Bihar phase 2 Lok Sabha polls 2024: Election Commission extends vote timing amid heatwave

Four constituencies volition beryllium casting votes successful Bihar successful Phase 2- Banka, Madhepura, Khagaria, and Munger connected Friday. Keeping successful caput the heatwave condition, the canvass pane has extended the timings of the polling booth by 2 hours from 7 americium to 6 pm, successful immoderate polling stations of the assorted assembly segments of these Lok Sabha seats. In different polling stations nether these constituencies, the canvass timings stay 7 americium to 4 pm. Notably, the caller timings volition beryllium applicable for different remaining phases of the elections successful the state.

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The accustomed canvass timings are 7 americium to 6 p.m. but they alteration depending connected the terrain, clip of sunset, and information situation.

The extended timings for polling are applicable successful 172 polling stations successful Katoria Assembly constituency (AC) and 191 polling stations of Belhar AC of Banka; 207 booths successful Mahishi AC of Madhepura seat; 299 stations of Simri Bakhtiarpur and each booths of Alauli and Beldaur ACs of Khagaria seat; and 230 polling stations of Suryagarha AC of Munger.

The timing has besides been accrued to summation elector turnout.

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In Bihar's signifier 1 election, held connected April 19, the elector turnout successful 4 Lok Sabha seats (Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, and Jamui) dropped to 49.26% arsenic compared to 53.47% successful 2019.

The Lok Sabha polls successful Bihar volition beryllium held successful each 7 phases. On May 7, Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, and Khagaria volition witnesser voting successful the 3rd phase.

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Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, and Munger volition ballot successful the 4th signifier (May 13) of the Lok Sabha elections successful 2024.

In the 5th signifier (May 20) Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, and Hajipur volition spell to polls portion successful the sixth signifier (May 25) Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj volition witnesser voting. In the seventh and last signifier (June 1) of Lok Sabha elections, voting volition beryllium conducted successful Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat, and Jahanabad.

The counting of votes volition beryllium held connected June 4.

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Published: 25 Apr 2024, 01:13 PM IST