{"id":93777,"date":"2020-09-25T14:15:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T08:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=93777"},"modified":"2020-11-06T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T08:28:11","slug":"bihar-to-vote-in-3-phases-between-oct-28-and-nov-7-results-on-november-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/latest-news\/bihar-to-vote-in-3-phases-between-oct-28-and-nov-7-results-on-november-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Bihar to vote in 3 phases between Oct 28 and Nov 7, results on November 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elections to the 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly will be held in 3 phases on October 28, November 3 and 7. The results will be declared on November 10.&nbsp;In the first phase, 71 seats will go to the polls, 94 seats in the second phase and 78 in the last phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced the election dates today. The model code of conduct for the elections in Bihar also comes into force from today. The term of the current assembly comes to an end on November 29.&nbsp; Addressing a press conference, Arora said the Bihar elections will perhaps be the largest election anywhere in the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. He listed precautionary measures taken by the poll panel and authorities. Among the precautionary steps taken, Arora said booths will be open for an extra hour and will now be open from 7 am to 6 pm, instead of the usual 5 pm due to Covid-19. The extension will not apply for booths in areas affected by Maoist extremism, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1064\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2019\/06\/25135852\/Supreme-Court-election-commission1.jpg\" alt=\"By-polls to two Rajya Sabha seats: SC rejects Congress plea against separate elections\" class=\"wp-image-64114\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;All safety protocols must be followed strictly as laid down by the Health Ministry. At all times this will be monitored by both the election authority as well as the health authorities,&#8221; he said. The CEC said Covid patients, who are under quarantine, will be able to cast their votes in the last hour before close of polling at their respective polling stations, under the supervision of health authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first state election to be held in the midst of the worldwide Covid-19 crisis. Several measures are expected to be taken for campaigning and polling to ensure the safety of leaders and voters. Covid-19 safety measures like temperature checks, masks, and social distancing will be strictly followed on the day of voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/farmers-dig-in-begin-protests-against-farm-bills-in-punjab-haryana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farmers dig in, begin protests against farm bills in Punjab, Haryana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 2015 assembly elections, the Janata Dal (United) of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had contested in alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress. The RJD emerged as the single largest party with 81 seats, followed by JD (U) with 70 seats and BJP with 53 seats. The JD(U) returned to the BJP-led NDA in 2017 as the grand alliance broke down due to its own differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the NDA won 38 seats of the 39 from Bihar, leaving the opposition alliance just 1 seat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing a press conference, Arora said the Bihar elections will perhaps be the largest election anywhere in the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[98262,1497,17],"tags":[96496,96495,96200,96384,88191,95662,95460,95990,834,96515,2327,208,93455,811,49018,96232],"yst_prominent_words":[],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25141249\/Chief-Election-Commissioner-Sunil-Arora-380x214-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93777"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=93777"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=93777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->