The Election Commission on Tuesday said that the voter turnout in the Bihar Assembly elections was a record 66.9%. This was the highest polling percentage in the state since 1951.

While the turnout in the first phase on November 6 for 121 of the 243 constituencies was 65%, the provisional polling percentage in the second phase on Tuesday was 68.7%, the poll panel said.

The overall turnout among women was 71.6% and 62.8% for men, it added.

The votes will be counted on Friday.

A turnout of 57.2% was recorded in the 2020 Assembly polls and was 56.9% in 2015.

On Tuesday, voting was held at 45,399 stations amid heavy security following a blast near Delhi’s Red Fort metro station on Monday, which left at least eight persons dead. The police have filed a case under the Unlawful

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