Bihar Bypolls: Counting under way for 2 Assembly seats

Counting of votes are underway in Bihar for two assembly constituencies for which bypolls were held on October 30. Credit: PTI Photo

Counting of votes for the two Assembly seats in Bihar where bypolls were held on October 20, was under way on Tuesday.

An estimated 49.60 per cent of 5,84,395 voters exercised their franchise in the by-elections to Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur, as per the provisional figures released by the Election Commission.

Based on the provisional figures released by the Election Commission, an estimated 49.6 per cent of 5,84,395 voters exercised their franchise in the by-elections to Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur.

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Altogether 17 candidates are in the fray for the two seats - eight in Tarapur and nine in Kusheshwar Asthan.

The bye-lections were necessitated due to the deaths of sitting MLAs, both belonging to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U).

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