In what Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar described as an election with the “purest electoral rolls”, the first phase of voting in the Bihar Assembly polls on Thursday witnessed the highest turnout since 1951.

According to the Election Commission, the voter turnout touched 64.66%, a jump from the 57.29% recorded in the 2020 Assembly elections, as 121 constituencies across 18 districts went to the polls.

Summing up the exercise, CEC Kumar said, “Bihar has shown the way to the nation. SIR (Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls) with zero appeals and the highest voter turnout since 1951. Purest electoral rolls and enthusiastic participation of electors. Transparent and dedicated election machinery. Democracy wins. It has been an amazing journey for ECI.”

The CEC, along

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