By IANS,
New Delhi : The third of the six phases of the month-long elections to the Bihar state assembly is to be held Thursday. The following is a factfile for the third phase:
Number of assembly constituencies going to polls – 48
Total voters – 10,376,022 (5,604,851 men and 4,771,171 women)
Total number of candidates – 785
Total number of woman candidates – 65
Assembly constituency with maximum candidates – Mahua (31 candidates)
Assembly constituency with minimum candidates – Raxual (7 candidates)
Party-wise list of candidates – Bahujan Samaj Party (48), Bharatiya Janata Party (24), Communist Party India (10), Communist Party of India-Marxist (5), Congress (48), Nationalist Congress Party (38), Janata Dal-United (24), Rashtriya Janata Dal (35) and other parties (186).
Independent candidates – 354
Electronic voting machines to be used – 28,616
Largest assembly constituency area-wise – Valmiki Nagar
Largest assembly constituency voter-wise – Raghopur
Smallest assembly constituency voter-wise – Kesaria