Additional Director General of Police Neelmani said that elaborate security arrangements were made and paramilitary forces were deployed as some pockets in rural constituencies were identified as Maoist-affected.

A total of 2,515,474 voters in the 11 constituencies of the state are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 99 candidates including nine women.

The 11 constituencies where by-polls were held: Bodh Gaya, Bagaha, Nautan, Phulwari, Ghosi, Munger, Begusarai, Triveniganj, Simri Bakhtiarpur, Araria and Dhoraiya.