About 54 per cent of 1.03 crore electors cast their votes on Thursday in 48 constituencies that went to polls in the third phase of the Bihar assembly elections which passed of by and large peacefully. Five Maoist-hit constituencies - Amnour, Taraya, Ramnagar, Balmikinagar and Patepur - recorded 45 per cent to 52 per cent polling.
Voters were ferried by boats in the riverine areas of Raghopur Assembly constituency in Vaishali district where former chief minister Rabri Devi is in the fray. The wife of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad is also contesting from Sonepur seat in Saran district.
Text: PTI
Image: Voters display their identity cards as they wait to cast their ballots during the third phase of Bihar Assembly elections in Hajipur on Thursday, Oct 28, 2010. (Photograph copyright PTI)
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