Politics · India · 2 hrs ago
Voting begins for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats
Voting is scheduled to begin Friday for eight seats in Bihar’s Legislative Council, the state’s upper legislative chamber.
Four seats are for graduate constituencies and four are for teacher constituencies, spread across areas including Patna, Darbhanga, Kosi, Tirhut and Saran.
A total of 150 candidates are contesting, including 90 for the graduate seats and 60 for the teacher seats.
More than 532,000 registered voters can take part, with most eligible voters registered in the graduate constituencies.
Polling is scheduled from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
across the constituencies.
The result will show who wins the eight council seats, with counting scheduled for October 27.
Voting is scheduled on Friday, October 23, for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats.
Polling is set to run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. under security arrangements.
The seats comprise four graduate constituencies and four teacher constituencies.
A total of 150 candidates are contesting the eight seats, according to Hindustan.
Counting is scheduled for October 27, followed by the results announcement.
- Who
- Eligible graduate and teacher voters in the eight constituencies will vote. A total of 150 candidates are contesting.
- What
- Voting is taking place for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats.
- When
- Friday, October 23, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Where
- The four graduate constituencies are Darbhanga, Kosi, Patna and Tirhut; the four teacher constituencies are Patna, Saran, Tirhut and Darbhanga.
- Why
- To elect members to the eight Bihar Legislative Council seats.
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Polling is scheduled for the eight Bihar Legislative Council seats.
Votes are scheduled to be counted, with results to be announced afterward.
- Seats
- 8
- Candidates
- 150 across all eight seats
- Electorates
- 492,594 graduate voters and 40,253 teacher voters
- Polling hours
- 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
- Counting
- October 27