Bihar recorded a historic 64.66% voter turnout in the first phase of Assembly elections, marking a high-stakes contest between the ruling NDA and RJD-Congress combine. Key leaders, welfare promises, caste dynamics, and emerging parties like Jan Suraaj are shaping the outcome

Patna: In the “highest ever” voter turnout in Bihar, nearly 65 per cent of 3.75 crore electors exercised their franchise on Thursday across 121 constituencies in the first phase of the Assembly elections , which marks the beginning of a closely watched high-stakes contest that is seen as a litmus test of the ruling NDA’s popularity.

In a statement, the Election Commission said the first phase of the Assembly elections concluded peacefully “in a festive mood with the highest-ever voter turnout of 64.66 per cent i

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