Begusarai, April 28: Polling in 5 out of 40 constituencies of Bihar concluded at 5 pm on Monday in the fourth phase of the seven-phased 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. The 5 constituencies that went into elections in the fourth phase were Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, and Munger. The voter turnout across the five seats till 6 pm was 53.67 per cent. In the first phase, voting took place in 4 seats while in second and third phase 5 seats went in to poll. The voting in the remaining 22 seats will be held in the remaining phases from May 6 to May 19. Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Constituency Wise Dates Of Voting And Results For General Elections.

The main contest is between the alliance of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- Janata Dal-(United) and Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). In the fourth phase, the key constituencies were Darbhanga, Begusarai and Munger. Ten candidates participated for the Begusarai constituency which went to the polls on April 29. The key candidates in the Begusarai constituency for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 are Kanhaiya Kumar of Communist Party of India, Giriraj Singh of BJP, Tanweer Hassan of Rashtriya Janata Dal and Umesh Patel of Shoshit Samaj Dal among others. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting In 7 Phases From April 11 to May 19, Counting And Results On May 23; Check All Dates For General Elections.

The voting is taking place through Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and VVPAT (Voter-verified paper audit trail) machines at every polling booth. Voting in the remaining 22 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state will be held in the remaining phases from May 6 to May 19. The counting of votes will take place on May 23 and the same day results will be declared.

In 2014 general elections, the BJP had won 23 while the Congress had just managed to win two seats. RJD and JDU won 4 and 2 seats respectively. Meanwhile, The Lok Sabha polls in the country are taking place in seven phases between April 11 and May 19.

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