Bihar Assembly Elections Date 2025 Live Updates: The voting for 243 seats of Bihar will be held in two phases. The first phase will be held on November 6, and the second and last phase on November 11. Counting will be held on November 14, the Election Commission announced on Monday, October 6.

The first phase will be for 121 seats, while the second phase will be for 122 seats, the poll panel said.

The term of the incumbent Bihar Assembly ends on 22 November. So the elections for the 243-member assembly had to be held before that date.

There are 7.42 crore voters in Bihar, of which 3.92 crore are men and 3.5 crore women. There are 14 lakh first-time voters, while 14,000 voters are over the age of 100 years. There are 90,712 polling stations in Bihar

Bihar Election 2025 Date

The Bihar election 2025 is expected to be a contest between the ruling alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal United (JDU) and the Mahagathbandhan, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress party. Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor is also in the fray with his Jan Suraaj Party.

Will Nitish Kumar’s NDA stay in power, or will the RJD-led INDIA bloc take over?

What happened in Bihar Elections 2024?

In 2020, the Bihar Assembly election was held in three phases on 28 October, 3 November, and 7 November. The results were announced on 10 November.

The incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) emerged as the winner with 125 elected MLAs, whereas the principal opposition coalition of Mahagathbandhan won 110 seats. Nitish Kumar became the chief minister.

7.42 crore voters in Bihar

On 30 September Election Commission published its final electoral roll in Bihar, containing details of 7.42 crore voters, a drop of more than 47 lakh since June, when the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was launched.

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Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Updates: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the schedule for the Bihar assembly elections on Monday. Based on the announcement, Bihar will vote in two phases on November 6 and 11. The results and counting of votes will be done on November 14, 2025….Read More

The term of the 243-member state assembly ends on November 22. The political parties had requested the election commission to conduct elections immediately after the Chhath festival to ensure greater voter participation as a large number of people employed outside return home for festivities.

The announcement of poll date follows a press conference by the Election Commission which shared the new details and processes which will be incorporated for the highly anticipated state elections.

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, held a series of meetings in Patna over the weekend to assess security arrangements, logistics, and enforcement preparedness with top state officials to ensure free, fair and inducement-free elections.

Ahead of the announcements, parties involved in the Bihar polls called on the Election Commission to ensure the conduct of fair and transparent polls across the state. Furthermore, many states have called for single phase voting for Bihar.

“We urged the EC to hold assembly elections in a single phase. It is possible. The state has no law and order problem, nor is it in the throes of Naxal violence. If elections could be held in a single phase in Maharashtra, why not here?” said JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha.

Meanwhile, the seat-sharing for both INDIA and NDA alliances are expected to be announced later this week. RJD’s Tejaswhi Yadav stated that the INDA bloc’s formula is in its final stages and will be announced soon.

In the 2020 assembly polls, the BJP won 74 seats, while Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) won 43 seats. The Mahagathbandhan, including Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress, and Left parties managed to secure 110 seats. The Congress won 19 seats, RJD 75 and Left parties 16.

Bihar Assembly Election 2025 Date Announcement Live: The Election Commission has announced that the Bihar Assembly elections will be held in two phases, on November 6 and 11, with the results to be declared on November 14. The announcement comes after a two-day review of poll preparedness in Bihar, during which the ECI held discussions with political parties and enforcement agencies to ensure free, fair, and smooth elections.

The upcoming electoral battle is expected to be a head-to-head contest between the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and the Mahagathbandhan, spearheaded by Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). The 243-member Bihar Assembly currently has 131 NDA seats and 111 Mahagathbandhan seats.

On Sunday, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar unveiled 17 new initiatives for the polls. Speaking at a press conference in Patna, he said, “Seventeen new initiatives have been successfully implemented in Bihar; some will be implemented in the conduct of elections, and some in counting.” He highlighted improvements in voter list management, explaining that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in all 243 constituencies, along with 90,207 Booth Level Officers (BLOs), completed a voter list cleansing after nearly 22 years.

Other measures include doubling remuneration for BLOs, polling and counting staff, CAPF personnel, and micro-observers. For the first time, honoraria will also be provided to EROs and AEROs, along with better refreshments. Voter convenience initiatives include mobile phone deposit counters outside polling stations and colour photographs of candidates on EVMs. The CEC added that 100 percent webcasting will be carried out at every booth.

During the ECI visit, representatives from national and state parties, including BJP, JD(U), RJD, Congress, CPI(M), CPI(ML), BSP, and AAP, suggested holding elections after Chhath, Bihar’s major festival. JD(U) Bihar president Umesh Singh Kushwaha said, “We have urged the ECI to conduct elections in a single phase and just right after Chhath Puja so that people living outside the state can also cast their vote.” BJP Bihar chief Dilip Jaiswal requested paramilitary deployment in backward areas to ensure voter comfort.

The final electoral roll, published on September 30, lists 7.42 crore voters, down from 7.89 crore in June. The NDA currently holds 131 seats (BJP 80, JD(U) 45, HAM(S) 4, 2 Independents), while the Mahagathbandhan holds 111 seats (RJD 77, Congress 19, CPI(ML) 11, CPI(M) 2, CPI 2). Political activity has intensified across the state as parties step up campaigns ahead of the high-stakes polls.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday (6 October) said that the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections will be the most “transparent, secure, and easy elections” ever conducted in India, the Hindustan Times reported.

Announcing the poll schedule, Kumar said Bihar will vote in two phases, 6 November and 11 November, with counting scheduled for 14 November . He added that the window for filing objections for additions or deletions in the voter list “remains open,” noting that Bihar had “shown the way to the nation on purifying voter lists.”

Speaking on the state’s special intensive revision (SIR) drive, Kumar said, “The voter list revision started on 24 June, 2025, and the draft was published on 1 August. Citizens were given time to file claims or objections until 1 September. The final voter list was released on 30 September.”

The CEC stated that there are 90,712 polling stations across Bihar and that 7.42 crore voters are eligible to vote — including 3.92 crore men, 3.5 crore women, and 14 lakh first-time voters.

He said citizens could get their names added to the voter list up to ten days before the last date for filing nominations.

Kumar also announced that new voter cards will be issued to all those newly added to the rolls. To ensure greater transparency, he said, “It is mandatory to complete the counting of postal ballots before the last two rounds of counting of votes.”

In a first, there will be one general observer for each of the 243 constituencies and one police observer for every district to oversee the process. The CEC further warned that any fake news on social media would be dealt with strictly to maintain the integrity of the electoral process.

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Bihar Election Date 2025 Live Updates: Voting in two phases on Nov 6 and 11, result on Nov 14, announces EC

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Political parties have urged the poll body to hold the polls immediately after the Chhath festival, which will be celebrated at the end of October, to ensure greater voter participation as a large number of people employed outside return home for festivities.

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The Bihar Assembly election will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, announced Election Commission on Monday (October 6). The result will be announced on November 14.

The term of the 243-member state assembly ends on November 22.

Over 7.4 crore people will exercise their franchise, including 14 lakh first-time voters, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar announced. “There are a total of 7.42 crore voters in Bihar, of which 3.92 crore are males and 3.5 crore are women. There are 14 lakh first-time voters and 4 lakh senior citizen voters,” Kumar said.

Political parties have urged the poll body to hold the polls immediately after the Chhath festival, which will be celebrated at the end of October, to ensure greater voter participation as a large number of people employed outside return home for festivities.

The 2020 Assembly polls in the state were held in three phases under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 500 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), comprising over 5,000 personnel, will be deployed for the Bihar elections. Of these, 121 companies are from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and around 400 from the Border Security Force (BSF), along with contingents from other CAPFs, ANI quoted sources.