In Bihar in the second phase, 46 candidates from BJP, 43 from JDU and five from VIPs are in the fray. 56 candidates of RJD, 24 of Congress, 14 of Left parties are contesting in the opposition Grand Alliance. 52 candidates of Lok Janshakti Party are in the fray.
According to the Election Commission, the fate of 1,463 candidates is to be decided in this phase, out of which 1316 are males, 146 females and one third gender. In the second phase, more than two crore 85 lakh voters will exercise their franchise.
According to reports, 51.80 percent voting was done in the second phase of voting till 5 pm. According to the Election Commission, the voting percentage till 5 pm has been 51.80 per cent. West Champaran – 55.99, Percent, East Champaran – 52.63, Percent, Shivhar – 53.50 Percent, Sitamarhi – 52.90 Percent, Madhubani – 52.67 Percent, Darbhanga – 52.40 Percent, Muzaffarpur – 57.08 Percent, Gopalganj – 52.79 Percent, Siwan – 48.47 Percent, Saran – 50.81 percent, Vaisali – 51.93 percent, Samastipur – 52.69 percent, Begusarai – 57.13 percent, Khagaria – 54.49 percent, Bhagalpur – 51.80 percent, Nalanda – 49.86 percent and Patna – 46.57 percent.
In the 2015 assembly elections, RJD won 33 of these 94 seats, while JDU got 30 seats. Congress got 7 seats, BJP 20 and LJP 2 seats. One seat each was won by CPI-ML and one Independent. BJP, JDU and RJD all got a large share of votes in this area. The RJD, JDU and Congress contested the 2015 assembly elections together.