Elections for 8 seats of the Bihar Legislative Council are being held today, Friday, covering 4 graduate and 4 teacher constituencies. A total of 5.33 lakh voters are expected to cast their ballots from 8 AM to 4 PM. In the Kosi graduate constituency, voting is underway at 13 centers in Supaul district, where 9,461 voters are participating. This includes 7,196 male and 2,265 female voters.

Supaul has 12 main and one auxiliary polling station. The main polling stations are located in various block offices and the Sadar Sub-Divisional Office, Supaul, while the auxiliary polling station is at the Triveniganj Anchal Office. According to the District Magistrate, the office of the Pipra Block Development Officer (Polling Station No. 40) has the highest number of voters, whereas the office of the Nirmali Block Development Officer (Polling Station No. 35) has the lowest.

All necessary arrangements for the election have been completed by the Election Commission. Presiding officers for this election will be of gazetted rank, while other polling staff will be of accounts and assistant level. Voting is being conducted via ballot boxes. The Kosi graduate seat is primarily contested between BJP's Dr. N.K. Yadav and RJD's Nitesh Kumar. Amit Vikram, who recently joined Congress, is contesting as an independent candidate. Jan Suraj has fielded Rajneesh Ranjan. A total of 1,34,593 voters in this constituency will elect their MLC. Vote counting is scheduled for October 27.