Patna: The first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections concluded peacefully on Thursday with a record voter turnout of 64.66 per cent, the highest in the electoral history of the state, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vinod Singh Gunjiyal said.

A total of 121 Assembly constituencies across 18 districts went to polls, with 3,75,13,302 electors, including 1,98,35,325 male, 1,76,77,219 female and 758 third-gender voters.

A total of 45,341 polling stations have been set up across the state, including 36,733 in rural areas and 8608 in urban areas.

Additional Director General (Law and Order) and State Police Nodal Officer Kundan Krishnan said polling was largely incident-free, barring two minor episodes.

In one case, villagers in Halsi block of Lakhisarai district allegedly hurled mud at the

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