NEW DELHI: Girls voters took the lead in what the Election Fee of India (ECI) described as Bihar’s highest-ever voter turnout, with 71.6 per cent of feminine electors casting their ballots in comparison with 62.8 per cent of males. In line with ECI knowledge launched on Tuesday after the conclusion of the second and remaining part of polling, ladies persistently outnumbered males on the cubicles. Within the first part on November 6, 69.04 per cent of girls turned out to vote, properly above the 61.56 per cent male turnout. The pattern strengthened within the second part, when 74.03 per cent of girls voters exercised their franchise, once more surpassing the 64.1 per cent turnout amongst males. Total, Bihar recorded a 66.91 per cent voter turnout — the best because the state’s first elections in 1951 — with ladies driving the surge in participation.The ECI clarified that the info is provisional and excludes service voters, postal ballots, and transgender voter turnout. The ultimate figures will likely be launched later by way of the ECI Index Card, it mentioned. The primary part of polling coated 121 meeting constituencies, whereas the remaining 122 seats voted within the second. Counting of votes for all 243 constituencies is scheduled for Friday. In the meantime, exit polls have projected a robust displaying for the ruling Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) towards the opposition Mahagathbandhan coalition — although the exit polls usually are not all the time correct.(With PTI inputs)