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Summary of Bihar Phase-3 Election

Home » Blog » Summary of Bihar Phase-3 Election Summary of Bihar Phase-3 Election By Deepak Parvatiyar October 29, 2015 5.00 / 5 (100.00%) 1 vote The 53.32% voter turnout in the third phase was almost three per cent higher than that registered in 2010 assembly elections as well as in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in these districts — Bhojpur, Buxar, Nalanda, Patna, Saran, and Vaishali.  However the turnout in this phase for the 50 assembly seats – highest number of seats going to polls thus far –was still comparatively lesser than the average 55.67% turnout of voters in the first two phases of polling. (57% in first phase and 55% in second phase). An important feature of Bihar elections this time is larger participation of women in polling. Like in the first two phases, this time too, the women voters outnumbered the male voters – 54% women turned out to vote as against 52.50% men in the third phase. Still