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In tions will decide the electoral Raghopur, from where RJD the phase two of Bihar elec- the corresponding con- fate of RJD leader and leader and chief ministerial ihar witnessed moderate tions on Tuesday recorded stituencies which went to poll Mahagathbandhan’s chief min- candidate of the Opposition Bturnout in the second 53.51 per cent turnout and the in the 2015 Assembly polls, the isterial face Tejashwi Yadav Grand Alliance Tejashwi phase of the Assembly polls on figure was likely to go up as turnout was 55.35 per cent, the and more than 1,450 other Yadav is contesting, has Tuesday, but the rural vs urban voting continued beyond EC said. candidates. recorded 54 per cent polling, divide was clearly visible on schedule in several places, the While rural pockets of Polling began at 7 am, as per the EC data. the polling booths that gave Election Commission said. Bihar, especially those domi- but the time for its conclusion Hasanpur, from where hope and despair to the The combined voter nated by the Yadav and Muslim has been extended by one Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej respective alliance in the State. turnout in the two phases was voters saw impressive turnout, hour till 6 pm to facilitate Pratap Yadav is in the fray, has The 94 Assembly con- recorded at 53.79 per cent till the situation was just the oppo- Covid-19 patients and those recorded an estimated 54.25 site in the State capital Patna, with symptoms of the disease per cent votes till 5 pm. Fifty- which has been a BJP bastion to exercise their franchise dur- one per cent voting was for decades. Patna saw a ing the final hour. The process, recorded in Parsa from where turnout of just 48 per cent however, concluded early in JDU’s Chandrika Roy, the where as Muzaffarpur record- the Maoist-hit areas. father of Tej Pratap’s estranged ed nearly 60 per cent polling. Vaishali district’s wife Aishwarya, is contesting. If the BJP has to worry because of lower turnout in Patna , then the JD (U) has its "# $$%&'( own share of concerns because of the second lowest turnout of ! ) * + commercial avenues across the 51 per cent in Nitish Kumar’s US, with retailers boarding up home district of Nalanda. The )&%$,( mericans were voting in their stores to head off any JD(U) had won five out of Alarge numbers on Tuesday damages as America braced for ! seven seats in the district in Chhattisgarh. in one of the most divisive bit- possible unrest and violence in " # $ % the 2015 Assembly polls. In Madhya Pradesh, A ter presidential elections in a bitter and divisive presiden- West Champaran clocked mid reports of violence at total of 355 candidates, decades in which incumbent tial race. About 600 National queued up before polling sta- 59.69 per cent voting, East Aa few places, Madhya including 12 Ministers, are in Republican Donald Trump is Guard troops have also been tions, in particularly in the key Champaran 57 per cent, Pradesh recorded 66.37 per the fray in these bypolls. The challenged by Democrat Joe designated to help respond to battleground States like Sitamadhi 58 per cent and cent voter turnout in the cru- stakes are high for Chief Biden. Amidst a resurgent protests around the country if Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Seohar 46 per cent. The urban cial bypolls for 28 Assembly Minister Shivraj Singh Covid-19 pandemic, nearly requested. Everyone, of course, The timing of the start of district of Bhagalpur saw a seats. The highest polling per- Chouhan, former CM Kamal 100 million people have is concerned about the election the polling differs from State to turnout of 54 per cent. In rest centage was recorded 83.69 Nath, Jyotiraditya Scindia, already cast their ballots in results and what plays out State, mainly due to the dif- of the districts, the turnout per cent for two seats in and Narendra Singh Tomar in early voting, putting the coun- after. ferent time zones. People most- varied between 54 to 48 per Nagaland, followed by the bypolls. try on course for its highest There is an estimated four ly in the East coast started cent. Telangana 81.44 per cent. Congress veteran Digvijaya turnout in a century. 239 mil- million Indian-American pop- trickling down to the polling Ground reports suggested According to the Election Singh questioned the use of lion people are eligible to vote ulation of which about 2.5 stations as many States opened that youth voters turned up in Commission, the poll percent- Electronic Voting Machines this year. million are potential voters in up the polling stations at large numbers to cast their age was 51.57 per cent in Uttar (EVMs) in India, saying the The mail-in ballots could the November 2020 presiden- around 6 am (4.30 pm IST). votes. Incidentally, Grand Pradesh, 51.3 per cent in device is prone to hacking. take days or weeks to be count- tial elections. Over 1.3 million These States include Virginia, Alliance chief ministerial can- Karnataka, 68.08 per cent in According to the EC, the aver- ed in some states — meaning Indian-Americans are voters in New York, New Jersey, and didate Tejashwi Yadav has Odisha, 81.44 per cent in age voting percentage in the a winner might not be declared key battleground states, includ- Maine. Polling in California been aggressively wooing the Telangana, 62.51 per cent in 2018 Assembly polls in these 28 in the hours after polls close on ing Texas, Michigan, Florida starts at 7 am (8.30 pm IST). youth voters with the promise Jharkhand, 68 per cent in constituencies, most of them in Tuesday. and Pennsylvania. Trump in the wee hours of & ' of 10 lakh Government jobs. Haryana, 57.98 per cent in the Gwalior-Chambal region, Security has been tightened Large lines were seen and Tuesday urged Americans to % # # $ $( The second phase of elec- Gujarat and 71.99 per cent in was 72.93. at the White House and major hundreds of people had vote for him. R - . / ! 0 $ %' ( ner.” claiming victory in both seats, She said, “As bypoll were the electoral outcome is unlike- 1 held at the corona pandemic ly to make any immediate Q R period the district administra- impact to the stability of the 10- tion had made elaborate month old government as the 2 ! arrangements distributing numbers in the 81-member masks among voters who were assembly are stacked in favour he air quality slipped back not wearing masks. However, no of the ruling JMM-Congress- Tinto the “very poor” cate- corona symptoms patients were RJD combine with support of at gory again in Delhi on Tuesday found from any booths.” least 48 legislators of the exist- after recording a marginal he Dumka and Bermo “The entire polling process ing 78 members. The results of improvement. TAssembly bypolls were held went on peacefully and no two bypolls will be declared on However, the share of stub- peacefully with no untoward untoward incident was report- November 10. ble burning in Delhi’s pollution incidents reported from any ed from any part of the Bermo dropped to 10 per cent during parts of the constituencies with - (# ' constituency” said Rajesh the day due to a change in the 62.72 per cent voters exercising . #/ $ Kumar Singh, Chief Electoral wind direction, a Central their franchise defying corona Officer, Bokaro. Government agency said. pandemic fear. Bypolls in 54 While the JMM has fielded polling which started at 7 am In Bermo, too the polling Officials at the India Assembly constituencies across Basant Soren, younger son of started to peak as the day pro- percentage increased as the day Meteorological Department 10 States including Dumka and party patriarch Shibu Soren gressed. At 1 pm the polling per- progressed. “In Bermo the poll (IMD) said the air quality had Bermo were held on Tuesday. from its traditional stronghold centage was 46.96 per cent with percentage at 1 pm was 46.07 improved on Monday with In Dumka the final polling Dumka against former minister the figure going up to 59.10 at per cent, which went up to 56.30 high wind speed aiding dis- percentage stood at 65.27 per and BJP candidate Louis 3 pm. The final poll percentage per cent till 3 pm. The final persion of pollutants. cent, while the polling percent- Marandi, Congress has fielded stood at 65.27 percent.” She said polling percentage at Bermo However, stagnant night- age in Bermo stood at 60.20 per Jaimangal Singh, son of the there was a minor report of stood at 60.20 per cent,” said time conditions led to accu- cent, which is much more than deceased six-term party legis- EVM replacement. She said, Singh. hief Minister Hemant mulation of pollutants. The neighbouring Bihar where 51 lator Rajendra Singh from “No major report of EVM The by-election on two CSoren greeted the voters city recorded an air quality per cent voters exercised their Bermo, inviting the ire of the glitches were reported from seats was necessitated as chief of Bermo and Dumka con- index (AQI) of 332 at 10 am. It franchise in the second phase of opposition that has accused the any polling booths. One EU, one minister Hemant Soren vacat- stituency after peaceful improved to 302 by 4 pm as election.