Bihar on Tuesday recorded its highest-ever voter turnout of 67.14 per cent, provisionally, at close of polling in the second and final phase of the high-stakes assembly elections, seen as a veritable referendum on the state's longest-serving Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The polling percentage across 122 constituencies comprising 3.7 crore voters, which was higher than the “record” 65.09% turnout registered in the first phase on November 6, was likely to go up, as queues of voters were seen at many booths, officials said.

Kishanganj, the lone Muslim-majority district in the state, recorded the highest polling percentage so far at 76.26, followed by adjoining Katihar (75.23), Purnea (73.79), Supaul (70.69) and Araria (67.79).

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