Third phase of Bihar elections - Factfile
By IANSWednesday, October 27, 2010
NEW DELHI - The third of the six phases of the month-long elections to the Bihar state assembly is to be held Thursday. The following is a factfile for the third phase:
Number of assembly constituencies going to polls - 48
Total voters - 10,376,022 (5,604,851 men and 4,771,171 women)
Total number of candidates - 785
Total number of woman candidates - 65
Assembly constituency with maximum candidates - Mahua (31 candidates)
Assembly constituency with minimum candidates - Raxual (7 candidates)
Party-wise list of candidates - Bahujan Samaj Party (48), Bharatiya Janata Party (24), Communist Party India (10), Communist Party of India-Marxist (5), Congress (48), Nationalist Congress Party (38), Janata Dal-United (24), Rashtriya Janata Dal (35) and other parties (186).
Independent candidates - 354
Electronic voting machines to be used - 28,616
Largest assembly constituency area-wise - Valmiki Nagar
Largest assembly constituency voter-wise - Raghopur
Smallest assembly constituency voter-wise - Kesaria
