Patna: Voting for the second and last phase of the Bihar Assembly elections began amidst tight security on Tuesday. Security has been further tightened all across the state following Monday evening’s car blast at Delhi. Barring a minor incident involving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party at Barbigha, the election process is underway peacefully, officials said.

Key candidates in the fray are BJP’s Renu Devi, Congress’ Rajesh Ram (Kutumba) and JD(U)’s Leshi Singh. ADVERTISEMENT

The voter turnout till 9 am was much higher than that in the 2020 Assembly elections. Nearly 14.55% of the voters turned up at the booths by 9 am as compared to just 7.6% in 2020.

Tuesday’s polling will decide the fate of 1,302 candidates across 122 constituencies, including G

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