First phase of Bihar elections (Factfile)
October 20th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The first of the six phases of the month-long elections to the Bihar state assembly is to be held Thursday.
Here is a factfile of the first phase:
Number of assembly constituencies - 47
Total voters - 10.7 million (5,678,567 men and 5,022,230 women)
Total number of candidates - 631
Total number of woman candidates - 52
Assembly constituency with maximum candidates - Kadwa (22 candidates)
Assembly constituency with minimum candidates - Singheshwar (Scheduled Caste constituency - seven candidates)
Party-wise list of candidates - Bahujan Samaj Party (45), Bharatiya Janata Party (21), Communist Party India (11), Communist Party of India-Marxist (7), Congress (47), Nationalist Congress Party (33), Janata Dal-United (26), Rashtriya Janata Dal (31) and other parties 156
Independent candidates - 238
Electronic voting machines to be used - 25,728
Largest assembly constituency area-wise - Saharsa
Largest assembly constituency voter-wise - Saharsa
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