By Admin 
Maddan was completed on 121 seats for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections. This time people took part in voting in large numbers. According to the Election Commission, a record 64.46 percent people voted till 6 pm. Bihar Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Gunjyal said that the first phase of voting was successfully completed. He told that complaints have also been received from many places, which were resolved at the same time.
All complaints resolved promptly
Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar said, “The participation of women voters in the first phase of elections has been very good. 165 ballot units, 169 control units and 480 VVPATs were changed during the polling. By the end of polling, 143 complaints were received. All were resolved on time. Moreover, all the complaints received directly over the phone were resolved on time.”
‘1.21 percent ballot units had to be changed’
He said, “Boycott was also reported from polling station number 56 in Brahmapur assembly constituency, polling station number 165 and 166 in Fatuha assembly constituency, polling station number 1, 2 and 5 in Suryagarh near Lakhisarai. No untoward incident was reported in the first phase of voting held today. The polling was conducted peacefully and smoothly. This time we had to change only 1.21 percent ballot units in the first phase, whereas in 2020 “Only 1.87 percent EVMs were changed in the 2018 assembly elections.”
CEC Gyanesh Kumar congratulated the voters
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar congratulated the voters of Bihar for registering a historic voting percentage in the first phase of assembly elections since 1951. He thanked the voters for voting with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm, expressing their full faith in the Election Commission of India. He also thanked the entire election machinery for working with transparency and dedication.
Reports of sporadic violence surfaced
Of the 243 assembly seats in Bihar, 121 were voted in the first phase, while the remaining 122 will be voted in the second phase on November 11. The results of the elections will be declared on 14 November. Sporadic violence was also reported during the voting, including an attack on the convoy of Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha in Lakhisarai and an alleged attack on a Communist Party of India vehicle in Chapra.
The fate of these veterans is to be decided
RJD accused the administration of deliberately cutting power at the strong booths of the Grand Alliance with the intention of slowing down the voting. Candidates in the first phase include Grand Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, BJP candidates Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha (both current deputy chief ministers), Bihar JDU president Umesh Kushwaha and RJD’s Bhola Yadav. Bhola Yadav is a close associate of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav.
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