Tight security for Bihar bypolls

Police personnel carry EVMs to polling booths to conduct the bypoll of Phulwari constituency of Bihar Assembly in Patna on Septemer 14, 2009.
Amid tight security arrangements, the stage is set to hold the second phase of bypolls in 11 of the 18 constituencies in Bihar on September 15, 2009.
Altogether 25,15,474 electors are eligible to exercise their franchise at 2,620 polling stations to decide the electoral fate of 99 contestants, including nine women, in the 11 constituencies.The constituencies are Bagha, Nautan, Begusarai, Triveniganj, Simri Bakhtiarpur, Araria, Dhoraiya, Munger, Fulwari, Ghosi and Bodh Gaya.
Photo: Atab Alam Siddiqui