At least five seats, from three districts — Kishanganj, Purnia and Katihar — which registered a 15 percentage point increase in voter turnout in the current elections, saw change of power as results for the Bihar Assembly elections 2025 trickled in on Friday 14 November.
The Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections witnessed a voter turnout of 65.08 percent in Phase-I and 68.76 percent in Phase-II of the polls, registering a record overall voter turnout of 66.91 percent. This marks an increase of 9.62 percentage points, when compared to the 2020 Assembly elections wherein the overall voter turnout was recorded at 57.29 percent.
In both the phases, more women cast their ballot when compared to men, with overall turnout among female voters tallying to 71.6 percent, while among male voters it was 62.8 percent.
But what impact did the record high voter turnout have on the power centre in Bihar? Let's take a look.