66.91% voter turnout overall; Highest since 1st Bihar elections in 1951
66.91% voter turnout overall; Highest since 1st Bihar elections in 1951
Bihar Legislative Assembly elections concluded with a historic highest ever voter turnout of 66.91% This is the highest voter turnout recorded in the State since 1951. Turnout among male voters is 62.8% and amongst female voters it is 71.6%. Details in Annexures 1 & 2.
Poll Participation (%) in Bihar Assembly Election – 2025+
Female
Male
Total
Electors
%
Electors
%
Electors
%
Phase -I*
1,76,77,219
69.04%
1,98,35,325
61.56%
3,75,13,302
65.08%
Phase – II**
1,74,68,572
74.03%
1,95,44,041
64.1%
3,70,13,556
68.76%
Total
3,51,45,791
71.6%
3,93,79,366
62.8%
7,45,26,858
66.91%
+Data is provisional and it does not include Service Voters, % of TG voters & Postal Ballots. Final figures will be shared through ECI Index Card.
CEC Shri Gyanesh Kumar along with ECs Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi monitored the conduct of the elections from the Control Centre in ECI through Webcasting facility provided across all 45,399 Polling Stations in Phase-II as well.
Over the two phased elections in Bihar, more than 8.5 Lakh Polling related Staff, over
1.4 lakh Polling Agents appointed by 2,616 contesting candidates, 243 General Observers, 38 Police Observers and 67 Expenditure Observers were part of the election machinery conducting and observing the elections.
For the first time, 16 delegates from 6 countries namely, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Belgium and Colombia visited and witnessed the poll proceedings as part of the International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP) this year. The delegates commended the Bihar elections for being internationally, one of the most well-organised, transparent, efficient and participative elections.
PHASE-WISE DETAILS, BIHAR ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS, 2025
PHASE-I
PHASE-II
TOTAL
POLL PARTICIPATION
65.08%
68.76%
66.91%
NUMBER OF RE-POLLS
0
Scrutiny on 12.11.2025
–
ELECTORATE
3,75,13,302
3,70,13,556
7,45,26,858
DISTRICTS
18
20
38
ACs
121
122
243
POLLING STATIONS
45,341
45,399
90,740
POLLING STAFF
~4.25 lakhs
~4.25 lakhs
~8.50 lakhs
JEEVIKA DIDIS/VOLUNTEERS
~90,000
~90,000
~1.80 lakhs
POLLING AGENTS
67,902
72,372
1,40,274
CANDIDATES
1,314
1,302
2,616
Poll day details for the bye-elections in 8 ACs is at Annexure-3
Click here for Annexure pdf file.