Second phase of Panchayat polls end in Bihar

The second phase of Panchayat election in Bihar concluded on April 24, 2011. An estimated 58.8 per cent voting was recorded. The poll was marred by stray incidents of violence in which at least one person was killed and several injured. One person was killed in Madhubani district.

Photographs showed the voters lined up to exercise their franchise in Paliganj and Dulhin Bazar areas of Patna district on April 24, 2011.

Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui