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64.7 pc voting in peaceful first phase of Bihar polls
The Statesman Siliguri
|November 07, 2025
Amid tight security arrangements, voting for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections was held peacefully on Thursday across 121 constituencies in 18 districts, with the highest ever voter turnout of 64.66% in the history of Bihar.
A total of 45,341 polling booths were set up across the state for over 3.75 crore voters. The fate of 1,314 candidates, including 122 women, was sealed in the EVMs.
Till 5 p.m, the highest polling was reported from Begusarai district (67.32 per cent), followed by Samastipur (66.65 per cent) and Madhepura (65.74 per cent), while the lowest turnout was recorded in Sheikhpura, where 52.36 per cent of voters exercised their franchise.
This story is from the November 07, 2025 edition of The Statesman Siliguri.
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