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Counting day is here, and Bihar arrives at it on the back of a historic mandate. The 2025 Assembly elections have already broken records: the state logged its highest-ever turnout at 66.91 per cent across two phases, with women voters leading the surge at an unprecedented 71.6 per cent, far ahead of the 62.8 per cent turnout among men. Behind this massive exercise stood 8.5 lakh polling staff, 1.4 lakh polling agents for 2,616 candidates, and a three-tier observer system that included general, police and expenditure observers; plus, for the first time, 16 international delegates watching the process. All eyes now shift from polling booths to the counting rooms.

Follow live updates on the Bihar Assembly election results here.

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