Voting is underway for 8 seats of the Bihar Legislative Council on Friday. Over 5.33 lakh voters are exercising their franchise at 933 booths from 8 AM to 4 PM. A total of 150 candidates are in the fray for 4 graduate and 4 teacher constituency seats. Of these, 90 candidates are from graduate constituencies and 60 from teacher constituencies.

The Tirhut Graduate and Tirhut Teacher constituencies combined have a total of 1,52,748 voters. The Tirhut Graduate constituency alone has 1,43,988 voters, including 97,998 males, 45,970 females, and 20 third-gender voters. For this seat, 145 polling centers have been established. The Tirhut Teacher constituency has 8,760 voters, comprising 6,507 males, 2,250 females, and 3 third-gender voters, with 58 polling centers designated for this seat.

The Tirhut Graduate and Teacher constituencies cover the districts of Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Sitamarhi, and Shivhar. In Shivhar district, a total of 6,673 voters are casting their votes across both constituencies. This includes 6,379 voters for the graduate constituency and 294 for the teacher constituency. Six polling centers have been set up in the district for each election.

For the graduate constituency in Shivhar, the 6,379 voters are casting their ballots at polling centers located in the Purnahiya Block Office, Piprahi Block Office, Shivhar Anchal Complex, Executive Magistrate's Office Chamber, Dumri Katsari Block Office, and Tariyani Block Office. Similarly, six polling centers have been designated for the 294 voters of the Tirhut Teacher constituency.

Prominent candidates in the Tirhut Graduate constituency include NDA-backed JDU candidate Abhishek Jha and RJD candidate Dr. Rashmi Vinayak Gautam. In the teacher constituency, NDA-backed candidate Narendra Singh and others are contesting.