Overview
- Polling opened around 7 am across 45,341 stations for 1,314 candidates and roughly 3.75 crore eligible voters in 18 districts.
- By 11 am, officials reported 27.65% turnout statewide, with Begusarai at 30.37%, Lakhisarai at 30.32% and Patna at 23.71%.
- RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav seeks a third win in Raghopur against BJP’s Satish Kumar, as Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary (Tarapur) and Vijay Kumar Sinha (Lakhisarai) face key tests.
- Mokama is under scrutiny with JD(U) candidate Anant Singh contesting from jail against RJD’s Veena Devi, while BJP’s Maithili Thakur makes her electoral debut in Alinagar.
- Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party enters statewide for the first time, as the NDA and Mahagathbandhan square off before phase two on November 11 and counting on November 14.