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Bihar Elections 2020: With just 4, Darauli has lowest number of contestants
Patna, Oct 21: A total of 1,464 candidates are in the fray for the second phase of polling to 94 assembly seats in Bihar after 46 people withdrew their candidature on Monday, the last day for withdrawal of nominations, an official said.
Altogether 1,698 people filed their nominations for the November 3 elections, and poll authorities found those of 1,510 candidates valid after scrutiny, Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) Sanjay Kumar Singh said on Tuesday.
"Around 188 nominations for the second phase of polls were found invalid. Forty-six candidates withdrew their papers on Monday," he said.
Darauli assembly constituency has the lowest number of candidates at four, while the highest of 27 people are in the fray in Maharajganj seat, he said.
Referring to the third and final phase of polling on November 7 in 78 assembly seats, he said 884 candidates have filed their papers as per information available till 5 pm on Tuesday, the last day for filing nominations.
Singh said scrutiny will be done on Wednesday, and the candidates can withdraw their papers till October 23.
He
said
three
candidates
have
filed
their
papers
for
Valimikinagar
Lok
Sabha
by-poll.
A
total
of
1,066
candidates
have
been
in
the
fray
for
the
71
seats
in
the
first
phase
of
polling.
Campaigning
is
underway
in
these
seats.
The counting of votes for the assembly elections will take place on November 10.
In view of the assembly polls in Bihar, search operations are being carried out across the state.
Various agencies have so far seized Rs 35.27 crore unaccounted cash, which is a record compared to the recoveries made during past assembly elections and Lok Sabha polls, Singh said.
An official release from the CEO''s office said that 1,194 illegal arms have been seized so far, while 20,265 licenced arms deposited.
The authorities also cancelled the licence of 2,231 arms for various reasons.
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