Bihar Assembly elections: Record 64.66% voting in first phase

Bihar recorded its “highest-ever” elector turnout arsenic the archetypal signifier of the Assembly predetermination ended connected Thursday with 64.66% votes polled. In this phase, 121 Assembly constituencies successful 18 districts went to the polls with a full electorate of implicit 3.75 crore. The Election Commission of India (EC) said voting was peaceful.

Bihar Assembly predetermination | Over 64% voting successful signifier 1; travel updates connected November 6, 2025

The figures amended the 62.57% turnout of the 2000 Assembly election. In the 2020 election, the voting percent successful the archetypal signifier was 57.29%. The highest turnout successful a Lok Sabha predetermination was 64.6%, successful 1998.

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar congratulated the voters for the historical turnout since 1951. He thanked the electors for expressing their religion successful the canvass assemblage and turning retired to ballot with enthusiasm. He lauded the predetermination machinery for moving with afloat transparency and dedication.

“Bihar has shown the mode to the nation. SIR with zero appeals and highest elector turnout since 1951. Purest electoral rolls and enthusiastic information of electors. Transparent and dedicated predetermination machinery. Democracy wins. It has been an astonishing travel for ECI,” Mr. Kumar said.

Earlier, Bihar’s Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjiyal said voting took spot successful 45,314 booths.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said that reports from representatives and candidates bespeak that the National Democratic Alliance volition triumph astir 100 of the 121 seats. He said this year’s results volition interruption the grounds of 2010 predetermination outcome.

Mr. Choudhary said Tejashwi Yadav, the Mahagatbandhan’s main ministerial candidate, volition suffer from Raghopur. “Just arsenic nary subordinate of Lalu Prasad’s household won the 2010 elections, similarly, nary 1 from his household volition triumph the elections this clip too,” helium said.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that the public’s enthusiasm for the NDA was “overwhelming”. “The ample elector turnout proves that the radical of Bihar are committed to fulfilling the resoluteness for a developed Bihar, and that done their close to vote, they person worked to physique a beardown and almighty Bihar,” helium said. He excessively said that Mr. Yadav volition suffer successful Raghopur.

Mr. Yadav said Bihar has voted for alteration successful the archetypal phase. “To dispel 20 years of darkness, each Bihari came retired of their homes and lit the airy of change,” helium said.

“For the archetypal clip successful 20 years, specified an unprecedented question of alteration is disposable successful favour of the expansive alliance. Not lone from each home, but from each heart, lone 1 dependable is heard: this time, we volition bring a caller young government,” helium said.

Mr. Yadav said that “20 years of unemployment, poverty, crime, injustice, inequality, oppression, corruption, and countless sufferings are astir to end”.

Congress person Pawan Khera said that the “youth, women, aged of Bihar, each conception is voting successful choler against this government. The ballot of choler is ever the ballot for change. Change is coming successful Bihar.“

Till 5 p.m., retired of 18 districts, Begusarai recorded the highest turnout astatine 67.32%, Patna 55.02% and Sheikhpura astatine 52.36%, the lowest.