India's Teacher and Graduate Quota Seats Head to Polls on October 23rd

Eight seats of teachers and graduates quota in the Legislative Council are going to polls on 23rd October. The Election Commission is finalizing the preparations for this. A total of 933 polling stations have been set up where 532847 voters will cast their votes. There are 386199 males and 146611 females. There are a total of 492594 voters for the graduate category seats and 40253 voters for the teacher category seats. There are 37 Mangalmukhi (third gender) voters. Four seats of teachers quota (Patna, Darbhanga, Saran, Tirhut) and four seats of graduate quota (Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut, Kosi) are also going to the polls. There are 40253 voters for the teacher quota seats and 492594 voters for the graduate category seats. A total of 150 candidates are in the fray. Their fate will be decided with the polls and the winner will be announced with the counting of votes on 27th October. A total of 164 candidates, party-independent, had filed their nominations. Due to lack of documents and facts, 12 independent candidates had withdrawn their nominations.