Patna (Bihar) [India], November 6 (ANI): Bihar recorded 60.41 per cent polling in the first phase of assembly polls, according to Election Commission data at 8 pm. The polling percentage is higher than the overall voting percentage recorded in the previous three assembly polls in the state.

Among the 18 districts that went to polls in the first phase, Begusarai recorded the highest turnout of 67.32 per cent, followed by Gopalganj at 64.96 per cent and Muzaffarpur at 65.96 per cent. In Patna district, the polling percentage was 55.02 per cent.

A total of 121 constituencies went to the polls in the first phase assembly election held in the state on Thursday after conclusion of Special Intensive Roll of electoral list. The oppositon parties had expressed strong reservations over the SIR pro

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