Bihar recorded its highest-ever voter turnout during Thursday’s first phase of Assembly elections, with 64.66 per cent of the 3.75 crore electorate casting their ballots at polling stations across the state.

In a statement issued here, the Election Commission (EC) said the first phase of the Bihar polls concluded peacefully, with the “highest-ever voter turnout of 64.66 per cent” recorded in the history of the state.

A total of 121 constituencies in 18 districts went to polls in the first phase, with an electorate of more than 3.75 crore.

During the first Bihar Assembly polls in 1951-52, the recorded turnout was lowest in the state’s history at 42.6 per cent.

The previous highest voter turnout in Bihar was recorded in 2000 at 62.57 per cent.

In the 2020 Assembly polls held under the s

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