People seen in the long queues in Siwan, triangular contest expected between Hina, Vijaylaxmi and Awadh Bihari Choudhary.

People seen in the long queues in Siwan, triangular contest expected between Hina, Vijaylaxmi and Awadh Bihari Choudhary.

Patna, May 25: The Siwan Lok Sabha seat is very special among the 8 seats in Bihar where voting is being held under the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election. Former MP Mohd. Shahabuddin’s wife Hina Shahab is contesting as an independent from this seat. Vijayalakshmi Kushwaha from JD-U and Awadh Bihari Chaudhary from RJD are in the fray against her. There is tremendous enthusiasm among the voters there regarding voting. People are reaching the polling stations to elect the MP of their choice. Tight security arrangements have been made at all the booths for voting. Central Police Force has been deployed at sensitive polling stations.

Hina Shahab casted her vote in Siwan.

The election commission has set up 1873 polling stations in all the assembly constituencies falling under the Siwan Lok Sabha seat. Out of which 1015 booths have been declared sensitive. Three-tier security arrangements have been made at all the booths. The entire Lok Sabha constituency has been divided into 291 sectors. At the same time, 24 Rapid Action Force has been deployed. While 65 zonal magistrates have also been appointed for fair and fearless voting in the constituency.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a total of 18 lakh 96 thousand 512 voters will cast their votes to elect an MP of Siwan Lok Sabha seat. Among these, the number of male voters is 9 lakh 87 thousand 808 while the number of female voters is 9 lakh 8 thousand 649. Apart from this, the number of third-gender voters is 55.

Siwan Lok Sabha constituency comprises 6 assembly constituencies such as Siwan, Jiradei, Darauli, Raghunathpur, Daraunda and Barharia. Out of these 6 assembly seats, 5 were won by the Grand Alliance and only one seat Daraunda was won by the BJP in the 2020 assembly election.

EOM.