Updates: 8:00 pm: 58 per cent voters exercised their franchise in seven Lok Sabha seats of Bihar, according to Election Commission.
7:40 pm: Over 56 per cent voting was registered today in seven Lok Sabha seats of Bihar in the fifth phase of elections in the state which also witnessed death of one person in police firing outside a booth.
3:36 pm: 46.95 voters exercised their franchise till 3 pm. The polling percentage in Sheohar was 50 per cent, Sitamarhi 47, Muzaffarpur 51, Maharajganj 45, Saran 45, Hajipur(SC) 43.2, Ujiarpur 48.
The polling percentage in the bypoll is 47.44 till 3 pm. The polling percentage in Chiraia was 52 per cent, Maharajganj 43.
3:25 pm: RJD leaer Rabri Devi says she will win with a huge margin. "There is no Nitish factor and Modi wave," she says
2:05 pm: The voting percentage is 35.16 per cent in Saran till 1 pm.
12:40 pm: Over 29 per cent voter turnout in till noon. Sheohar registered 21 per cent voting, Sitamarhi 28, Muzaffarpur 33, Maharajganj 30, Saran 30, Hajipur (SC reserved) 32.6 and Ujiyarpur 28.
11:38 am: 22.36 per cent voting registered till 11 am.
10:56 am: 15.28 pr cent voter turnout till 10 am.
10:24 am: 16.5 per cent voting recorded in Saran till 10:15 am.
10:20 am: 9 per cent voter turnout in Saran till 10 am.
9:03 am: LJP leader Chirag Paswan says, The mood across the Bihar is in favour of Narendra Modi and Ram Vilas Paswan. This time Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad are no factors. There is a strong polarisation for development."
Patna: Voting began on Wednesday in the crucial fifth phase Bihar Lok Sabha election in seven constituencies to decide the fate of 118 candidates, including LJP President Ram Vilas Paswan and Rabri Devi, former state chief minister Lalu Prasad's wife.
Paswan and Rabri are contesting from Hajipur(SC) and Saran, both situated in the Gangetic plains of Bihar.
The other five seats are Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Maharajganj and Ujiyarpur.
Polling would also be held in Chiraiya and Maharajganj Assembly constituencies in this phase also.
Five of the seven Lok Sabha seats going to the poll had been won by the Janata Dal United in 2009 while Saran and Maharajganj had gone to the RJD.
Over 1.08 crore voters are expected to cast their votes in 9,804 polling stations amidst elaborate security arrangement. The Indo-Nepal border has been sealed for the purpose. Two helicopters will carry out air surveillance while 66,211 jawans will man the polling stations.
A total 145 companies of the central para-military forces are also lined up for poll duty besides seven units of the mounted police, 36 motor boats, motorized boats and 375 motorcycles for patrolling in riverine areas.
(With additional information from PTI)
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