{"id":49171,"date":"2015-09-10T12:03:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T06:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=49171"},"modified":"2015-10-06T17:32:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T12:02:14","slug":"bihar-elections-poll-bigul-baj-gaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/politics\/election-countdown\/bihar-elections-poll-bigul-baj-gaya","title":{"rendered":"Bihar Elections:  Poll Bigul Baj Gaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/politics\/bihar-mahabharat-poll-bigul-baj-gaya\/attachment\/polling-dates-in-bihar\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49184\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-49184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2015\/09\/polling-dates-in-bihar.jpg\" alt=\"Polling dates in Bihar Image\" width=\"669\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2015\/09\/polling-dates-in-bihar.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2015\/09\/polling-dates-in-bihar-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2015\/09\/polling-dates-in-bihar-665x347.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><em>Bihar ka Poll Bigul Baj Gaya!<\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Government announces Polling dates in Bihar. The voting shall take place in phases and the dates are:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 284px;\" width=\"665\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Phase<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Seats<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">12 October (Monday)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">16 October (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">28 October (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1 November (Sunday)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">5 November (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The counting shall begin on<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>Sunday, 8 November<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">From today till the poll results are announced, watch this column for incisive poll analysis that will cover interesting aspects of the election battle in Bihar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">To ensure free and fair elections, the Central government plans to deploy 50,000 paramilitary forces in Bihar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Political Overview of Bihar in 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Total Constituencies: 243 [General Category: 203 ; Scheduled Castes: 38 ; Scheduled Tribes: 2]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Number of Polling Stations: 62,779<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Major Parties in Alliance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">BJP + LJP + RLSP + HAM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">JD(U) + RJD + INC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>List of the Main Political Parties in Fray during the 2010 Assembly Polls:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Janata Dal (United) &#8211; JD(U)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Bharatiya Janata Party &#8211; (BJP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Rashtriya Janata Dal &#8211; RJD<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Indian National Congress \u2013 INC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Lok Jan Shakti Party \u2013 LJP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">National Congress Party \u2013 NCP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Samajwadi Party &#8211; SP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Bahujan Samaj Party \u2013 BSP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Communist Party of India \u2013 CPI<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Communist Party of India (Marxist) \u2013 CPM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Janata Dal (Secular) \u2013 JDS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Jharkhand Mukti Morcha \u2013 JMM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Jharkhand Vikas Morcha \u2013 Prajatantrik \u2013 JVM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">All India Forward Block \u2013 AIFB<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Revolutionary Socialist Party \u2013 RSP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Shiv Sena \u2013 SHS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Poll performance of the political parties during 2010 Assembly polls<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 378px;\" width=\"675\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Party<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Contested<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Won<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Vote Share<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">JD(U):<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>141<\/td>\n<td>115<\/td>\n<td>22.58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">BJP<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>102<\/td>\n<td>91<\/td>\n<td>16.49%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">Independent<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">1342<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>13.22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">INC<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">243<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>8.37%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">LJP<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">75<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>6.74%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">CPI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">56<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1.69%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">JMM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\">41<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0.61%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Number of Contestants: 3523<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Male contestants: 3216;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Elected: 209<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Female contestants: 307;\u00a0\u00a0 Elected: 34<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Forfeited deposits: 3019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Male: 2777;\u00a0\u00a0 Female: 242<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Average Contestants per Constituency: 14<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Number of polling stations: 58,694<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Average number of electors per polling station: 939<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>So who is going to rule in 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The political temperature in Bihar is rising and all alliances and political parties are in a huddle working out the numbers based on various equations of caste, male-female voter profile and local agendas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">BJP has left no stone unturned and is giving it all it\u2019s got. This battle has Narendra Modi\u2019s reputation at stake. Starting from the grand announcement of Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package for Bihar to announcing 6% DA release for all central government employees just before the poll announcement to the timely release of the census data on religion are all aimed at getting that mindshare advantage in one of the most important polls to be fought since the Narendra Modi-led government took over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Alliance partners in the BJP camp are still waiting for the final seat share announcement but can do little at this stage but wait. Neither Ram Vilas Paswan nor Upendra Kushwaha is the kind to play second fiddle but in the absence of their own strength, they have little choice but to let BJP call the shots. Upendra Kushwaha announced yesterday that he had left the seat sharing formula to the BJP high command. Jiten Manjhi too is in the same boat but is hoping to get the nod for the CM\u2019s post on account of his Dalit \u2013 Mahadalit vote bank. As in earlier state polls, the BJP is continuing to withhold the name of its Chief Ministerial candidate till the results are announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The other camp the secular alliance comprising of JD(U), RJD and Congress have already announced Nitish Kumar as their candidate. Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party is going to fight the elections alone but post polls, it is likely to offer support to the JD(U)-RJD-Congress camp, as it is unlikely to side with the BJP. Mulayam Singh has traditionally had the support from the Muslims and he would not like to risk this by joining the BJP camp. However, if the BJP-led alliance comes up with a strong showing, he may well do a 180 degree turn and offer support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Stay tuned in for more action as it unfolds in Bihar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Read Related Information:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/assemblypolls\/bihar\/\">Bihar Elections 2015<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/election\/updates.html\">Bihar Election Updates<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/election\/schedules.html\">Bihar Election Dates<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/assemblypolls\/bihar\/candidates-list.html\">Candidate List for Bihar Assembly Elections 2015<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/assemblypolls\/bihar\/#assembly-constituencies-of-bihar\">List of Assembly Constituencies of Bihar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/assemblypolls\/bihar\/election-results.html\">Bihar Election Results<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/assemblypolls\/bihar\/political-parties.html\">Political Parties of Bihar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/politics\/election-countdown\/bihar-elections-who-will-be-the-next-bihar-cm\">Who will be the next Chief Minister of Bihar?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/bihar\/chief-ministers.html\">List of Chief Ministers (CM) of Bihar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/bihar\/government-and-politics.html\">Government and Politics of Bihar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/bihar\/governors.html\">List of Governors of Bihar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/maps\/bihar\/\">Bihar Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bihar ka Poll Bigul Baj Gaya!\u00a0Government announces Polling dates in Bihar. The voting shall take place in phases and the dates are: Date Phase Seats 12 October (Monday) 1 49 16 October (Friday) 2 32 28 October (Wednesday) 3 50 1 November (Sunday) 4 55 5 November (Thursday) 5 57 The counting shall begin on\u00a0Sunday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1316,"featured_media":49184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6505],"tags":[6507,6504,6501,6503,6502,3683],"class_list":{"0":"post-49171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-election-countdown","8":"tag-assembly-elections-2015","9":"tag-bihar-assembly-elections-2015","10":"tag-bihar-elections-2015","11":"tag-bihar-polls","12":"tag-bihar-polls-2015","13":"tag-elections"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49171"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50152,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49171\/revisions\/50152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}