New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- At close of polling in the second and final phase of the high-stakes Bihar assembly election, the state recorded highest-ever voter turnout of 68.65 per cent, provisionally.

The voter turnout across 122 constituencies was higher than the 65.09 turnout registered in the first phase on November 6.

To tackle the anti-incumbency factor, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA is banking on 'good governance' during the tenure of the JD(U) president Nitish Kumar. Whereas, Opposition INDIA bloc, which pins its hopes on the incumbency factor.

After the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the the total number of electors in poll-bound Bihar have come down to 7.42 crore. The EC had said that 3.66 lakh voters were removed from the ...