Overview
- Phase 2 voting covered 122 constituencies and sealed the fate of 1,302 candidates, including around a dozen sitting ministers and other senior leaders.
- Turnout in the final phase reached about 67.14% by 5 pm, following a record 65.08% in Phase 1 where women outvoted men in many districts.
- The Election Commission deployed extensive security and logistics, including roughly 4 lakh personnel, sealed border checkpoints, and webcasting at 45,399 polling stations.
- High-profile contests featured BJP’s Renu Devi and Prem Kumar, JD(U)’s Bijendra Prasad Yadav and Leshi Singh, and former deputy chief minister Tarkishore Prasad.
- Multiple exit polls project the NDA ahead, but results will be determined after EVMs are opened for counting on November 14.