Up to 1,066 candidates are in the fray in the first phase of the survey. Prominent candidates whose electoral fate has been locked in the EVMs are Shreyasi Singh, CWG gold medalist shooter, and six outgoing cabinet members: Prem Kumar (Gaya City), Vijay Kumar Sinha (Lakhisarai), Ram Narayan Mandal (Banka ). ), Krishnanandan Prasad Verma (Jehanabad), Jaikumar Singh (Dinara) and Santosh Kumar Nirala (Rajpur).
The deputy electoral commissioner in charge of EVMs said in Delhi that the operation of the electronic voting machines was “very satisfactory” during the vote. A miniscule 0.22 percent of the total 41,689 voting units, 0.25 percent of the total 31,371 control units, and 1.28 percent of the total 31,371 paper tracking machines were replaced due to a bad operation, the official said.
In 12 polling stations in Jamui, voting time was increased by one hour due to the delay in replacing faulty machines, he said. A control unit and at least one voting unit constitute an EVM. Bihar’s Deputy Election Commissioner in Charge, Chandra Bhushan Kumar, said in Delhi that the overall cash seizure in Bihar so far stood at Rs 46.11 million, including Rs 89.30 lakh worth of foreign currency.
In the 16 districts that went to the polls on Wednesday, voters were seen queuing at polling stations from early in the morning and COVID-19 regulations were largely followed with people wearing masks and keeping a safe distance between yes.
At a polling station in Jalpura village of Bhojpur district, there were not many voters around 3.15pm when a PTI journalist came to cast his vote, but voters used and discarded plastic hand gloves.
Hand sanitizers were placed at the entrance and exit doors of the cabin. Some people, however, were seen without a mask.
“We have gloves for our hands, but some people refuse to wear them,” said Angad Kumar, the chairman of one of the four booths at the voting station. A 55-year-old electoral agent died of a heart attack in Nawada district. Authorities said Krishna Singh was deployed at booth number 258 in Foolawa village of Hisua assembly constituency.
They said Singh complained of severe heart pain and was rushed to Sadar Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. Up to 159 people were detained as a preventive measure during the vote, the electoral panel said.
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