<span style="color: #222222;">In Bihar polling passed off peacefully today for By-Election for Bochaha assembly seat.  An estimated over 59 percent of electors exercised their franchise during the by-poll. No untoward incident was reported from any part of the state. With this, the political fortune of 13 candidates was sealed into the EVMs. The counting of votes will be taken up on Thursday.<br />''<br />''BJP and Janta Dal (United) contested these elections jointly while RJD, Congress, and Vikashsheel Insaan Party( VIP)   are fighting elections separately. The By- poll was necessitated following death of Vikashsheel Insaan Party( VIP) MLA Musafir Paswan.</span>