
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 Voting Live Updates: File Photo: Rahul Gandhi, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (L); PM Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
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The keenly-watched Bihar is all set for the second and last phase of elections where voting will take place for the remaining 122 Assembly constituencies spread over 20 districts in Bihar on Tuesday.
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Based on factors such as prominent candidates, such as key leaders, incumbent and former Ministers and celebrities, in the fray, history of close contests and landslide victories in the 2020 elections, and regional caste dynamics, here are some key constituencies likely to see keen contests in the second phase.
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The helicopters that ferried politicians of all shades for the last one month in Bihar have now fallen silent as the roar of their rotor blades has ceased. With the whirlwind campaigning for the second and last phase of election coming to an end on Sunday, the helicopters and chartered planes, along with the netas, are now grounded.
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Addressing a press conference here, he claimed that the RJD-helmed opposition coalition will not allow "vote theft or dishonesty".
"The EC has not disclosed the gender-wise data of electors who cast their votes on November 6 even after four days have passed from the first phase of assembly polls. This is happening for the first time. Earlier, it was given immediately," he claimed.
"The BJP, along with the NDA, is going to register a decisive, sweeping and historic victory in the Bihar assembly elections," Prasad asserted, adding that the people of Bihar have made up their mind to give their mandate to the NDA for yet another term because of its good governance and the work done," senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Security arrangements have been tightened across Bihar for the second and final phase of the Assembly elections scheduled on Tuesday, with more than 4 lakh personnel deployed to ensure peaceful polling.
Gayaji has the highest number of critical PSLs at 1,084, followed by Aurangabad (942), Rohtas (827), Nawada (690), Banka (613), Bhagalpur (574), Bettiah (526), Araria (518), Supaul (406), Bagha (368), Jamui (357), Bhabhua (325), Arwal (315), Jehanabad (287), Madhubani (282), etc.
A high alert has been sounded across poll-bound Bihar following the deadly explosion near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi on Monday that killed at least nine people, Director General of Police (DGP) Vinay Kumar said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged voters in Bihar to exercise their franchise enthusiastically and set a new voting record in the second and final phase of the assembly elections in the state.
Voting began for 122 constituencies in Bihar in the high-stakes assembly polls on Tuesday morning, amid tight security arrangements.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday urged the people of Bihar to vote for jobs, education, health, and industry, as well as for the protection of democracy and the Constitution.
Her remarks came as voting was underway for 122 constituencies in Bihar in the second and final phase of the high-stakes assembly polls amid tight security arrangements. The polling began at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday urged all the voters to come out and exercise their franchise in initiating a change in the state.
In a post on X, he described Bihar as the birthplace of democracy and said the state has suffered for the last 20 years due to an "opportunistic", "corrupt" and "anti-poor" government and time has come for a change now.
"Bihar, the birthplace of democracy, has demonstrated in the first phase how enthusiastic its voters are for change. Today, in the second phase of voting, I urge you to cast your vote and encourage your relatives, friends, and neighbours to do the same," he said in his post.
A minor clash took place between supporters of different political parties near a booth in Warisaliganj area in Bihar's Nawada district during the final phase of voting on Tuesday.
Speaking to PTI, Nawada Superintendent of Police Abhinav Dhiman said, "A minor clash took place between supporters of different political parties around 1.5 km away from the polling booth. Officials concerned and security personnel are at the spot and they are looking into the matter. The situation in the area is completely under control and voting is underway smoothly."
He said that rumours that a government vehicle engaged in poll duty has been damaged are completely baseless and claimed that the damaged vehicle is a private one and has nothing to do with poll duty.
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday urged the voters of Bihar, where the final phase of assembly polls was underway, to judiciously exercise their right to franchise.
Talking to reporters in Kargahar assembly segment of Rohtas district, where he cast his vote, Kishor said failure to make use of the opportunity presented by the elections would "condemn the state to another five years of corruption, unemployment and forced migration".
"I would urge the people of Bihar not to waste time inside their homes or with their neighbourhoods. They must venture out, reach their polling booths and vote for a change, for their own betterment," said Kishor.
A minor clash took place between supporters of different political parties near a polling booth in Warisaliganj area in Bihar's Nawada district during the final phase of voting on Tuesday. Speaking to PTI, Nawada Superintendent of Police Abhinav Dhiman said, "A minor clash took place between supporters of different political parties around 1.5 km away from the polling booth. Officials concerned and security personnel are at the spot and they are looking into the matter. The situation in the area is completely under control and voting is underway smoothly."
RJD leader and INDIA bloc's chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said that through the "record voting" in the first phase of Bihar elections, people have given a direct message that they want "result" and not "jumla (hollow rhetoric)".
Claiming that the administration may slow down the pace of the polls at several places, he urged people not to step back from voting queues without exercising their franchise. (PTI)
The BJP on Tuesday lodged a formal complaint against the RJD, accusing it of violating the election Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and other legal provisions through a social media post amidst the second phase of Bihar polls.
In its written complaint to the chief electoral officer, the BJP alleged that the RJD’s post amounted to "deliberate attempts to manipulate voter perception on the day of polling," saying such actions "strike at the root of democracy." (PTI)