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Bihar Assembly Election 2020 LIVE Updates: A day after voting for phase 1 of the Bihar polls, the state will see hectic campaigning by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav among others. The first phase of polling for the Bihar assembly elections passed off peacefully yesterday as an estimated 54.26 per cent voters exercised their franchise, marginally lower than in 2015, as the coronavirus scare failed to impact the turnout. The polls were held in 71 constituencies spread across 16 districts amid tight security and strict COVID-19 regulations in place. According to the Election Commission’s Voter Turnout App, the provisional polling percentage was 54.26 that was updated till 10 PM. The Chief Electoral Officer’s office said in Patna that the voter turnout in the 2015 election in these 16 districts was 54.75 per cent. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said in Delhi that the voter turnout in phase one was 54.94 per cent in the 2015 assembly polls, while in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections the corresponding figure was 53.54 per cent.

Election Commission secretary-general Umesh Sinha told journalists in Delhi that the “anticipated” citizen turnout is required to surpass the last gathering and the Lok Sabha survey figures. This was the main significant survey held in the nation in the midst of the furious COVID-19 pandemic and the survey time expanded by an hour till 6 pm to permit suspected or affirmed Covid patients to cast a ballot in the most recent hour. Surveying went past 6 PM in certain supporters, while the democratic hours were diminished in Naxal-influenced zones and finished at 4 pm subsequent to starting at 7 am. Out of the 16 areas which went to surveys, 12 are hit by Left-wing fanaticism, a senior survey board official said. “Furthermore, out of the 12, four are considered as extraordinary Left-Wing influenced,” the authority said in Delhi, communicating fulfillment at the smooth direction of the activity. Of the almost 2.15 crore balloters qualified to practice the establishment, 1.12 crore were male, 1.01 crore female, and 599 were sorted as a third sex, as per information gave by the Election Commission.

Upwards of 1,066 competitors are in the fight in the primary period of the survey. The unmistakable competitors whose appointive destiny has been secured in the EVMs are Shreyasi Singh, a CWG gold medallist shooter, and six individuals from the cordial bureau – Prem Kumar (Gaya Town), Vijay Kumar Sinha (Lakhisarai), Ram Narayan Mandal (Banka), Krishnanandan Prasad Verma (Jehanabad), Jaikumar Singh (Dinara) and Santosh Kumar Nirala (Rajpur).

Delegate Election Commissioner accountable for EVMs said in Delhi that the working of electronic democratic machines was “extremely good” during the surveying. An infinitesimal 0.22 percent of the absolute 41,689 polling form units, 0.25 percent of the complete 31,371 control units, and 1.28 percent of the all-out 31,371 paper trail machines were supplanted because of failing, the official said.

In 12 surveying stations of Jamui, the survey timing was expanded by one hour because of the postponement in supplanting the flawed machines, he said. One control unit and at any rate one voting form unit makes for one EVM. Representative Election Commissioner accountable for Bihar, Chandra Bhushan Kumar said in Delhi that general money seizure in Bihar so far remained at Rs 46.11 crore including unfamiliar cash worth Rs 89.30 lakh.

Over every one of the 16 regions that went to survey on Wednesday, electors were seen lining up at surveying stations since early morning and COVID-19 standards were generally followed with individuals wearing covers and keeping up a sheltered good ways from one another.

At a surveying station in Jalpura town of Bhojpur locale, there were very few citizens around 3.15 pm when a PTI journalist went to project his polling firm, however, plastic hand gloves were thrown in general, utilized and disposed of by voters.

Hand sanitizers were kept at the passageway and the leave entryways of the corner. A few people, nonetheless, were seen without a face veil.

“We have hand gloves, however, a few people are declining to wear,” said Angad Kumar, the directing official of one of the four corners at the surveying station. A 55-year-old surveying specialist kicked the bucket of respiratory failure in the Nawada locale. Authorities said Krishna Singh was sent at corner number 258 in Foolawa town of Hisua get together voting public.

They said Singh grumbled of serious heart torment and was hurried to the Sadar Hospital where specialists proclaimed him dead. Upwards of 159 individuals were kept as a preventive measure during the surveying, the election board said.