Bihar Assembly Election 2020: 53.51 per cent voting in second phase, informs Election Commission

Bihar Assembly Election 2020 second phase polling in 94 constituencies across 17 districts concluded on Tuesday evening. According to the election commission, a total of 53.51 voter turnout was recoreded till 6 pm, informed the Election Commission of India. RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav was the key candidate along with 1,450 others whose fate has been sealed today. The poll opened at 7 am but the time for its conclusion was extended by one hour till 6 pm to facilitate COVID-19 patients and those with symptoms of the disease to exercise their franchise in the last hour. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to electors to vote in large numbers while following social distancing norms and wearing a mask. "Make this festival of democracy successful by



voting in large numbers. During the exercise, apart from maintaining social distancing, also wear a mask," he tweeted in Hindi Tuesday morning. Lalu's elder son Tejashwi Yadav also urged people to vote for better education, health, improvement in law and order, and a developed Bihar. "A change is necessary for building a new Bihar in a new era," he tweeted in Hindi. Besides Tejashwi, his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav and four state ministers are also in the fray in this phase, which also features one transgender candidate, fielded by the LJP. 

Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv Sinha is also contesting the poll in this phase. Voting is simultaneously taking place for the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat by-poll, which was necessitated by the death of sitting JD(U) lawmaker Baidyanath Mahto.