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Voting
begins for third phase of Bihar polls
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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Bihar
Polls: Test of governance, rule of law in phase three
Good governance, rule of law, development and a new caste
arithmetic will be on test Thursday as 48 constituencies in
Bihar's fertile belts vote in the third round of assembly polls,
with the stakes perhaps highest for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. » |
Patna:
The third phase of the Bihar assembly elections to pick a new 243-
member house began Thursday in 48 constituencies in the state's
fertile belt where stakes are high for Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar.
Voting began at 7 a.m. amid tight security. About 10.3 million
people are eligible to vote to determine the electoral fate of 785
candidates in six districts - Gopalganj, Siwan, Vaishali, Saran
and East and West Champaran.
The first two rounds of polls took place Oct 21 and 24 for 47 and
45 seats respectively.
The third phase will be a test for Nitish Kumar's claims of good
governance and rule of law as well as his development plank.
The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of Nitish Kumar's
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
currently holds 27 of the 48 seats.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal-Lok Janshakti Party hold 14 seats,
Congress one, Bahujan Samaj Party one, the Communist Party of
India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML) one, and Independents hold four
seats in the belts.
The heavyweights in this phase include former chief minister Rabri
Devi contesting from two constituencies of Raghopur in Vaishali
district and Sonepur in Saran district, JD-U's Birshen Patel from
Vaishali and BJP's Renu Devi from Bettiah.
The next rounds of the six-phased elections will be held Nov 1, 9
and 20. Votes will be counted Nov 24.
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