Bihar Election(Ranjandeep Sandhu, Amrik Matharoo):- : Over 53.54percent voter turnout has been recorded till 6 PM in the first phase of Bihar assembly polls on Wednesday, the Election Commission said in its provisional data. Voting ended at 6 PM. Polling began Wednesday morning in 7 The voter turnout has been recorded at 47.29 percent till 3 pm today.assembly constituencies of Bihar in the first phase of three-phase elections amid tight security and COVID-19 guidelines in place. Of the total 2,14,84,787 electors eligible to exercise the franchise, 1,12,76,396 are male voters, 1,01,29,101 are female electors and 599 are in the third gender category, according to data provided by the Election Commission. There are 78,691 service electors A total of 1,066 candidates  952 men and 114 women  are in the fray in the first phase of elections being held in constituencies spread across 16 districts. Guidelines have been issued by the Commission for the safe conduct of the electoral exercise in the midst of the raging COVID-19 .