As the NDA won a landslide victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, one of the factors that worked in the alliance's favor appears to be the large turnout of women voters.

According to the Election Commission, women exceeded men's turnout by 14 percentage points in seven districts of Bihar, while in 10 other districts, the gap was over 10 percentage points, reported news agency PTI.

Women's voter turnout was 71.78 per cent, while men's voter turnout was 62.98 per cent.

It is to be noted that ahead of the assembly polls, the Nitish Kumar government transferred ₹10,000 to over 1.21 crore women (Jivika Didis) to help them start small businesses and promised an additional ₹2 lakh for successful ventures.

According to an NDA leader, the credit for women's mandate goes particularly to Chief

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