Bihar elections: Polling in 78 seats today

Voting for the third and final phase of the 2020 Bihar assembly elections will be held today in 78 assembly seats. A total of 1,204 candidates are in the fray, including the incumbent Speaker and 12 sitting ministers of the Nitish Kumar government.

All 78 poll-bound seats are spread across 19 districts in North Bihar. The JD(U), BJP, RJD, Congress and the LJP are all contesting elections in the third phase. Apart from the Phase 3 voting, polling will also take place for the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat.