No one will be allowed to shake hands during the campaign.

Explain that the Election Commission has issued detailed guidelines for conducting elections in the Corona period. According to the Election Commission guidelines, apart from the use of masks, sanitizers, gloves in Corona, many things will have to be kept in mind by political parties, candidates, voters and officials and employees associated with the election.