Patna, July 30 -- Voting for the Bankipur Assembly bypoll in Bihar continued amid tight security, with 11.50 per cent polling recorded till 11 am on Thursday.
According to the State Election Office, polling began at 7 am at all 422 polling stations across the constituency and would continue till 6 pm. Long queues of voters were seen at several booths as youth, women, senior citizens, and first-time voters turned out enthusiastically to exercise their franchise.
The voting was necessitated in the seat after BJP MLA Nitin Nabin was elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, following his elevation as national president of the BJP earlier this year.
Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary appealed to voters through social media to participate in the demo...