Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Polling for four Assembly constituencies in Bihar began at 7 am on November 13 and the Election Commission of India has registered 9.53 per cent polling in the first two hours.
As of 10 am, the Election Commission reported the highest voter turnout in the Ramgarh constituency, with 11.35 per cent turnout.
The other constituencies showed slightly lower participation in the first two hours, with 9.3 per cent in Tarari, 9.12 per cent in Belaganj, and 8.46 per cent in Imamganj.
Polling hours slightly while voting is open until 5 pm in Ramgarh, Tarari, and Belaganj, in Imamganj, polling will close an hour earlier, at 4 pm. Imamganj is considered as a Naxal-affected area in Gaya district.
The bypolls for the four vacant Assembly seats in Bihar —Belaganj, Ramgarh, Tarari, and Imamganj — are crucial as three of these constituencies were previously held by leaders from the Grand Alliance, a coalition of parties led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and Left parties’ allied groups.
The Ramgarh Assembly seat in Kaimur District was previously held by Sudhakar Singh. He is also from the RJD and resigned after winning the Buxar Lok Sabha seat.
Tarari Assembly constituency in Bhojpur District was won by Sudama Prasad in 2020 as part of the Grand Alliance.
He is a leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) and vacated his seat after being elected to the Lok Sabha from Arrah parliamentary constituency.
Belaganj Assembly seat in Gaya District became vacant after RJD leader Surendra Prasad Yadav won the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Jehanabad parliamentary seat and resigned from his MLA post.
Imamganj Assembly constituency comes under Gaya District and former Chief Minister and patron of Hindustani Awam Morcha Secular (HAMS), Jitan Ram Manjhi, resigned as MLA after winning the Lok Sabha seat from Gaya (reserved).
