Bihar polls from today

Pat, Oct 11: After a high pitched bitter phase of campaigning, which saw rival camps led by Prime Minister rendra Modi on the one hand and Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad on the other hand holding a string of rallies, the stage is set for voting in 49 seats of Bihar Assembly elections in the first phase of the five-phase poll on Monday. Additiol Chief Electoral Officer R Lakshaman said that a total of 1,35,72,339 electorate are eligible to decide the fate of 583 candidates for the 49 seats in 10 districts in the first phase of elections.