Bihar polling started in full swing across 121 constituencies on November 6 at 7 am, in the first phase of assembly elections.
Amid tight security arrangements, a total of 3.75 crore voters are expected to decide the fate of 1314 candidates, which include top leaders like INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial face, Tejashwi Yadav, and Deputy CM, Samrat Chaudhary of the BJP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters to show full enthusiasm in exercising their franchise in the Bihar assembly elections.
“Today Bihar celebrates the first phase of the festival of democracy. Му appeal to all voters of this phase in the assembly elections is that they should vote with full enthusiasm,” he said in a post on X.
“On this occasion, I specially congratulate all my young colleagues in the state who will cast their vote for the first time. Remember, vote first, then refreshments (pehle matadan, phir jalpan)," the PM said.
Polling on November 6 ends at 5 pm.
The remaining 122 seats will go to polls on November 11, and the vote-counting will take place on November 14.
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