Polling for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats passes off peacefully amid complaints, firecrackers
Polling for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats concluded peacefully, despite allegations of police harassment from the RJD and celebratory firecrackers near a JD(U) MLA's residence. Results for the Graduates' and Teachers' constituencies are expected on October 27.
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Polling for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats passes off peacefully amid complaints, firecrackers left Election officials collect their ballot boxes at the distribution centre ahead of the MLC elections, in Patna on October 22, 2026. ANI ANI https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/up6dkq/article71616491.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/20261022501L.jpg A senior police official said no untoward incident was reported, even as the RJD alleged police harassment of its Patna Teachers’ candidate and firecrackers were burst outside JD(U) MLA Anant Singh’s residence for Jan Suraaj Party’s Anuj Kumar Singh; counting is on October 27 Patna Elections for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats, four each from the Graduates’ and Teachers’ constituencies, passed off peacefully on Friday (October 23, 2026), even as the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) accused the police in Patna of having “misused” their power to harass its candidate.
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