Lok Sabha polls: Voting begins for 5 seats in Bihar amid tight security

Voting for five Lok Sabha seats in Bihar began on Monday under strict security arrangements, a senior election official said.

The polling started at 7 am in Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Saran and Hajipur constituencies and will continue till 6 pm, the CEO office official said.

More than 9.5 million voters in the five seats will decide the electoral fate of 80 candidates in 9,436 polling stations.

Of the total voters, 4.511 million are women, while 2.1 million are below the age of 29 and 1.26 lakh are in the age group of 18-19 years.

Notable participants include NDA ally Chirag Paswan in Hajipur, Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya, who is taking on two-term sitting BJP MP and former Union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy in Saran, and Muzaffarpur’s sitting MP Ajay Nishad, who is next crossed over to Congress. denied a BJP ticket for a third term.

Sudhir Kumar Ojha, a lawyer who is still in the news for his petitions against top political figures, Bollywood stars and even foreign heads of state, is contesting from Muzaffarpur.

First print: May 20, 2024 | 9:21 am IST