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Teacher's constituencies record 82.85 pc turnout in Bihar Legislative Council polls

Patna, October 24 (UNI) The teacher's constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Council biennial elections recorded a voter turnout of 82.85 per cent, while the graduate's constituencies registered 53.42 per cent.

The Election Commission sharing the final percentage of the turnouts during the poll held on Friday for the eight seats of the Bihar Legislative Council including four teachers and an equal number of graduate constituencies said that the teachers constituencies outshined the graduate constituencies.
According to the EC In the teacher's' category, Saran registered the highest turnout at 89.05 per cent, followed by Darbhanga at 85.87 per cent, Tirhut at 82.99 per cent and Patna at 74.75 per cent. The combined turnout for the four teachers'' constituencies was 82.85 per cent.
Among the graduate's constituencies, Patna recorded a turnout of 57.56 per cent, Tirhut 48.51 per cent, Darbhanga 54.73 per cent and Kosi 54.73 per cent. The overall turnout in the four constituencies stood at 53.42 per cent.
With polling over, the electoral fate of all candidates being sealed, and attention has now shifted to the counting scheduled for October 27.

The electoral contest involves candidates from the BJP, JD(U), RJD, Congress, Left parties, Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party and several independent candidates.
In the Patna graduate's constituency, JD(U) candidate Neeraj Kumar, Congress candidate Asadullah Khan, RJD candidate Dilip Kumar and Jan Suraaj candidate Anuj Singh are among the prominent contenders.
The Darbhanga graduate's seat witnessed a contest involving BJP candidate Sarvesh Kumar, Congress candidate Rajnikant Pathak, RJD candidate Anil Kumar Jha and Jan Suraaj candidate Mohammad Imtiaz Noorani.
In the Tirhut graduate's constituency, JD(U)'s Abhishek Jha, RJD's Rashmi Vinayak Gautam and Jan Suraaj's Vimohan Kumar are among the candidates in the fray. The Kosi graduate's seat has BJP candidate N K Yadav, Congress candidate Manoj Kumar Jaiswal, RJD candidate Nitesh Kumar and Jan Suraaj candidate Rajnish Ranjan among its principal contenders.
In the teacher's constituencies, the Patna seat features BJP candidate Naval Kishore Yadav, Congress candidate Sanjay Yadav, RJD candidate Sanjeev Kumar Singh and Jan Suraaj candidate Divya Jyoti.
The Darbhanga teacher's constituency is witnessing a contest among JD(U)'s Ghanshyam Rai, Congress candidate Madan Mohan Jha, RJD candidate Kunwar Rai and Jan Suraaj candidate S P Rai.
In the Tirhut teacher's constituency, BJP candidate Narendra Prasad Singh, CPI candidate Sanjay Kumar Singh and Jan Suraaj candidate Shyam Nandan Yadav are among the main contenders.
The Saran teacher's seat features JD(U)'s Anand Pushkar, RJD candidate Professor Jairam Yadav and Jan Suraaj candidate Afaq Ahmed among the prominent candidates.
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