Absenteeism turned out to be a challenge in Bihar in the last phase as well, with the booths quiet while officials were busy pacifying voters.

The last phase of voting for the 8 Lok Sabha elections is underway in Bihar. Polling started from 7 am on Saturday morning in each parliamentary constituency. In most places, voters started standing in long queues at or before 6 am. They waited their turn and exercised their right. There was silence in many booths. Many polling stations were filled with voters staying home as appeals for boycotts were made. The work to pacify angry voters continued. The boycott added to the problems of the Election Commission and the administrative authorities. There was silence in the booths and boycotts increased in Dinara under Buxar parliamentary constituency. Voters did not turn up at the middle school Semra booth. In fact, there were 1067 voters out of 179 where the villagers abstained from voting. Arah's booth number 78 of Purana Sabalpur village of Vishunpur panchayat boycotted voting. As the demand for construction of the road was not fulfilled, the voters protested and did not come to the polling station. Meanwhile, villagers also refused to vote in Sherpur village of Nalanda's Ragui block. He boycotted the referendum as the demand for the construction of the bridge was not fulfilled. Booth number 99 of Sherpur village did not cast a single vote for several hours. Absenteeism became a challenge in Bihar at the last stage as officials tried to convince the voters, there was silence in booths 5 There was a bridge somewhere over the road Kurta assembly booth number 114 of Jaganabad parliamentary constituency and the polling booth remained silent for several hours. A total of 31 votes were cast from 7 am to 1:30 pm in Manjopur Polling Station No. 31 of Gurda Assembly. There are a total of 431 votes here. But after the promise of the district officer, the villagers started voting without voting. Also Read: Police attack amid boycott in Sasaram Parliament constituency, jawan's head broken in villager attack Boycotting has become a challenge in Bihar at the last stage, 6 There was silence in booths as officials were busy trying to pacify voters. Hulaganj Constituency Village of Koshi Assembly Constituency of Jaganabad Lok Sabha Constituency abstained from voting due to road and distance of polling station. Polling did not start until 11:21 am in booth number 78 of Sabalpur village under Bishanpur panchayat of Badara Assembly in Arra. Here the voters expressed their protest regarding voting and the administration continued to try to pacify them. Absenteeism became a challenge in Bihar at the last stage as well. Even as the officials tried to pacify the voters, they displayed their displeasure by putting up 7 banners in Jaganabad 106 and 107. There was silence in the booth. Despite the explanation given by the administrative staff, the villagers did not turn up to vote. Voters boycotted polling at polling booth number 228 of Koshi Assembly of Jaganabad Lok Sabha constituency. He abstained from voting as he did not turn up to vote as the polling booth was located two kilometers away from the village. Absenteeism turned out to be a challenge in Bihar in the last phase as the polls remained calm as officials tried to pacify the voters 8 Note: Till the time of writing, the polling process has started in booths where voters did not turn up in anger. After getting assurance from the authorities, he agreed. The work to pacify the angry voters is going on in many booths. In many places, voters disagreed. The post Voter boycott turns into challenge in Bihar in last phase as officials busy convincing voters, booths remain quiet appeared first on Prabhat Khabar.