October 21, 2010: Polling for the first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2010 is going on in eight districts, namely Kishanganj, Katihar, Araria, Purnia, Saharsa, Supaul, Madhubani and Madhepura. As per directions of Election Commission the polling will be held in six phases.
Below is a factfile of the first phase of polling held today:
Below is a factfile of the first phase of polling held today:
- Number of assembly constituencies - 47
- Total voters - 10.7 million (5,678,567 men and 5,022,230 women)
- Electronic voting machines to be used - 25,728
- Total number of candidates - 631 Total
- Number of woman candidates - 52
- Party-wise list of candidates - Bahujan Samaj Party (45), Bharatiya Janata Party (21), Communist Party India (11), Communist Party of India-Marxist (7), Congress (47), Nationalist Congress Party (33), Janata Dal-United (26), Rashtriya Janata Dal (31) and other parties 156
- Independent candidates - 238
- Assembly constituency with maximum candidates - Kadwa (22 candidates)
- Assembly constituency with minimum candidates - Singheshwar (Scheduled Caste constituency - seven candidates)Largest assembly constituency area-wise - Saharsa
- Largest assembly constituency voter-wise - Saharsa
