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Bihar elections, third phase: As it happened

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Nearly seven million people voted by Wednesday evening in the third round of the Bihar Assembly election.

28 October 2015
18:14 IST

53.32 percent turnout in third phase of polling in Bihar Assembly elections: CEO Ajay Nayak.

16:37 IST

BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha casts his vote in Patna.

16:29 IST

Around 50 percent polling recorded till 4 pm in the Assembly elections being held at 50 constituencies.

16:04 IST

Over 45 percent votes cast till 3 pm in third phase of Bihar polls.

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15:26 IST

About 40 percent voter turnout was recorded till 2 pm in the third phase of polling today.

 

14:04 IST

33.88 percent voter turnout was recorded till 1 PM in 50 Assembly constituencies spread over six districts of Bihar in the third phase of polling today.

 

12:45 IST

In an exclusive interview to news agency ANI, Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley says: "In this election, the conventional arithmetic has come to an end. The basic chemistry has changed in this election. The youth and women are with the BJP and NDA in large numbers. It is difficult to assess them in this changed chemistry."

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12:40 IST

26.94 percent voter turnout was recorded till 12 noon in the third phase of the Bihar elections.

12:09 IST

Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudu casts his vote in Chhapra.

11:47 IST

Over 20 percent voter turnout recorded till 11 am on Wednesday in the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections.

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11:28 IST

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu says people of Bihar desire change, they want to move ahead.

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11:04 IST

14.09 percent turnout recorded till 10 am in the Bihar Assembly elections being held at 50 constituencies.

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10:47 IST

Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad casts his vote in Patna for third phase of Bihar elections.

10:40 IST

Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley expresses confidence that BJP will sweep Bihar Assembly Elections.

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10:35 IST

Prominent political personalities who cast their vote in the first two hours of voting included Governor Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejaswi Yadav, former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi and others.

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10:34 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges electorates to vote in large numbers.

10:31 IST

Bihar Chief Minster and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar casts his vote in Patna.

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09:58 IST

9.12 percent voting recorded till 9 AM for third phase of Bihar polls.

09:20 IST

According to news agency ANI, residents of Dilawarpur and Bidupur decide to opt for 'NOTA' over nonfunctional transformer affecting power supply.

08:56 IST

5.59 percent polling recorded till 8 AM.

08:40 IST

Polling was temporarily halted at booth number 270 in Banki district due to EVM malfunction.

08:30 IST

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tejaswi casts his vote in Patna.

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08:20 IST

Senior BJP leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi casts his vote in Rajendra Nagar, Patna.

08:17 IST

Nearly 14.5 million voters are eligible to decide the fate of 808 candidates. Most of the 14,170 polling booths are in the rural areas. The six districts where polling will be held are Patna, Saran, Vaishali, Nalanda, Bhojpur and Buxar.

Voting started at scheduled 7 AM in 14,170 polling stations spread in six districts of Patna, Vaishali, Saran, Nalanda, Buxar and Bhojpur districts.

Polling would end at 4 PM in 10 constituencies due to security reasons and at 5 PM in the rest 40 constituencies, Additional Chief Electoral Officer R Lakshamanan said.

The prominent politicians, other than the two sons of Lalu Prasad, whose fate would be decided in this round are BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav (Patna Sahib), ministers Shyam Rajak and Shrawan Kumar from Phulwari and Nalanda seats respectively, Deputy Speaker Amarendra Pratap Singh (Ara) and BJP's chief whip in the state Assembly Arun Kumar Sinha (Kumhrar).

The staggered elections to pick a 243-member Bihar assembly will end on November 5. The result will be revealed three days later.

In the first and second phases of the elections on October 12 and 16, polling was held in 49 and 32 constituencies. The fourth round will be held on November 1.

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