The first phase of voting in the Bihar Assembly Elections on Thursday witnessed a record-breaking voter turnout of 65 per cent. The Election Commission stated the first phase of the assembly elections concluded “peacefully in a festive mood with the highest ever voter turnout of 64.66 per cent in the history of Bihar".

In the first phase of the 2020 elections, there were a total of 37 million voters, of whom 20.6 million cast their ballots. This time around, out of 37.5 million voters, approximately 24.2 million exercised their franchise.

The fact that women and migrant workers, who didn’t return to their workplaces after Chhath Puja to cast their ballots, came out in droves to cast their votes could have a significant impact.

The major question in political circles now is whether thi

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