By IANS,
New Delhi : The first of the six phases of the month-long elections to the Bihar state assembly is to be held Thursday.
Here is a factfile of the first phase:
Number of assembly constituencies – 47
Total voters – 10.7 million (5,678,567 men and 5,022,230 women)
Total number of candidates – 631
Total number of woman candidates – 52
Assembly constituency with maximum candidates – Kadwa (22 candidates)
Assembly constituency with minimum candidates – Singheshwar (Scheduled Caste constituency – seven candidates)
Party-wise list of candidates – Bahujan Samaj Party (45), Bharatiya Janata Party (21), Communist Party India (11), Communist Party of India-Marxist (7), Congress (47), Nationalist Congress Party (33), Janata Dal-United (26), Rashtriya Janata Dal (31) and other parties 156
Independent candidates – 238
Electronic voting machines to be used – 25,728
Largest assembly constituency area-wise – Saharsa
Largest assembly constituency voter-wise – Saharsa