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Bihar Election 2020: Voting Underway For 71 Assembly Seats In Phase-1, Over 7 Per Cent Voter Turnout Recorded Till 9 AM
Union Minister Giriraj Singh waiting in line for casting his vote in the Bihar assembly polls (Pic Via Twitter)
Polling was underway on Wednesday (28 October) for the first phase of Assembly polls in Bihar amid tight security while following Covid-19 norms put in place.
The polling began at 7 am for the 71 Assembly constituencies in 16 districts.
As of 9 am, 7.35 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first phase of the polling.
While in the non sensitive constituencies voting will take place from 7 am to 6 pm, in the sensitive ones, the polling exercise will end at 3 pm; while in some other areas it will last till 4 pm. Security forces have been deployed at all polling stations.
Elections are to be held in three phases for the 243 Assembly seats in Bihar. The second phase of voting for 94 seats will be on 3 November and for the third phase of 78 seats will be on 7 November. Counting will take place on 10 November.
(With inputs from IANS)
