Bihar election 2025 Live Updates: Voting underway, 14.5% turnout recorded till 9am

BIhar election 2025 unrecorded Updates: The endorse stage for the Bihar gathering elections is underway with a come of 122 assembly constituencies headed to the polls for the last phase of voting. For the final round of polling over 37 million voters, including 17.4 million women, are eligible to cast their vote across 45,399 polling stations.Polls across the 20 districts will open from 7 AM onwards and will close at 5 PM.Urging voters to set new record in second and final phase pf voting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to participate enthusiastically in the polling. "I especially urge my young friends from the state, who are voting for the first time, to not only cast their votes but also inspire others to do so," the prime minister said.Bihar recorded the highest ever voter turnout of over 65 per cent in the polling across 121 constituencies in the first phase of the assembly elections. The counting of votes will take place on November 14.Key candidates and seatsIn the fray for the second phase are former deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad (Katihar), former speaker Uday Narain Choudhary (Sikandra), and several ex-ministers such as Vinay Bihari (Lauriya), Narayan Prasad (Nautan), Shamim Ahmed (Narkatia), Rana Randhir Singh (Madhuban), Pramod Kumar (Motihari), and Sunil Kumar Pintu (Sitamarhi). Another notable candidate in the fray is Renu Devi, the BJP’s senior leader and former deputy chief minister.Furthermore, Kahalgaon, Narpatganj, Forbesgan, Mokama, Valmiki Nagar are among the constituencies to keep an eye out for today.Nearly 65 percent voter turnout for Phase 1The first phase of polling held on November 6, covering 121 constituencies across 18 districts, recorded a voter turnout of 64.66%, the highest-ever in Bihar. To be sure, this number came after the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls trimmed the electorate in Bihar from 78.9 million people to 74.2 million.Exit polls todayFollowing the final phase of voting, the highly anticipated exit polls will also be announced today. Since voting ends at 5 PM, the exit poll predictions for the next Bihar government are expected to start around 6:30 PM.Exit poll predictions are now held back until after voting has concluded due to the rules issued by the Election Commission of India.The high-stakes contest across Bihar will decide whether chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U)-BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will retain power or if Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led INDIA bloc succeeds in unseating the nine-time chief minister.