Patna Oct 30 PTI An estimated 4960 per cent of 584395 voters exercised their franchise in the by-elections to two assembly constituencies in Bihar till the end of polling at 4 pm on Saturday the Election Commission saidKusheshwar Asthan witnessed a voter turnout of 49 per cent while Tarapur registered 5005 per cent polling according to provisional figures released by the ECThe entire polling process was peaceful and no untoward incident was reported from any part a senior official of the poll panel saidAltogether 17 candidates are in the fray for the two seats - eight in Tarapur and nine in Kusheshwar AsthanThe by-elections were necessitated due to the deaths of sitting MLAs both belonging to Chief Minister Nitish Kumars JDUThe counting of votes will take place on November 2 PTI PKD RBT RBT
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