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Phase 7: Voting concludes, 53.55% turnout in 8 LS seats in Bihar

Voting concludes in Bihar

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Published : May 19, 2019, 7:37 AM IST

Updated : May 19, 2019, 8:02 PM IST

2019-05-19 19:52:51

Total voter turnout till 6 pm: 53.55 %

Pic Courtesy: Twitter@CEOBihar

2019-05-19 17:15:21

Total voter turnout till 5 pm: 51.48 %

  • Arrah- 50.11 %
  • Buxar- 52.06 %
  • Jahanabad- 52.06 %
  • Sasaram- 51.43 %
  • Nalanda- 52.51 %
  • Karakat- 51.88 %
  • Patna Sahib- 51.42 %
  • Patliputra- 51.25 %

2019-05-19 16:58:01

Chiriyawan villagers boycott polls

Chiriyawan villagers boycott polls

Locals in Chiriyawan village in Jehanabad are boycotting the polls and holding a protest outside polling booth no. 236 "Road nahi to vote nahi (No road, no vote). MLA says "Our village is not on the map, so why would we vote."

2019-05-19 16:40:05

Total voter turnout till 4 pm: 46.28 %

  • Arrah- 42 %
  • Buxar- 49 %
  • Jahanabad- 45 %
  • Sasaram- 49.60 %
  • Nalanda- 46.36 %
  • Karakat- 51 %
  • Patna Sahib- 39.69 %
  • Patliputra- 49.20 %

Assembly seat:

  • Dehri- 54 %

2019-05-19 15:20:39

Police attacked for stopping bogus voting in Arrah

Police attacked for stopping bogus voting in Arrah

Police official on polling duty allegedly attacked for stopping bogus voting at polling booth 49 in Arrah. ADM says, "We received info of stone pelting but there has been no disturbance in voting, some people might have tried to create trouble, they've been chased out".

2019-05-19 15:00:47

Polling was stopped at booth number 101 & 102 in Sarkuna village of Paliganj after a clash broke out between two groups.

2019-05-19 14:45:37

Conjoined sisters Saba & Farah cast their votes as separate individuals with independent voting rights for the first time.

Conjoined sisters Saba & Farah cast their votes

2019-05-19 14:45:12

32.42% voter turnout recorded till 2 pm

2019-05-19 13:13:02

32.27% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm

2019-05-19 13:00:25

Congress's candidate from Patna Sahib Lok Sabha Constituency, Shatrughan Sinha casts his vote

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Congress's candidate from Patna Sahib Lok Sabha Constituency, Shatrughan Sinha casts his vote at polling booth no.339 in St. Severin's School, Kadam Kuan, Patna. 

2019-05-19 12:46:09

Tej Pratap Yadav's personal security guards in Patna beat a camera person after he allegedly broke the windscreen of Yadav's car.

Media personnels were beaten up by Tej Pratap's bouncers in Bihar's Patna.

Tej Pratap Yadav was leaving after casting his vote. Yadav has filed an FIR in the incident.

2019-05-19 12:27:12

24.97% voter turnout recorded till 12 pm.

2019-05-19 12:20:34

RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav casts hi vote at booth number 160 in Patna

2019-05-19 12:14:46

Rabri Devi on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's statement on BJP Candidate from Bhopal, Pragya Thakur

"Sarkar se alag ho jana chahiye tha, Itni taqleef hai Pragya Thakur se to istifa de ke alag hojana chahiye unko," Rabri Devi said.

2019-05-19 12:09:08

Locals boycott elections at booth number-299 in Chandora village, Rajgir Block of Nalanda District

EVM and Block Development Officer's car vandalised.

EVM and Block Development Officer's car vandalised.

2019-05-19 11:20:37

18.55% voter turnout recorded till 11 am

2019-05-19 10:55:21

IPL cricketer Ishan Kishan casted his vote at Vindhya Kala Mandir in Patna at Booth number 55.

IPL cricketer Ishan Kishan casted his vote

2019-05-19 10:19:24

13.35% voter turnout recorded till 10 am in Bihar

2019-05-19 09:31:52

10.65% voter turnout recorded till 9 am in Bihar

2019-05-19 08:55:53

Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad arrives to cast his vote at booth no. 77 in Patna Women's College.

2019-05-19 07:55:43

EVM malfunction reported at booth no.6 in Pant Nagar of Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency.

2019-05-19 07:48:12

Election should not be held for such a long duration: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

"Elections should not be held over such a long duration, there was a long gap between each phase of voting. I will write to leaders of all parties to build a consensus on this," said CM Nitish Kumar

2019-05-19 07:45:50

Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi casts his vote

Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi casts his vote at booth number 49 in Patna.

2019-05-19 07:29:45

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar casts his vote

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar casts his vote at polling booth number 326 at a school in Raj Bhawan, Patna.

2019-05-19 07:16:59

Phase 7: Voting concludes, 53.55% turnout in 8 LS seats in Bihar

Patna: Voting concluded on Sunday for the seventh phase of Lok Sabha election in 8 constituencies in Bihar. 157 candidates in Bihar are in fray whose electoral fortunes will be decided in the final phase of general elections. 

About 1.52 crore voters exercised their franchise in the eight Lok Sabha constituencies - Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Karakat, Sasaram, Nalanda and Jehanabad - at 15,811 booths, according to figures made available by the Election Commission.

Last Updated : May 19, 2019, 8:02 PM IST

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