Read Time:1 Minute, 38 Second
New Delhi, November 06, 2025: The first phase of elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly concluded today peacefully with the highest ever voter turnout of 64.66 per cent.
Election Commission today said the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections registered a 64.66 per cent voting, which is the highest ever voter turnout of in the history of Bihar.
121 assembly Constituencies (ACs) in 18 districts in the State went to polls today, with a total electorate of over 3.75 crore.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar along with ECs Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi kept a close watch on the polling through live-webcasting which has been ensured in 100 per cent of the Polling Stations for the first time in Bihar.
In another first in Bihar, as part of the International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP), 16 delegates from 6 countries namely, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Belgium and Colombia witnessed the poll proceedings.
The delegates commended the Bihar elections for being internationally, one of the well organised, transparent, efficient and participative elections, the Commission said in a statement.
Mock polls were completed before 7 AM today in the presence of over 67,902 Polling Agents appointed by 1,314 contesting candidates and polling began peacefully at all 45,341 polling stations simultaneously, it said.
Over 90,000 Jeevika Didis/female volunteers along with one CAPF personnel were deployed across all Polling Stations for the identification of Purdahnasheen women.
Presiding Officers updated the Voter Turnout figures at the close of poll before leaving the polling station as per ECI’s latest instructions resulting in minimal delay in updation of approximate voter turnout trends.
The EC said District-wise and Assembly Constituencies wise approximate voter turnout figures are available on the ECINet App.
