Polling for the 50 Assembly seats in Bihar in the crucial third phase election began at 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Prominent candidates include two sons of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, contesting from Raghopur and Mahua constituencies of Vaishali district.
Altogether, six districts — Bhojpur, Buxar, Nalanda, Patna, Saran and Vaishali — will go to polls in this crucial phase.
Live updates:
8:22 am: Senior BJP leader Sushil Modi casts his vote in Rajendra Nagar, Patna.
8:04 am: Political observers say that of the 50 seats, the BJP has to register win in 34-36 seats to counter the grand alliance in the remaining two phases, scheduled for November 1 and 5.
7:32 am: All the 716 polling stations are being manned by the Central paramilitary forces and equipped with live webcams.
7:30 am: Today, 1.45 crore voters would decide the fate of 808 candidates, 71 of whom are women.
7:20 am: Voters being to queue up outside polling booths to cast their votes.