Patna: Curtains came down yesterday on the staggered five-phase assembly elections in Bihar that pitted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP-led combine against the Grand Alliance of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, with more than half of the 1.55 crore electorate turning out to vote in the final round.

Voters stand in a serpentine queue to cast their ballot at a polling station in Thakurganj in Kishanganj district yesterday. Pic/PTI