Third phase of the Bihar 2020 election: the vote will take place today on 78 seats (File)
Patna / New Delhi:
The third and final phase of voting in Bihar’s assembly elections today will see residents of 78 constituencies vote to choose their next government. At least 1,204 candidates present themselves in the final phase. Some of the prominent candidates in this phase are Niraj Kumar Singh of the BJP at Chhatapur Headquarters, cousin of actor Sushant Singh Rajput; Congress candidate in Bihariganj, Subhashini Sharad Yadav, daughter of former Union Minister Sharad Yadav; Janata Dal United’s candidate Sarairanjan, Vijay Kumar Choudhary, who is also the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly, and Suresh Kumar Sharma of BJP, the Minister of Urban Development of Muzaffarpur. The vote will also take place for the seat of Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha, where a by-election was necessitated by the death of MP JD (U) Baidyanath Mahato.
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The JD (U) candidacy to retain Valmiki Nagar’s parliamentary seat by lining up Baidyanath Mahato’s son Sunil Kumar faces a challenge from Congress candidate Pravesh Kumar Mishra, a journalist turned politician. Like Valmiki Nagar, the 78 assemblage segments spread across 19 districts are also found in northern Bihar, as the areas north of the Ganges in the state are called.
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Many of these areas are in the Kosi-Seemanchal region, where the contest between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Grand Alliance will take place in the shadow of the “Owaisi factor”, as AIMIM presented candidates in many countries. the Muslim majority seats here, and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi had led a relatively large campaign.
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The Kosi-Seemanchal region also happens to be the main area of influence for former MP Pappu Yadav, whose Jan Adhikar party seeks to make its presence felt and prove a point to the Rashtriya Janata Dal, as both draw their support from the most populous in the state. community, the Yadav.
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As in the previous two phases, the candidates of Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti (LJP) party are competing this time for several seats, threatening the JD (U). While the NDA appeared to be on its feet until a few months ago, the ruling coalition appeared to have taken a more cautious note as appeals to voters came from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar towards the end of countryside.
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The RJD, once seen as an election winning machine in Bihar, is hoping for a comeback, excited by the response its chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, 31, has received in its more than two dozen rallies. The RJD is part of an alliance that includes its former ally, Congress, alongside left-wing parties.
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Some 2.34 crore of voters in the 78 constituencies of the Assembly will vote today. The total membership of the Bihar assembly is 243. The voting percentage in the second phase out of 94 seats was 55.70%. Votes will be counted on November 10.
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In the second phase held on November 3, 94 seats were contested, part of which was the BJP strongholds in northern Bihar. The main candidates were Tejashwi Yadav and his brother Tej Pratap Yadav.
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Despite warnings from “extreme cynics” about holding Bihar Assembly elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation so far has been reasonably good with two rounds of voting completed, the commissioner said on Thursday principal in the elections, Sunil Arora. “There was no shortage of skeptics, no shortage of cynics, no shortage of extreme cynics who were making doomsday predictions for us … But here we are in pretty good shape so far,” he said. he declared.
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Due to the pandemic, nearly 60 countries have postponed elections. Later, countries like Sri Lanka, South Korea, Croatia and Mangolia held elections. The Election Commission does meticulous planning of all elections. But this time, the “new dimension” of the coronavirus created more challenges, the election commissioner general said.
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People aged 80 and over and those with special needs were given the option of using postal voting. But most of them preferred to go to the voting booth to vote, Mr. Arora said.
