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Bihar bypolls see nearly 50% turnout
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Bihar bypolls see nearly 50% turnout
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Patna, Oct 30 (TIWN) Voting in the bypolls to two Bihar Assembly seats ended at 4 p.m. on Saturday with around 50 per cent turnout.

As per the data available till 4 p.m., 49.59 per cent voting was registered in these two seats - 49 per cent in Kusheshwar Asthan and 50.05 per cent in Tarapur.  During the initial period, the voting process was slow with only 5 per cent turnout till 9 a.m. As the day progressed, the voting percentage started to increase.  An official said that 21.79 per cent voting was registered till 11 a.m., 37.92 per cent till 1 p.m., and 49.5 per cent till 4 p.m.  The Election Commission has not registered any incident of violence in these two constituencies.

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