Patna, Oct. 22 -- With 150 candidates in the fray across eight seats, more than 5.32 lakh voters will decide the outcome of the Bihar Legislative Council elections for Graduate and Teachers' constituencies on Friday. The contest is expected to be keen, with NDA and Mahagathbandhan candidates facing challenges from Jan Suraaj and independent candidates across all eight seats.
Polling will be held at 993 booths across the Patna, Darbhanga, Kosi and Tirhut Graduate constituencies and the Tirhut, Darbhanga, Patna and Saran Teachers' constituencies. All eight sitting representatives are also in the fray, setting the stage for closely fought contests.
The absence of a seat-sharing agreement among the RJD, Congress and Left parties has added ano...