NEW DELHI: The final voter turnout in the first phase of the Bihar legislative election was recorded to be 65.08 per cent, announced the Chief Electoral Officer. This turned out to be 0.42 per cent more than the tentative voter turnout of 64.66 per cent. A total of 3.75 crore voters were eligible in the polls, out of which 1.98 crore are men and 1.76 crore are women. Women had a significantly large turnout across 45,341 polling stations in the first phase. The CEO of Bihar stated that this year's election in the state saw a 7.79 per cent increase in voter turnout compared to the 2020 Bihar Assembly General Elections, which was 57.29 per cent. Additionally, there was an 8.8 per cent increase in voter turnout compared to the 2024 Lok Sabha General Elections, which was 56.28 per cent.

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