Voting for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections will be held on October 12. A total of 586 candidates are contesting for 49 seats and 1.35 crore voters will exercise their franchise.
HAM (S) state president Shakuni Chaudhary, LJP MP Ram Chandra Paswan's son Prince Raj, Congress MLA Ajit Sharma, BJP MLA Surendra Mehta are some of the key candidates fighting the first phase of polls.
Bihar First Phase Polling
Total Seats in First Phase -- 49
Total Voters in First Phase – 1.35 Crore (1,35,35,586)
Male Voters in Ist Phase – 72.28 Lakh
Female Voters in Ist Phase – 63.07 Lakh
Total Polling Station – 12,686
Total Candidates in Fray – 586
In 5 Constituencies 2 EVMs will be used as the number of candidates exceeds to 18 (Samastipur, Morva, Mohiuddin Nagar, Sheikhpura, Jamui)
2010 Results on these 49 seats
BJP – 13
JDU – 29
RJD – 4
Cong – 1
CPI – 1
JMM – 1
Key Candidates
TARAPUR
• HAM (S) state president Shakuni Chaudhary who will contest from his old turf Tarapur in Munger
• JD(U) has pitched educationist Mewalal Chaudhary from Tarapur
KHAGARIA
• HAM (S) state president Shakuni Chaudhary’s son Rajesh Kumar alias Rohit, who will be the party candidate from Khagaria.
• Sitting MLA of JD(U) Poonam Devi Yadav will take on Rajesh Kumar in Khagaria.
KALYANPUR
• In Samastipur's Kalyanpur constituency, LJP MP Ram Chandra Paswan's son Prince Raj is locked in a fight with JD(U)'s Maheshwar Hazari. Jivach Paswan of CPI (ML-Liberation) as well as JMM and BSP candidates may pose some challenge to these two leaders who are otherwise locked in a direct fight.
KAHALGAON
• Sitting Congress MLA and former speaker of Bihar assembly Sadanand Singh will fight it out with LJP's Niraj Kumar Mandal, SP's Shobhakant Mandal, BSP's Manoj Kumar Yadav, CPI's Sanjit Suman and CPM's Sanjiv Kumar in a bid to retain Kahalgaon seat.
BHAGALPUR
• Sitting Congress MLA Ajit Sharma from Bhagalpur will have to fight against BJP's Arijit Shashwat, son of former state minister and Buxar MP Ashwini Choubey.
BACHCHWARA
• CPI's sitting MLA Abdhesh Kumar Rai is locked in a triangular fight with LJP's Arvind Kumar Singh and former minister Ramdeo Rai from Congress in Bachchwara constituency.
BEGUSARAI
• In Begusarai, also known as 'Leningrad of Bihar' sitting MLA Surendra Mehta (BJP) will have to fight against Mahagathbandhan Candidate Amita Rai (Congress)
ALAULI (KHAGARIA)
Another triangular contest will be witnessed in Alauli (Khagaria) where state LJP president Pashupati Kumar Paras will take on RJD's Chandan Kumar and CPI's Manoj Sada.
JAMUI
Former minister Narendra Singh's son Ajay Pratap had to fight tooth and nail for a BJP ticket from Jamui amid protests from ally LJP. Sitting MLA Pratap is locked in a straight fight with RJD's Vijay Prakash.
CHAKAI
In Chakai, sitting MLA Sumit Kumar Singh, another son of Narendra Singh, is fighting as an independent after he was denied ticket by the NDA. He will take on LJP's Vijay Singh and RJD's Savitri Devi.
Key Issues of Bihar Elections
• Unemployment
• Pathetic condition of government schools and lack of institutions for higher studies.
• Migration of students to other places for higher education
• Corruption
• Drinking water is major issues here.
• Road and electricity in rural areas
• Means of communication in rural areas
Some Interesting Facts
- 2 Doctors and 9 Engineers in Fray
- 4 Candidates’ qualification is less than 10th
- 15 Candidates 10th Pass
- 15 Candidates Graduate
- 13 Candidates Post Graduate
- 6 Candidates Law Graduate
- 2 Candidates MBA
- 7 Candidates PhD
Average age of Candidates in first phase is 49 years
33 candidates are less than 45 years of age
Oldest candidate is 80 years old Narayan Yadav (RJD) from Sahebpur
Youngest candidate is 26 years old Prince Raj (Paswan) of LJP from Kalyanpur
Young vs Old
Sultanganj – 71 years old JDU candidate is contesting against 40 years younger 31 yrs old Himanshu of RLSP
How Rich are the candidates
- Congress candidate from Bhagaplpur Ajit Sharma is the richest candidate with assets worth 26.97 Crore
- RJD candidate from Teghra Virendra Mahto is second richest with assets worth 7.60 Crore
- LJP candidate from Kahalgaon Neeraj Mandal is poorest of them with assets worth 10,000 only
- LJP candidate from Warisnagar Chandra Shekhar Rai is the 2nd poorest with assets worth just Rs 84,160
- BJP candidate from Amarpur Mrinal Shekhar and RJD candidate from Katoria Sweety Hembrem have no assets
- 48 candidates have no cash in hand
Crime Record of the candidates
23 NDA candidates and 18 Grand Alliance candidates have criminal cases pending against them
JDU candidate from Matihani Narendra Kumar has 15 cases pending against him
37 candidates have no criminal records
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