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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. St...

Elections. in India's 1st Elections website Home » Blog » Third Phase of Bihar Elections: Some Interesting Facts Third Phase of Bihar Elections: Some Interesting Facts By Deepak Parvatiyar October 20, 2015 5.00 / 5 (100.00%) 1 vote The third phase of the five-phase Bihar elections, due on October 28, would happen amidst high security as the Election Commission has now called for the deployment of central paramilitary forces (CPMFs) at all polling stations in Bihar from the third round of polling onwards to ensure free and fair voting. You may also like to read Bihar Opinion Poll 2015 Bihar Assembly Election Second Phase Poll Summary The third phase is crucial for the BJP which is contesting 34 of the 50 seats and its National Democratic Alliance partners are contesting only 16 seats in this round. In the 2010 state elections, the BJP-JD(U) combine had won an impressive 43 seats from the region while the remain seven had gone to ...