Overview
- Polling is underway across 121 constituencies in 18 districts with about 3.75 crore eligible voters, 45,341 booths and reinforced security.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged turnout with the message “pehle matdaan, phir jalpaan.”
- RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav is contesting Raghopur against BJP’s Satish Kumar Yadav.
- Mokama is under intense focus after the killing of Dularchand Yadav, where former MLA Anant Singh faces RJD’s Veena Devi, while other marquee races include Tarapur (Samrat Chaudhary vs Arun Kumar), Mahua (Tej Pratap Yadav vs Mukesh Kumar Roshan and LJP’s Sanjay Singh) and Alinagar (BJP’s Maithili Thakur vs RJD’s Vinod Mishra).
- On these seats in 2020 the RJD-led alliance won 61 to the NDA’s 59, and this year the NDA cites reunited allies and welfare payouts as it seeks gains before phase two on November 11 and counting on November 14.