PATNA: People of Bihar wait with bated breath for Friday's counting of votes polled in the recent assembly elections, which will decide whether JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar, the state's longest-serving chief minister, will get a record fifth term or whether a change in government will be witnessed.

Bihar registered a historic voter turnout of 67.13 per cent in the elections to the 243-member assembly in two phases on November 6 and 11.

Counting of votes will begin at 8 am, and the trends and results are likely to start trickling in by 9 am.

A total of 46 counting centres have been enumerated by the Election Commission across 38 districts in the state.

A total of 7.45 crore voters were eligible to decide the electoral fate of 2,616 candidates.

According to a statement issued by the EC o

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