Bihar First Phase Polls See 60% Voter Turnout Amid Tensions

Bihar’s first phase of assembly elections recorded 60.18% turnout by 5 pm amid violence, including an attack on Deputy CM Vijay Sinha’s convoy. NDA and INDIA bloc leaders campaigned fiercely. Begusarai led polling at 67%. Welfare schemes, anti-incumbency, and new entrants like Prashant Kishor’s party shaped the high-stakes contest.