Second phase of Bihar elections -Factfile
By IANSFriday, October 22, 2010
NEW DELHI - The second of the six phases of the month-long elections to the Bihar state assembly is to be held Sunday.
Number of assembly constituencies - 45
Total voters - 9,844,981 (5,28,0234 men and 4,56,4747 women)
Total number of candidates - 623
Total number of woman candidates - 46
Assembly constituency with maximum candidates - Kanti (24 candidates)
Assembly constituency with minimum candidates - Rosera (Scheduled Caste - six candidates)
Party-wise list of candidates - Bahujan Samaj Party (45), Bharatiya Janata Party (17), Communist Party India (8), Congress (45), Nationalist Congress Party (31), Janata Dal-United (28), Rashtriya Janata Dal (34) and other parties (168).
Independent candidates - 228
Electronic voting machines to be used - 25,025
Largest assembly constituency area-wise - Warisnagar
Largest assembly constituency voter-wise - Kalyanpur
Smallest assembly constituency voter-wise - Madhuban
