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Election Commission of India has announced the date for Bihar Assembly elections. The polling will be held in three phases on October 28, November 3rd and November 7th. The results of the elections will be declared on November 10.
While addressing the press, Chief Election Commission Sunil Arora said that the Bihar Assembly term expires on November 29. “We are all aware that the term of Assembly in Bihar is expiring on November 29. Bihar Assembly holds a strength of 243 members of which 38 seats are reserved for SCs and two for STs,” said Arora.
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Arora said that polling time has been increased by 1 hour. “To further decongest polling stations & allow more free movement of voters, polling time has been increased by 1 hour. It’ll be held from 7 am-6 pm, instead of 7 am-5 pm earlier. However, this will not be applicable to Left-wing affected areas,” he said.
