Bihar Elections 2025 Phase-I: Historic 64.66% Voter Turnout
Bihar Elections 2025 Phase-I: Historic 64.66% Voter Turnout
11.20 PM last night itself. Mock polls were completed before 7 AM today in the presence of over 67,902 Polling Agents appointed by 1,314 contesting candidates and polling began peacefully at all 45,341 polling stations simultaneously.
* The voter turnout figures are as of 8.15 PM today and 1,570 Presiding Officers are yet to update the figures on ECINet.
Poll Participation (%age) before Bihar Election 2025
General Election to Lok Sabha (1951 – 2024)
General Election to Legislative Assembly of Bihar (1951 – 2020)
Year
Poll Participation (%)
Year
Poll Participation (%)
1951-52
40.35 (Lowest)
1951-52
42.6 (Lowest)
1957
40.65
1957
43.24
1962
46.97
1962
44.47
1967
51.53
1967
51.51
1971
48.96
1969
52.79
1977
60.76
1972
52.79
1980
51.87
1977
50.51
1984
58.8
1980
57.28
1989
60.24
1985
56.27
1991
60.35
1990
62.04
1996
59.45
1995
61.79
1998
64.6 (Highest)
2000
62.57 (Highest)
1999
61.48
2005-Feb
46.5
2004
58.02
2005-Oct
45.85
2009
44.47
2010
52.73
2014
56.26
2015
56.91
2019
57.33
2020
57.29
2024
56.28
- The first phase of the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections concluded peacefully in a festive mood today with the highest ever voter turnout of 64.66% in the history of Bihar*. (Table below)
- CEC Shri Gyanesh Kumar along with ECs Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi kept a close watch on the polling through live-webcasting which has been ensured in 100% of the Polling Stations for the first time in Bihar.
- CEC Gyanesh Kumar personally engaged with the Presiding Officers and DEOs from the Control Room in ECI to ensure that the polling progressed smoothly.
- 121 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in 18 districts in the State went to polls today, with a total electorate of over 3.75 crore.
- In another first in Bihar, as part of the International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP), 16 delegates from 6 countries namely, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Belgium and Colombia witnessed the poll proceedings. The delegates commended the Bihar elections for being internationally, one of the most well-organised, transparent, efficient and participative elections.
- Over 4 Lakh Polling related Staff reached the respective polling stations by