Advantage Mahagathbandhan? What surprise voting turnout means for Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 result?
Reacting to the state’s high voter turnout, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said Bihar has done wonders.
Bihar Election Results: According to data released by the Election Commission of India, Bihar recorded an all-time high voter turnout of 67.14 per cent till 5 pm in the second phase of the Assembly elections held on Tuesday. Reacting to the state’s high voter turnout, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said Bihar has done wonders.
Bihar also recorded a high voter turnout in phase 1. The NDA saw the long queues of women voters as a positive sign, and the Mahagathbandhan argued that the record turnout reflected citizens expressing their anger and exercising their right to vote to ‘replace’ the incumbent government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
What does surprise voter turnout mean for Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 result?
The ruling coalition and opposition leaders claim the higher turnout shows the elections are on track. But there are examples that prove these are true and false. In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP came to power with a voter turnout of 61.2%, an increase of 1.84 percentage points over the previous election that brought the Samajwadi Party to power. Data from the Karnataka Assembly elections show that high voter turnout rarely leads to incumbents remaining in power.
What do experts and leading psephologists say about higher voter turnout?
They attribute this largely to SIR. They argue that the percentage is higher due to the reduction in the number of eligible voters during SIR.
