3 days to go, 243 seats: Top Bihar trends for you, bite sized

If you’re in a hurry, here’s a bite sized fix on the Bihar assembly elections you can dig into anytime of the day. This is a mix of the the main players, swing factor and trends published across multimedia and compressed into one screen here for our readers. What? Bihar Assembly Elections When? October 12, 2015 What’s at stake? 243 seats, 49 assembly constituencies What’s hot? Pre poll surveys. Bihar votes like this: Caste, class, religion [caption id=“attachment_2458274” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  PTI image.[/caption] Data crunch: From The Indian Express - Lokniti CDS poll: BJP-led NDA is leading JD(U)-RJD-Congress combine, called the Grand Alliance. NDA leads by 20% in urban areas, down to 2% in rural. Muslim voters not as polarised as other social groups. Muslims have traditionally voted for RJD in Assembly polls. 52% Muslims leaning towards Grand Alliance now. Caste will play key role in election. Nitish Kumar JD(U) most preferred choice for CM post. For more on this survey, click on this link For analysis and the backstory, go here .   What politicians won’t talk about: Rajputs, Brahmins, Bhumihars and Kayastha are staunch BJP supporters. Yadavs, Kurmis go for Grand Alliance. Dalit, Mahadalit vote will be split among main parties. From the Bihar Chief Electoral Officer’s survey: 80 percent of people feel taking money or gifts to vote for someone is not wrong. Reports say at least 4,500 people were part of the survey.