Overview
- Polling is underway across 122 constituencies with 1,302 candidates and about 3.70 crore eligible voters casting ballots at 45,399 stations from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with timing variations in some areas.
- Roughly a dozen sitting ministers and other senior figures, including Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Prem Kumar, Renu Devi and Tarkishore Prasad, are contesting in this decisive round.
- Authorities deployed around 4 lakh security personnel and sealed India–Nepal checkpoints such as Birgunj–Raxaul, with the ECI webcasting from all polling booths.
- Women remain a key bloc with approximately 1.75 crore female voters in these seats, following a record statewide turnout near 65% in the first phase where women outpaced men in many districts.
- Seemanchal’s high-impact seats and the performance of smaller parties like HAM, RLM, VIP, AIMIM and Jan Suraaj could shape outcomes, with counting scheduled for November 14.