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Bihar Phase 1 polls see record 64.66% turnout, highest in state history.

Women voters and youth emerge as decisive forces, reflecting welfare-driven engagement.

High participation strengthens pro-incumbency sentiment and democratic legitimacy.

The first phase of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections recorded an unprecedented voter turnout of 64.66 per cent across 121 constituencies—the highest in the state’s history—stunning analysts who had anticipated signs of “voter fatigue”. The previous record of 62.57 per cent was set during the 2000 Assembly elections, while for the Lok Sabha, Bihar had registered a maximum turnout of 64.6 per cent in 1998. Districts such as Muzaffarpur (70.96 per cent), Samastipur (70.63 per cent), Saharsa (66.84 per cent) and Khagaria (66.3

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