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As Bihar goes to polls, 7.43 crore registered electors are eligible to turn up at polling stations. Here is a look at how many people have come out to vote in Bihar State Assembly elections over the years.
Turnout in Bihar for the State Assembly elections has varied over time, with turnout being less than half the electorate in 1952 to reaching a high of 62.6% in 2000. In 2005, it fell sharply to 45.9%, rising in the following years to 57.1% in 2020.
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At the constituency level, those in the Patna district have seen more or less the same turnover between 2015 and 2020, showing a bigger improvement from 2010 to 2015. However, the turnout in Digha (36.8%), Bankipur (35.9%) and Kumhrar (35.27%) constituencies have remained lower than the district’s other constituencies. Other constituencies recorded turnout between 50% to just over 60% in 2020 and 2015.
Moreover, these three constituencies polled the lowest turnout in the 2020 elections compared to all constituencies in the State. Kumhrarh was among the ten constituencies with the lowest turnout in 2010, 2015 and 2020, like Bankipur.
Constituencies with the highest turnout included Korha, Kasba, Pranpur, which recorded high turnouts in three elections.
This year’s election will be conducted in two phases - first on November 6 and the next on November 11. Results will be announced on November 14. The number of phases has come down over the years. In 2010, the election was held in six phases in the span of a month. In 2015, five phases were held. In 2020, it was three phases.
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