New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Josh, on Thursday has been closely monitoring each of the thousand active polling booths amid the ongoing first phase of Bihar assembly elections.

CEC Kumar, along with a team of ECI officials monitored each of the polling stations from Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi.

Bihar had recorded a voter turnout of 13.1% till 9 AM across the 121 constituencies in the first phase. The Bihar elections are being held in two phases across the state, with the second phase happening on November 6.

According to the Election Commission of India, there are a total of 45,341 polling stations, including 36,733 and 8,608 rural PS in t...