In Bihar, total 1,065 candidates are now left in the fray for the First Phase of Assembly elections in 71 constituencies after the last date of withdrawal of candidature today.<br />'' <br />''Out of total 1,091 candidates with valid nominations in this phase, 26 candidates withdrew their candidature. Maximum number of withdrawals took place in Paliganj and Gobindpur Assembly constituencies where three candidates each withdrew their names.<br />'' <br />''In this phase, 71 Assembly seats spread over sixteen districts will go to the poll on the 28th of this month. AIR correspondent reports, with 27 nominees in fray the Gaya Town constituency has the highest number of candidates, while in the Katoria Assembly constituency in Banka districts has the lowest number of candidates. In this reserved constituency for Scheduled Tribes, only five candidates are in the fray. <br />'' <br />''Former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, former Speaker of State Assembly Uday Narayan Chaudhary, international shooter Shreyashi Singh are prominent candidates of this phase.<br />'' <br />''Political fortunes of seven Cabinet Ministers Prem Kumar, Ram Narayan Mandal, Krishna Nandan Verma, Jai Kumar Singh, Santosh Nirala, Vijay Kumar Sinha and Brij Kishore Bind will be decided in this phase.<br />''<b> </b><br />''In the First Phase, BJP is contesting on 29 seats, JD(U) from 35 and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) on six seats. The Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) has fielded one candidate from Brahampur Assembly constituency.<br />'' <br />'' On the other hand, among the Grand Alliance parties, RJD is contesting on 42 seats while Congress has fielded candidates on 21 seats. The CPI (ML) has 08 candidates in fray.<br />'' <br />''The process of filing of nominations is going on for the Second Phase of elections in 94 Assembly segments. So far 53 candidates have filed their nominations in this phase.<br />''<b> </b><br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The notification for the Third Phase of polls scheduled in 78 Assembly constituencies will be issued tomorrow. With this, the process of nominations will be also started.</span><br />