Bihar Municipal Elections 2022 : The first phase of voting for the urban municipal elections in Bihar is being held today on 18 December. Voting has started from seven in the morning. In the first phase, voting is being held for 156 municipalities. In this 52 lakh 60 thousand voters will decide the fate of 21287 candidates. According to the State Election Commission, voting will be held from 7 am to 5 pm. Voting will be held only in Imamganj of Gaya till 3 pm in view of security reasons. According to the information, voting is taking place in 68 city councils and 88 city panchayats in the first phase. There are 17647 candidates in the fray for 3346 posts of Ward Councillors. On the other hand, 1943 candidates are trying their luck for 156 posts of Chief Councilor and 1697 candidates for 156 posts of Deputy Chief Councilor. Jawans have been deployed at booths for peaceful conduct of polling.
Use of FRC to stop bogus voters
Digital records of voters will also be kept this time to prevent fake voters from voting in civic elections. For this, the help of Face Recognition System (FRC) app is being taken. With this, a digital record will be kept at each booth along with the photo of the voters, so that the polling personnel can get complete information by entering the EPIC number.
The first phase of counting will be held on December 20.
The inter-state and inter-district boundaries have been sealed regarding voting. Voting started after mock poll at 7 am. The counting of votes for the first phase will take place on December 20. There is no direct interference of political parties in the civic body elections of Bihar. In such a situation, politicians do not directly dominate the body elections here. Yes, the political leanings of the candidates and their connections with politicians do matter.