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Bihar Election 2020 Live Updates: 55.69 per cent voter turnout in 1st phase, says EC

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Oct 29, 2020, 22:11:49 IST

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Bihar Election 2020 Live Updates: 55.69 per cent voter turnout in 1st phase, says EC

Masking their fear of the virus to vote for a new government, 54.3% of the Bihar electorate on Wednesday stepped out to exercise their franchise in Phase I of the country’s first full-fledged assembly elections under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, surpassing the corresponding 53.5% turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Stay here for all live updates

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13:02 (IST) Oct 28

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12:59 (IST) Oct 28

PM addresses 2nd rally of the day, at Muzaffarpur

12:00 (IST) Oct 28

18.31% turnout till 11am, Lakhisarai highest at 26.28%

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11:51 (IST) Oct 28

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11:40 (IST) Oct 28

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