PATNA/NEW DELHI: As campaigning for the second and final phase of Bihar Assembly elections comes to a close on Sunday evening, high hopes have been pinned on women voters.

The turnout of women voters, anticipated to surpass that of the first phase, is likely to determine whether a ‘ rajnitik-badlav ki hawa chali ya nahi ’ (a political wind of change blows or not).

While speaking to TNIE , leaders from both ruling and opposition alliances noted that the results of the second phase will depend largely on women’s turnout, which is expected to be higher than that recorded in the first phase of polling.

Women constitute nearly 47% of Bihar’s electorate—around 3.5 crore out of 7.43 crore registered voters—and have emerged as one of the most influential groups in recent elections.

Their t

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