Patna:
Around 10.04 crore voters will be eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 568 candidates, including 58 women in the 4th phase of the polls in Bihar today.
Prominent contestants include BJP stalwarts and ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Bhagalpur), Nand Kishore Yadav (Patna Sahib), Ramnarayan Mandal (Banka), besides JD(U) minister Damodar Raut.
Senior IAS officer Afzal Amanullah's wife Parveen Amanullah is contesting on a JD(U) ticket from Sahebpur Kamal while LJP president Ramvilas Paswan's brother and state party
president Pashupati Kumar Paras is contesting from Alauli, and Deputy Speaker of state Assembly and RJD nominee Shakuni Choudhary is contesting from Tarapur.
While JD(U) is contesting from 25 seats, ally BJP is contesting in the remaining 17. RJD has fielded candidates in 26 and ally LJP in 16. The Congress is contesting from all 42 constituencies while the BSP is in the fray from 40 seats. The CPI-ML (L) is contesting 15 seats, CPI (13) and CPI-M (six).