A total of 121 constituencies in 18 districts went to polls in the first phase, with an electorate of more than 3.75 crore. (@ECISVEEP X/ANI Photo)
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold public meetings in Sitamarhi and Bettiah in Bihar on Saturday to “seek blessings” for immense support in the first phase of Bihar elections. Announcing it in a post on X, PM Modi said, “My family members, who have taken the resolve of ‘Developed Bihar’, are going to ensure a massive majority for the NDA even in the second and final phase of the Bihar Assembly elections. Amidst this immense support, tomorrow morning around 11 a.m., I will seek the blessings of the people-public in the public meetings in Sitamarhi, and in the afternoon around 1 p.m. in Bettiah.”
Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC) said the first phase of the Bihar polls concluded peacefully, with the “highest-ever voter turnout of 65.08 per cent” recorded in the history of the state. A total of 121 constituencies in 18 districts went to polls in the first phase, with an electorate of more than 3.75 crore. The second phase of voting will be on November 11 and results will be declared on November 14.
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Rahul claims ‘vote chori’ in Bihar polls: Claiming that there were reports from Bihar strengthening the evidence of “vote chori”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the main culprits in this “murder of democracy” are the chief election commissioner and the two election commissioners who are committing the “biggest treachery against the Constitution”.
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