NewzVille Desk
The first phase of the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections concluded peacefully today with the highest ever voter turnout of 64.66% in the history of Bihar.
121 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in 18 districts in the State went to polls today, with a total electorate of over 3.75 crore.
CEC 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.
As part of the International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP), 16 delegates from 6 countries like 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 11.20 PM last night itself.
Over 67,902 Polling Agents appointed by 1,314 contesting candidates and polling began peacefully at all 45,341 polling stations simultaneously.
Over 90,000 Jeevika Didis/female volunteers along with one CAPF personnel were deployed across all Polling Stations for the identification of Purdahnasheen women.
