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All eyes on Bihar women voters as final phase campaigning winds up
The Morning Standard
|November 10, 2025
In NDA, BJP is contesting 53 seats, JD(U) 44, while INDIA bloc's RJD is up on 72, Cong 37
CAMPAIGNING for the second and final phase of the Bihar Assembly elections concluded on Sunday evening, capping nearly a month of intense canvassing and clamorous exchanges between the ruling NDA and the opposition Mahagathbandhan.
Polling will take place on November 11 across 122 constituencies in 20 districts, marking the decisive round of a high-stakes contest.
The first phase on November 6 saw a record voter turnout of 65.08 percent, the highest in the state's history, with women outnumbering men at poll booths. The turnout of women voters in this phase may well decide whether, as many put it, "Rajni-tik badlav ki hawa chali ya nahi (if a political wind of change has blown)."
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