As Bihar underwent the first phase of assembly polls 2025 on Thursday, i.e., November 6, a voter turnout of 64.46 per cent was recorded provisionally at close of polling in 121 seats, as per an Election Commission data. Interestingly, it was the highest voter turnout in 73 years.

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 process. The ov

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