Bihar 3rd Phase Election: Total 53.32% turnout, Nitish Kumar faces protest at polling booth

Patna, Oct 28: The third phase of the Bihar assembly elections began on Wednesday morning in 50 of the 243 constituencies, spread across six districts.

Nearly 14.5 million voters are eligible to decide the fate of 808 candidates. Most of the 14,170 polling booths are in the rural areas. Six districts that goes to polls today are: Bhojpur, Buxar, Nalanda, Patna, Saran and Vaishali.

Here are the Live updates:

6:20 pm: 53.32% turnout in third phase of polling in Bihar elections, said Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Nayak.

6:00 pm: Voting ended for 50 seats in the high-stake third phase of the five-phase Assembly polls.

5:15 pm: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while casting his vote in Patna, faced protest at the polling booth. A section of people agitated over death of a girl allegedly due to lack of proper medical facility at Bakhtiyarpur bazar.

4: 37 pm: 49.55% polling recorded till 4 pm for 3rd phase of Bihar Polls

4: 05 pm: Shatrughan Sinha says I never meant to embarrass my party over dal comments

3.30 pm: Why will I embarass my party, I am a mature person,was just expressing concern over dal price hike: Shatrughan Sinha

3.15 pm: There is no fight. We will win with comfortable margin, says Tejaswi Yadav.

3.00 pm: 39.85% polling recorded till 2 pm.

Conjoined twins vote in #BiharElections2015 https://t.co/GBc1a3YmJF pic.twitter.com/QTfG7mGnRu

— NDTV (@ndtv) October 28, 2015

1.50 pm: 33.88% polling recorded till 1 pm.

1.00 pm: 26.94% polling recorded till 12 noon.

12 noon: BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy casts his vote in Chhapra.

Rajiv Pratap Rudy casts his vote in Chhapra #BiharPolls pic.twitter.com/RQ8MGgUOyd

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

11.45 am: 20.72% voter turnout recorded till 11 am.

11.10 am: "People of Bihar desire change, they want to move ahead", says Venkaiah Naidu.

11.00 am: 14.09% polling recorded till 10 am.

Im sure on 8th Nov, at 2pm Nitish Kumar will go to Raj Bhawan and give in his resignation: RS Prasad #BiharPolls pic.twitter.com/s1d0KJ0XJd

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

10.45 am: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad casts his vote in Patna.

10.40 am: This election isn't about conventional arithmetic any more. People from all sections are with BJP, says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

10.30 am: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar casts his vote in Patna.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar casts his vote in Patna #BiharPolls pic.twitter.com/BgxFUQS57e

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

10.15 am: Senior citizen who was bitten by monkey outside a polling booth in Bakhtiarpur, casts her vote.

Senior citizen who was bitten by monkey outside a polling booth in Bakhtiarpur, casts her vote #BiharPolls pic.twitter.com/ijvCXkfLor

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

10.00 am: 9.12% provisional voter turnout recorded till 9 am.

9.55 am: Monkey creates hindrance in polling process in Bakhtiarpur, Bihar as it bites and scares voters lined up to cast votes.

Monkey creates hindrance in polling process in Bakhtiarpur (Bihar) as it bites&scares voters lined up to cast votes pic.twitter.com/SSACh5ZovG

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

50 hi nhi, 243 par, Mahagathbandhan pure 5 charan mein sweep kar rha hai: RJD Chief Lalu Yadav #BiharPolls pic.twitter.com/VhZ0G1tlkE

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

9.40 am: Lalu Yadav's wife Rabri Devi & daughter Misa Bharti cast their votes in Patna. Misa hits out at PM Narendra Modi over his remarks on dynastic politics, says PM is stooping low in politics.

Lalu Yadav's wife Rabri Devi & daughter Misa Bharti cast their votes in Patna #BiharPolls pic.twitter.com/QaJHo23R8F

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

9.30 am: RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav casts his vote in Patna.

9.10 am: "PM,BJP never brought down the level of debate,it is Lalu Yadav ji who uses derogatory words like 'Nar pisaach, narbhakshi'", says BJP senior leader Sushil Modi.

Who will be CM is not important to people,what matters to them is, who are you in alliance with: Sushil Modi to ANI pic.twitter.com/yGG5ZsXGfq

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

9.00 am: Residents of Dilawarpur,Bidupur decide to go fr 'NOTA' over nonfunctional transformer affecting power supply in area.

Residents of Dilawarpur,Bidupur decide to go fr 'NOTA' over nonfunctional transformer affecting power supply in area pic.twitter.com/CLpif2xwIG

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

8.55 am: 5.59% polling recorded till 8 am.

8.35 am: "Charge of Jungle Raj doesn't stand correct, there's more crime in BJP ruled states", says Tejaswi Yadav.

8.30 am: RJD Chief Lalu Prasad's younger son Tejaswi Yadav casts his vote in Patna. Tejaswi is contesting for the first time from the rural assembly constituency of Raghopur.

Lalu Yadav's son Tejaswi casts his vote in Patna #BiharPolls pic.twitter.com/xSb9okgMdv

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

Senior BJP leader Sushil Modi casts his vote in Rajendra Nagar, Patna #BiharPolls pic.twitter.com/I3fP4Wz6aW

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

8.15 am: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi casts his vote in Rajendra Nagar, Patna.

7.55 am: Polling for 3rd phase of Bihar Polls underway in Patna.

#BattleForBihar | BJP strongholds include Saran, Bhojpur & Buxar voting in this round pic.twitter.com/89GDdDIvRD

— CNN-IBN News (@ibnlive) October 28, 2015

Polling for 3rd phase of #BiharPolls underway in Patna. pic.twitter.com/uub0VPVPRa

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

Voting for 3rd phase of #BiharPolls underway, People wait in long queues outside a polling booth in Raghopur. pic.twitter.com/mdca2uT4l9

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

आज होने वाले बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव के तीसरे चरण के मतदान में भाग लेने वाले मतदाता भारी संख्या में मतदान करें।

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 28, 2015

7.30 am: People wait outside a polling station in Chhapra to cast their votes.

7.20 am: Voters queue up outside a polling booth in Raghopur to cast their votes.

3rd phase of #BiharPolls: Voters queue up outside a polling booth in Raghopur to cast their votes. pic.twitter.com/QuJ3BTwjFf

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

7.10 am: Voters lined up outside a polling booth in Chhapra to cast their votes.

Voting for 3rd phase of #BiharPolls begins, voters lined up outside a polling booth in Chhapra to cast their votes pic.twitter.com/CvJRCWi32L

— ANI (@ANI_news) October 28, 2015

7.00 am: Voting begins for third phase of assembly elections in Bihar. 50 seats spread over six districts are at stake today.

Phase 3 of Bihar Polls to start - @BJP4India would be forming a govt with its allies - This and next phase shld seal it

— Vijay (@centerofright) October 28, 2015

Dear Bihar-please step out & vote for BJP in large nos-not only will u change destiny of Bihar but help shape Ind'a https://t.co/vYzlsA6raE

— Alok Bhatt (@alok_bhatt) October 28, 2015

As polling begins for 50 seats in #Bihar the historic St Xaviers School welcomes voters in #Patna @BBCHindi pic.twitter.com/iw6mWMr1V0

— Nitin Srivastava (@TweetNitinS) October 28, 2015

Requesting all casting their votes in Bihar, choose wisely.Choose devlpmnt over poverty,illiteracy,corruption &bad governance#OnlyBJP4Bihar

— Rita Gupta (@ritagupta74) October 28, 2015

#VoteToDefeatJungleRaj Vote for Your Future ,Vote for Brighter & Prosperous Bihar.

— Chandra Kant (@chandu532) October 28, 2015

Voting begins for 50 constituencies in third phase of #BiharElections2015 https://t.co/sE49GElH3u pic.twitter.com/Zf71Spiy2a

— NDTV (@ndtv) October 28, 2015

In the first and second phases of the elections on October 12 and 16, polling was held in 49 and 32 constituencies. The results will be announced on Sunday, Nov 8.

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