Of the nearly 2.15 crore electors eligible to exercise the franchise, 1.12 crore are male, 1.01 crore female and 599 are categorised as third gender, according to data provided by the Election Commission.
As per the poll body's guidelines, the maximum number of voters for a polling booth has been lowered from 1,600 to 1,000.
952 men and 114 women candidates are in the fray in the first phase of polling.
31,371 polling stations have been set up in the first phase and as many Electronic Voting Machines and Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines will be used.
The voting hours have also been extended by one hour until 6 pm, except in the Left-Wing Extremism affected areas, so that COVID-19 patients can vote in the last hour of the day, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora had said while announcing the Bihar election schedule on September 25 .
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