Enthusiasm among voters.
– Photo: Amar Ujala
Expansion
By-elections were held on four seats of Bihar. There was talk of vote boycott at some booths. According to the Election Commission, 52.83 percent voting took place in Imamganj, Belaganj, Tarari and Ramgarh till 6 pm on Wednesday. Compared to the assembly elections held in 2020, this time the voting was reduced by six percent. This time the highest turnout of 56.21 percent was recorded in Belaganj by-election. After this, 54.02 percent voting took place in Ramgarh, 51.01 percent in Imamganj and 50.10 percent in Tarari.
In the 2020 assembly elections, the highest turnout was 61.14 percent in Belaganj, 63.84 percent in Ramgarh, 58.60 percent in Imamganj and 55.35 percent in Tarari. Voters voted at some booths including Ramgarh and Imamganj assembly. Boycott Did it. The voters here were boycotting by holding the banner of no road, no vote. Voters said that since independence, neither a road nor a bridge has been built on the river in the said village. Also no basic facilities are available. Met MP and MLA several times and complained but nothing was done. According to political pundits, this time there was indifference among voters towards voting. This may affect the election results.
38 candidates entered the electoral fray
The total number of polling booths in all the four assembly constituencies was 1277 and the total number of polling booths was 929. The total number of candidates contesting the election was 38, of which 33 were male and five female candidates. About 7000 security forces and 2550 security personnel were deployed for the four assembly by-elections. The security forces included paramilitary forces, Bihar Special Armed Police and district forces. Along with this, the horse riding team and bomb disposal squad were also deployed.
Grand alliance had captured three seats
Before the by-elections on four seats of Bihar, Belaganj, Ramgarh and Tarari assembly seats were in the possession of the Grand Alliance. When the MLAs of all three seats reached Parliament after winning the Lok Sabha elections this year, these seats were vacated. One Imamganj assembly seat was in the account of NDA. Therefore, this time the challenge of RJD to save its three seats is in discussion and Lalu Prasad Yadav himself entered the election campaign field to save the reputation of his son Tejashwi Yadav.
