Patna: The second phase of the Bihar Assembly elections concluded peacefully on Tuesday, recording a voter turnout of 68.79 per cent, with data from around 2,000 polling booths still pending, according to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vinod Singh Gunjiyal.

He said the average turnout in the first and second phases stands at 66.90 per cent, which is 9.6 per cent higher than the previous Assembly election and a historic high since the 1951-52 election.

The total percentage of male voters turned out at 62.8 per cent and female 71.60 per cent in both phases.

For the second phase, the Election Commission deployed 122 general observers, 34 expenditure observers, 20 police observers, and 2,224 micro observers.

The Commission received 230 complaints, all of which were resolved promptly, Gunjiy

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