Bankipur bypoll: Voters display inked fingers

Voters in Patna display their ink-marked fingers after casting ballots in the Bihar Assembly by-election for the Bankipur Assembly constituency on 30 July 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

An elderly woman displays her ink-marked finger after exercising her franchise in the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026, reflecting broad voter participation across age groups. (Photo: NationPress)

A young woman voter shows her ink-marked finger after casting her ballot in the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026, highlighting youth participation in the Bihar bypoll. (Photo: NationPress)

Ashok Choudhary, Bihar's Minister for Food and Consumer Protection, cast his vote in the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026 and displayed his ink-marked finger. (Photo: NationPress)

An elderly voter arrived by wheelchair to exercise his franchise in the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026, underscoring inclusive voter participation in the Bihar bypoll. (Photo: NationPress)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad arrived at the polling booth with his family to cast his vote in the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad displays his ink-marked finger after casting his ballot in the Bankipur Assembly by-election, Patna, on 30 July 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad voted in the Bankipur Assembly constituency by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026, holding up his inked finger for the camera outside the polling booth. (Photo: NationPress)

BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad cast his vote alongside his wife and son in the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026, later displaying his ink-marked finger. (Photo: NationPress)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad was accompanied by family members as he reached the polling booth for the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

Bihar Minister Ram Kripal Yadav and councillor Vinay Kumar display their ink-marked fingers after voting in the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

Ram Kripal Yadav, a Bihar minister, and local councillor Vinay Kumar jointly showed their inked fingers after exercising their franchise in the Bankipur Assembly by-election, Patna, on 30 July 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

BJP senior leader and former Union Minister C.P. Thakur and Nawada MP Vivek Thakur displayed their ink-marked fingers after voting in the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

Former Union Minister C.P. Thakur and Nawada MP Vivek Thakur, both senior BJP figures, voted in the Bankipur Assembly by-election in Patna on 30 July 2026 and held up their inked fingers. (Photo: NationPress)