A vote has a denominator.
Provisional 2025 turnout and a local research reading of ADR’s analysis of winning candidates.
Turnout uses the electorate. A winner’s vote share uses votes polled. Representativeness uses registered electors. The distinction changes what the number means.
01 / TURNOUT
Who came
to vote?
The ECI release carried by PIB on 12 November 2025 still calls its turnout figures provisional. The corresponding female and male electorates form separate denominators; averaging the two rates does not recover overall turnout.
| Place / measure | Reference period | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
Overall turnoutBiharDefinitionEach category uses its corresponding electorate denominator. The12November2025 release calls these figures provisional pending Index Card; they are not labelled final. | 2025 Assembly election | 67.13% | verifiedElection Commission of India, via Press Information Bureau |
Female turnoutBiharDefinitionEach category uses its corresponding electorate denominator. The12November2025 release calls these figures provisional pending Index Card; they are not labelled final. | 2025 Assembly election | 71.78% | verifiedElection Commission of India, via Press Information Bureau |
Male turnoutBiharDefinitionEach category uses its corresponding electorate denominator. The12November2025 release calls these figures provisional pending Index Card; they are not labelled final. | 2025 Assembly election | 62.98% | verifiedElection Commission of India, via Press Information Bureau |
THE UNDERLYING RECORDS
1 dataset · 3 records · normalized 26 October 2026
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