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Bihar Election Results 2025 : Vote counting begins, Nitish Kumar eyes fifth term

Patna, Nov 14 (UNI) The Bihar assembly election verdict will be declared today, with vote counting now underway under tight security. The Election Commission of India (ECI) began the process at 8 am with postal ballots, followed by Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) counting at 8:30 a.m. Results from all 243 Assembly constituencies will start emerging by around 9 am.
This time Bihar polls saw a historic 67.13 per ent voter turnout, Bihar's highest since 1951. Conducted in two phases on November 6 and 11, the election drew strong participation, with turnout at 65.08 percent in the first phase and 68.76 per cent in the second. A total of 74.2 million registered voters, including 39.2 million men and 35 million women, cast their ballots to decide the fate of 2,616 candidates.
A total of 243 Returning Officers (ROs) and 243 Counting Observers are overseeing the process in the presence of contesting candidates and their agents. The ECI has confirmed that this is the first election in recent history in which no discrepancies or malpractices were reported across polling stations after scrutiny, and no repolls were required.
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