Overview
- Voting will cover 122 constituencies with 3.7 crore voters deciding the fate of 1,302 candidates across 45,399 booths.
- The first phase on November 6 saw a record turnout of about 65%, with parties urging supporters to match or surpass that participation.
- Rahul Gandhi escalated ‘vote chori’ allegations targeting the prime minister, the home minister and the chief election commissioner, calling on youth to guard polling stations.
- Amit Shah pressed the NDA’s development-and-security pitch, accusing the opposition of protecting ‘infiltrators’ and promising industrial and defence corridors for Bihar.
- Bihar Police said vigilance would be tighter than the first phase with roughly 150 additional central force companies and sealed borders with Nepal, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal, as focus areas include Seemanchal and other sensitive regions.