Bihar polls: 64.6% provisional turnout recorded in first phase, says EC

Voting for 121 of the 243 Assembly seats in the first phase of the Bihar elections took place on Thursday. The provisional voter turnout was 64.6%, the Election Commission said.

The number was as of 8.15 pm, the poll panel said, adding that it was the highest ever voter turnout in Bihar.

At 9.15 pm, the Election Commission’s application data showed the highest turnout was recorded in Begusarai district (69.2%) and the lowest polling was in Patna district (57.9%).

Voting was held at 45,341 stations, most of them in rural areas. Of the 3.7 crore voters in these constituencies, 10.7 lakh are first-time voters, including 7.3 lakh between the age of 18 and 19.

The Opposition’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday urged the residents of Bihar to cast their votes in large numbers while keeping in mind their present and future, ANI reported.

“Vote for employment, education, good healthcare,” the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader said. “We are going to win, Bihar is going to win. A new government will be formed on 14th November...”

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