Patna: Campaigning for the second phase of elections will end this evening. In view of this, leaders of both NDA and Mahagathbandhan are making a last ditch effort to woo voters.
Second phase of polling will be held in 94 constituencies spread over 17 districts including Patna,Vaishali, Sitamarhi,Darbhanga and Madhubani on 3rd November.
A total of 1463 candidates are in the fray in the second phase, including 146 women candidates. One candidate is also from third gender.
The reputation of the four ministers of the state government is at stake in this phase. These include Nand Kishore Yadav, Rana Randhir Singh, Shravan Kumar, and Ram Sevak Singh.
Apart from these, the fate of opposition leader in the state legislative assembly Tejashwi Yadav and former minister Tej Pratap will be decided in this phase.
The Election Commission has completed all necessary preparations for this phase of elections. Voting time for 86 polling stations will be from from 7 am to 6 pm whereas the voting time for 8 sensitive polling stations has been kept from 7 am to 4 pm.