Elections. in India's 1st Elections website Home » Blog » Summary of Bihar Phase-1 Election Summary of Bihar Phase-1 Election By Deepak Parvatiyar October 13, 2015 5.00 / 5 (100.00%) 1 vote As many as 49 constituencies from across 10 districts from eastern and central Bihar voted on October 12, sealing the fate of 583 candidates including 54 women nominees in the first phase of five-phased Bihar state assembly elections. The ruling Janata Dal (United) was contesting 24 of the 49 seats in the first phase, while its respective alliance partners Lalu Yadav’s RJD was contesting 17 and the Congress, eight. The BJP is contesting 27 seats in the first phase and its ally Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (that won four of this regions eight Lok Sabha seats in 2014), 13. Other BJP allies are contesting the nine other seats. Considering that many of the constituencies were Naxal-hit, tight s
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