Bihar Assembly Polls in Three-Phases: ECI

25 Sep 2020 Evaluate

The Bihar Assembly elections will be held in three phases with polling to take place on October 28, and November 3 and 7, with the counting of votes to take place on November 10, according to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora.

The Assembly elections in Bihar will be conducted in three phases. In the first phase 71 constituencies in 16 districts will go for polls, in the second phase, 94 Assembly constituencies in 17 districts and in the third phase, 78 constituencies in 15 districts will go for polls.

The CEC said that the need for holding Assembly elections was being felt even during the crisis phase. The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into force with the announcement of the poll dates. The Commission has already made elaborate arrangements for ensuring the effective implementation of MCC guidelines, he added. He also said that the COVID-19 patients, who are quarantined, will be able to cast their votes at the last day of polling at their respective polling stations under the supervision of health authorities, this is apart from the facility of postal ballot already extended to them.
 
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has also arranged sanitizers, masks, PPE kits, face shields and hand gloves for the smooth and safe conduct of the election process in the state. One of the other important decision is to extend the polling hours by one hour. The polling now will be held from 7 am to 6 pm instead of the earlier 7 am to 5 pm time frame.

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