PATNA, Nov. 7 -- Women in Bihar continued with their aggressive voting, with yet another powerful demonstration in the first phase of the assembly election 2025 to boost overall voting percentage to 64.46% -- the highest ever recorded in the state. Bihar's Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjial said that the participation of women was higher than men, but the exact figures would be shared later. This is significant considering the deletion of around 4.7 million voters in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with clear dip in the number of woman voters. However, it did not show any adverse impact on the voting trend. While the voting percentage of men was 54.5% in 2020 despite the shadow of Covid-19 pandemic, it was 59.7% for women. The average voter turnout in Bihar for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was 56.28%, with men's participation at 53% and women's turnout at 59.45%. In 2020, the women's voting percentage of 59.7% was lower than 60.5% recorded in 2015 Assembly election but higher than 54.5% in 2010. It was in 2010 when woman voters first outnumbered men and since then have continued with the trend. There were just three occasions in the past when the state recorded over 60% voting in Vidhan Sabha polls -- in 1990, 1995 and 2000 -- but on those occasions it was due to aggressive voting by men. P3...