Phase 1 voting in Bihar records 53.77% turnout by 3 PM, says EC – Firstpost

As Bihar kickstarts the Assembly elections, with the first phase on November 6, 16 delegations of seven foreign countries are witnessing the arrangements and preparations required during the polling which are made by the Election Commission of India for the smooth functioning of elections.  

The visit of these delegations from Indonesia, Colombia, the Philippines, France, Belgium, South Africa and Thailand is facilitated under the International Electors Visitor Program of ECI. Under the programme, a delegation from Thailand visited a polling booth in Patna.

Meanwhile, Bihar has recorded of 27.65 per cent in the first four hours of the first phase of the assembly elections, according to data from the Election Commission of India.