Patna: Voting for the second phase of the Bihar Assembly election begins at 7 a.m. on Tuesday and will continue till 6 p.m.

In Naxal-affected areas, the polling time will end at 5 pm.

A total of 1,302 candidates are in the fray — 1,165 men, 136 women, and one third-gender candidate.

The main contest is between NDA vs Mahagathbandhan, though AIMIM and Jan Suraj are posing challenges in some pockets.

In this phase, polling is being held in 122 constituencies — 101 general, 19 SC reserved, and 2 ST reserved seats.

According to the Election Commission, 3,70,13,556 electors are eligible to vote in this round.

This includes 10,21,812 new voters added to the rolls.

Among them 1, 95,56,899 electors are enrolled in the voter list are male, including 5,28,954 new male electors included in th

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