2 Poll Duty Officers Died In Bihar

Both died of cardiac arrest…

Polling in five constituencies in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections passed off without any disruption in Bihar.

Officials said Provisional voters were 60 per cent this time which is almost one per cent less than that of the 2019 general elections.

Two persons engaged on poll duty died of cardiac arrest in Araria and Supaul Lok Sabha seats, they said.

The polling was also held in Jhanjharpur, Madhepura, and Khagaria constituencies.

Overall the voting was peaceful. An incident of damage caused to an EVM following a minor clash between two groups of supporters inside a polling station in Khagaria, officials said.

In the 2019 general Elections, the voter turnout in five Lok Sabha seats was 61.22 per cent.

Araria recorded 62.80 per cent voter turnout followed by Supaul (62.40), Madhepura (61) Khagaria (58.20), and Jhanjharpur (55.50).

"Voting began at 7 am with tight security. The voting ended at 6 pm, and around 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded. This figure is provisional," Chief Electoral Officer H R Srinivasa said.

The turnout percentage will increase if voters had been in queues at some booths at 6 pm, he said.

The CEO said that voters boycotted polling at nine booths out of a total of 9,848 polling centers because of certain local issues.