Lok Sabha polls 2014: 47.58% votes cast in 7 seats in Bihar

PATNA: Polling gained momentum as 47.58 per cent votes were cast in seven parliamentary seats in Bihar till afternoon.

A maximum 53 per cent voting was recorded in Buxar and Jehanabad Lok Sabha seats each followed by Arrah, Munger and Jehanabad where 47 per cent votes were cast till 4 PM., the office of Chief Electoral Officer ( CEO), Bihar, said in a statement.

Pataliputra lok sabha seat where the RJD supremo's daughter Misa Bharti, BJP's Ramkripal Yadav and JD(U)'s Ranjan Yadav are among prominent candidates recorded 45 per cent polling, it said.

Patna Sahib lok sabha seat, where the incumbent MP Shatrughan Sinha (BJP) is locked in a battle with the Congress contender Kunal Singh Yadav, has recorded 43 per cent polling till 4 pm.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cast his vote at booth number 192 at the girls high school in Bakhtiyarpur under Patna Sahib parliamentary constituency.

A report from Lakhisarai said some workers of the BJP and JD(U) clashed in a bazar under Suryagraha assembly segment in Munger parliamentary seat.

No one was injured in the scuffle, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Manoj Kumar Tiwari said.