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Elections. in India's 1st Elections website Home » Blog » Fifth Phase of Bihar Elections: Some Interesting Facts Fifth Phase of Bihar Elections: Some Interesting Facts By Deepak Parvatiyar November 3, 2015 5.00/5 (100.00%) 2 votes The grueling electioneering now comes to an end as Bihar gears up for the final fifth phase of polling to be held in 57 assembly constituencies of nine districts that also comprise the Muslim dominated Seemanchal region of the state comprising Araria, Purnea, Kishanganj and Katihar districts, on November 5. The districts going to polls in the fifth phase are Araria, Darbhanga, Katihar, Kishanganj, Madhepura, Madhubani, Purnia, Saharsa, and Supaul. The fifth phase has the highest number of voters as compared to any other previous phase of polling. Among the districts, both Darbhanga and Madhubani have ten assembly constituencies each but Madhubani has largest 144 conte...

Elections. in India's 1st Elections website Home » Blog » Summary of the fourth phase of Bihar elections Summary of the fourth phase of Bihar elections By Deepak Parvatiyar November 2, 2015 5.00/5 (100.00%) 2 votes Like in the third phase of polling, the 57.59% voter turnout in the fourth phase of elections on November 1 was almost three per cent higher than that registered in 2010 assembly elections in the seven districts: East Champaran, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Gopalganj, Siwan, and Sheohar. However, the turnout was only fractionally higher than that was seen in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, which was 57.33% in the region. In all, 1,47,23,034 voters turned out to cast their votes to seal the fate of 776 candidates including 57 women. The turnout of voters in this phase, for 55 assembly seats, is the highest registered thus far in all the four rounds of polling. Incidentally, the...