Highlights

  • Bihar polls record zero deaths, zero re-polls
  • Past elections saw widespread violence and malpractices
  • 1985–2005 polls witnessed deaths and heavy re-polling

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No re-poll, death in Bihar elections; a first for state

For the first time in Bihar’s electoral history, assembly polls concluded without any voting day deaths or re-polling, a stark contrast to earlier decades marked by violence and electoral malpractices.

No re-poll, death in Bihar elections; a first for state

In a first, the Bihar assembly polls this time saw no voting day deaths and no re-polling being ordered in any constituency.

In the past assembly polls, the state witnessed violence, deaths and re-election, official data shows.

In the 1985 elections, 63 deaths were reported and re-polling was ordered in 156 booths, the data showed.

During the 1990 elections, 87 people died in poll-related violence.In 1995, then chief election commissioner T N Seshan ordered postponement of the Bihar elections four times due to unprecedented violence and electoral malpractices.

In 2005, re-polling was held in 660 booths due to violence and malpractices, according to the data.The counting of votes for this year's two-phase assembly polls is underway in Bihar.

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