Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced on Wednesday that polls to the 243-seat Bihar Assembly would be held in five phases on October 12, 16, 28, November 1 and 5.
The counting of votes will take place on November 8. The term of the current Assembly expires on November 29.
| Constituencies | 243 |
|---|---|
| Reserved for SCs | 38 |
| Reserved for STs | 2 |
| No. of electors | 6.68 crore |
| No. of polling stations | 62,779 |
| No. of polling stations where paper trail will be piloted | 36 |
A look at the 2010 results:
The Janata Dal (United) won 115 of the 141 seats it contested, while the Bharatiya Janata Party bagged 91 of the 102 seats it contested. The BJP's performance in the State was not only its best since iIdependence but it also bettered the strike rate of its partner. The Rashtriya Janata Dal-Lok Jan Shakti Party alliance finished a distant second with 25 seats (RJD 22; LJP 3), while the Congress brought up the rear with four seats, five less than its previous tally. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha opened its account in Bihar, winning the Chakai seat. The Communist Party won one seat and independents/others, six.
The Bihar 2010 Assembly has 57 per cent MLAs who have declared criminal cases against them.
