Polling was held across 122 constituencies with a total of 3.70 crore voters, surpassing the previous record of 65.09 per cent turnout recorded in the first phase on November 6. Election officials said the final figure could rise further as voters were still queued up at several polling booths when voting officially ended

Bihar registered its highest-ever voter turnout of 67.14 per cent (provisional) on Tuesday at the close of polling in the second and final phase of the high-stakes assembly elections, widely viewed as a referendum on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the state’s longest-serving leader, news agency PTI reported.

Polling was held across 122 constituencies with a total of 3.70 crore voters, surpassing the previous record of 65.09 per cent turnout recorded in the first phase

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