Bihar Assembly Elections 2025: The voter turnout in the second and final phase of the Bihar Assembly Elections, was recorded to be 66.91 per cent is officially the highest-ever voter turnout in the state since 1951.
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 Live Updates: T-minus one day for the counting of votes! According to the official website of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the counting of votes and the announcement of trends for the Bihar Elections 2025 will commence at 8 am on November 14, with the final results expected to be declared by the evening. The voter turnout in the second and final phase of the Bihar Assembly Elections, was recorded to be 66.91 per cent, officially the highest-ever voter turnout in the state since 1951, the Election Commission of India said. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is likely to retain power in Bihar, as per Axis My India and Today’s Chanakya prediction. Axis My India predicted NDA to win by a narrow margin with 121 to 141 seats, MGB 98 to 118, JSP 0 to 2 seats while Today’s Chanakya projected BJP a major victory with 160 seats, RJD 77 and Others six seats. On Tuesday, nine exit polls also projected the NDA to win 147 seats in the 243-member Assembly.
Who are contesting? The Mahagathbandhan hopes to break JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar’s two-decade run as Bihar Chief Minister, while the NDA hopes to continue to helm the state. While the RJD in alliance with the JD(U) won the 2015 Bihar elections, the alliance broke soon after. Now, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, supported by the Congress, is fighting to break the RJD’s electoral jinx. Key candidates include Bijendra Prasad Yadav, a veteran JD(U) leader and the most senior member of the state cabinet, who seeks to retain his Supaul seat for a record eighth term.
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Women outvote men: Against the overall turnout of a record 66.91%, the voting percentage among women voters was 71.6 per cent, as much as 8.8 percentage points more than the 62.8% turnout among men and the largest ever gap. In terms of absolute numbers too, women appear to have out-voted men in Bihar, which would be a first for the state.
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