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Campaign ends for final phase of Bihar polling

K. Balchand

Elections to 41 constituencies on November 19

PATNA: The six-week-long staggered campaigning for the Bihar Assembly polls finally closed on Thursday.

Elections have been completed in 202 constituencies and campaigning closed in the rest of the 41 constituencies where elections will be held on November 19.

The four-phase election is being completed in seven phases with the Election Commission splitting the three earlier phases into two parts each.

Counting for all 243 seats will be taken up on November 22 and with that the Commission will be meeting the deadline of completing the election process within six months of the dissolution of the Assembly.

In the February elections in these 41 constituencies, the JD(U) had won 14 seats and its ally BJP eight, against which the RJD had bagged nine.

The CPI (M-L), LJP and BSP had won two seats each, while four independents also won. This time, the RJD has fielded 25 candidates, its allies the Congress, NCP and CPI (M) are contesting 10, three and two seats respectively.

These four parties are supporting the Forward Bloc's candidate in Nalanda. The JDU (U) is contesting 22 seats and the BJP 19.

The BSP is slugging it out in 39 constituencies.

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