Voters waiting in line for their turn to cast their vote
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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Voting for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Madhubani, Bihar began on Monday, May 20 at 7 am with tight security. Crowds of voters are reaching the booth and voting. The police administration has made complete preparations for peaceful voting. A total of 26 candidates are in the fray for Madhubani Lok Sabha seat. There are a total of 19 lakh 34 thousand 235 voters here. Of these, the number of male voters is 10,13,971, the number of female voters is 9,20,173 while the number of transgender voters is 91.
It is noteworthy that here there is a direct contest between NDA and Grand Alliance. NDA has again fielded sitting BJP MP Ashok Yadav. At the same time, RJD’s Ali Ashraf Fatmi is challenging this time on behalf of the Grand Alliance. Just before the elections, Fatmi left JDU and joined RJD. Heavy police force has been deployed. A lot of enthusiasm is being seen among women.
District Magistrates Arvind Kumar Verma and Sushil Kumar Singh are looking after. He says that if any untoward incident or activity is received, a control room has been set up by the district administration to deal with it. Which is giving moment to moment information. At the same time, the District Magistrate has appealed to the people to vote. He also said that those who have not received the voting slip will be able to reach the polling station with their voter card and vote. The district administration is working hard to increase the voting percentage.