The first phase of voting for Bihar Assembly elections is going on from 7.00 am on Thursday (6 November). People are reaching the polling booths in 121 assembly seats of Bihar to vote for their favorite candidate. There is a lot of enthusiasm among the people of Bihar to elect their leader. This can be gauged from the voter turnout of the first two hours.

Actually, the voting percentage figures have come out two hours after the start of voting in Bihar, i.e. till 9.00 am. On an average, 13.13 percent voting took place on all 121 seats of Bihar. Begusarai has seen the highest turnout so far (14.60), while Lakhisarai assembly seat has seen the least turnout (7.00). Deputy CM Vijay Sinha is in the election fray from Lakhisarai.

Bihar Assembly Election Phase-1 Voting, voting percentage till 9 am:

If we talk district wise,

Begusarai: 14.60 percent
Bachhwara- 14.46
Bakhri- 13.10
Begusarai- 15.11
Cheriya- Bariyarpur- 16.13
Matihani- 13.79
Sahebpur Kamal- 14.60
Teghra- 15.19

Bhojpur: 13.11 percent
Agiyaanv- 13.32
Ara- 10.15
Badhara- 12.73
Jagdishpur- 14.25
Message- 14.01
Shahpur- 14.37
Tarari- 13.20

Buxar: 13.28 percent
Brahmapur- 14.11
Buxar- 12.93
Dumraon- 12.50
Rajpur- 13.48
Darbhanga: 12.48 percent
Alinagar- 12.57
Bahadurpur- 12.85
Benipur- 11.20
Darbhanga- 11.52
Darbhanga Rural- 13.21
Gaura Bauram- 12.26
Hayaghat- 12.34
Webs- 13.60
KOT- 13.01
Kusheshwar Asthan- 12.26

Gopalganj: 13.97 percent
Baikunthpur- 14.32
Barauli- 12.37
Bhore- 13.55
Gopalganj- 12.99
Hathua- 16.20
Kuchayakot- 14.40

Khagaria: 14.15 percent
Alauli- 13.78
Beldaur- 14.50
Khagaria- 13.99
Parbatta- 14.25

Lakhisarai, 7.00 percent
Lakhisarai- 13.39
Suryagarh-

Madhepura: 13.74 percent
Alamnagar- 13.93
Bihariganj- 13.83
Madhepura- 13.31
Sinheshwar- 13.89

Munger: 13.37 percent
Jamalpur- 12.21
Munger- 12.84
Tarapur- 15.08

Muzaffarpur: 14.38 percent
Aurai- 13.78
Baruraj- 14.80
Bochah- 15.12
Gaighat- 13.56
Kanti- 13.91
Kurhani- 14.51
Meenapur- 14.68
Muzaffarpur- 11.89
Paru- 15.12
Sahebganj- 15.86
Sakra- 15.29

Nalanda: 12.45 percent
Eighth – 10.74
Biharsharif- 11.11
Harnaut- 12.97
Hilsa- 13.02
Islampur- 12.34
Nalanda- 12.52
Rajgir- 13.62

Patna: 11.22 percent
Bakhtiyarpur- 12.78
Bankipur- 5.85
Flood- 12.82
Bikram- 14.11
Danapur- 10.44
Digha- 6.91
Fatuha- 13.53
Potter- 6.68
Maner- 13.93
Draft – 15.65
Mokama- 13.01
Paliganj- 15.23
Patna Sahib- 10.61
Phulwari- 11.21

Saharsa: 15.27 percent
Mahishi- 15.42
Saharsa- 15.21
Simri Bakhtiyarpur- 16.32
Sonbarsa- 14.04

Samastipur: 12.86 percent
Vibhutipur- 11.52
Hasanpur- 13.43
Kalyanpur- 14.00
Mohiuddinnagar- 13.74
Morava- 12.67
Rosera- 12.19
Samastipur- 13.35
Sarayaranjan- 13.04
Ujiarpur- 12.02
Warisnagar- 12.75

Saran: 13.30 percent
Amanour- 13.51
Baniyapur- 14.10
Chhapra- 11.20
Ekma- 13.08
Garkha- 13.08
Manjhi- 14.25
Madhaura- 14.01
Parsa- 13.96
Sonpur- 12.28
Taraiya- 13.83

Sheikhpura: 12.97 percent
Barbigha- 12.27
Sheikhpura- 13.58

Siwan: 13.35 percent
Barhariya- 15.12
Darauli- 13.05
Darunda- 12.95
Goriyakothi- 13.26
Maharajganj- 14.00
Raghunathpur- 12.92
Siwan- 12.56
Jiradei- 12.94

Vaishali: 14.30 percent
Hajipur- 13.22
Lalganj- 14.96
Mahnar- 13.11
Mahua- 14.49
Patepur- 14.66
Raghopur- 13.78
Rajapakar- 14.91
Vaishali- 15.30

Highest number of voters in Digha

Voting is taking place in 121 assembly seats of 18 districts in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections. The Election Commission has made all preparations to ensure peaceful and fair voting. In terms of constituencies, Digha assembly constituency has the highest number of voters registered at 4,57,657, while Barbigha has the least number of voters registered at 2,31,998.

Voting will be reduced by one hour on these seats

The Election Commission has reduced the voting time by one hour in six assembly seats. Voting will take place at these 2135 polling stations from 7 am to 5 pm. These include Simri Bakhtiyarpur (410 booths), Mahishi (361 booths), Tarapur (412 booths), Munger (404 booths), Jamalpur (492 booths) and Suryagarha (56 booths). This decision has been taken on the basis of sensitivity of these areas, distance from the block headquarters and suggestions of the local administration.

Voting time at 43,206 booths of remaining 115 seats will be from 7 am to 6 pm. A total of 3 crore 75 lakh 13 thousand 302 voters are exercising their franchise in the first phase. These include 1 crore 98 lakh 35 thousand 325 men, 1 crore 76 lakh 77 thousand 219 women and 758 third gender voters.

Popular candidates of Bihar Assembly Election Phase-1

A total of 45,341 booths have been made for voting, out of which 45,324 will be main booths and 17 auxiliary booths. In the first phase, the fate of many popular candidates will be captured in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). These include Grand Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha, folk singer Maithili Thakur, Bhojpuri film star Khesari Lal Yadav, Janashakti Janata Dal’s Tej Pratap Yadav, Janata Dal (United) state president Umesh Kushwaha and Bhola Yadav.