Patna: Bihar witnessed 56.5 per cent of its total 6.21 crore voters exercise their franchise in the six phase of elections in the state in which 40 Lok Sabha seats went to the polls.
According to the EC, this is around 12 per cent more than the 2009 general elections, when the overall voting percentage was 44.46.
Around 54.72 per cent of 3.3 crore male voters and 57.14 per cent of 2.9 crore female voters in Bihar exercised their franchise in the just concluded general elections.
This is the first time in the state that the percentage of women voters was almost equal to men. In three phases, females outgunned males in casting their vote.
Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay V Nayak attributed this to improved law and order in the state, as well as, better facilities at the polling stations.
"Though this phenomenon is yet to be analysed in its entirety, we could say that earlier female voters ventured to polling stations in less numbers due to law and order related problems. This time no problem or difficulty was faced by them in reaching the polling stations," said Nayak.
On the EC directives, flying squads, static surveillance teams, police forces and excise officials seized over Rs 5.91 crore of unaccounted cash and over 2.88 lakh litres of liquor during raids.
Similarly, 593 illegal firearms, 1,942 cartridges, 113 bombs, 129 kilogram of explosive material and 206 kilogram of Ganja were seized. Currency notes belonging to various countries were also seized.
"Bihar topped in the seizure of explosives in the entire country. It accounted to almost 80 per cent of the total explosives seized in India. As far as, expenditure monitoring is concerned, the teams registered police cases against 989 persons in the state of which 648 were arrested," said Nayak.
The EC officials are now gearing up to oversee smooth and peaceful counting of votes on May 16.
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