Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 Highlights: Polls in two phases on Nov 6 & 11; counting on Nov 14Hello Readers. Bihar will vote in two phases on November 6 and 11, in a crucial Assembly election that will decide whether Nitish Kumar-led coalition can return to power or RJD can return to helm the government for the first time in 20 years. The counting of votes will be on November 14. The term of the 243-member state assembly ends on November 22. In the 243-member Bihar Assembly, the NDA currently holds 131 seats, with the BJP holding 80, JD(U) 45, HAM(S) 4, and two Independents. That's all for today. Thanks for staying with us. Stay tuned to DH to track the latest updates.
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025: EC team evades questions on 'ghuspaithiya' and 'vote theft'
Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday evaded queries related to issues raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on the issue of ‘ghuspaithiya’ (infiltrators) and ‘vote theft’ respectively.
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025: Nitish Kumar inaugurates 3.45-km corridor of Patna Metro hours before poll announcement
A 3.45-km-long elevated corridor, covering three stations -- Patliputra Bus Terminal, Zero Mile, and Bhoothnath, was opened as part of the 'priority corridor'.
AAP releases the first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections
Bihar Assembly Elections 2020
(Contested /Seats Won / Vote Share)
2020
*** JD(U): 115 – 43 – 32.83%
BJP: 110 – 74 – 19.46%
RJD: 144 – 75 – 23.11%
Cong: 70 – 19 – 9.48%
CPIML(L): 19 – 12 – 3.16%
*** JD(U) and BJP fought together
Election Commission to announce Bihar polls schedule
EC begins press conference
Bihar elections will be the first after the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
The Bihar elections will be the first after the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, which deleted 68.5 lakh voters and added 21.5 lakh new names.
Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has sanitized the electoral rolls: CEC
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has sanitized the electoral rolls. All political parties and individuals were invited to file objections and claims once the draft was published. The final draft was published on September 30."
Bihar Election Results in 2010, 2015, 2020
14,000 voters are over the age of 100 years: CEC
Total 7.42 crore voters in Bihar, of which 3.92 crore are male and 3.5 crore women; 14 lakh first time voters: CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
14,000 voters are over the age of 100 years; total 90,712 polling stations in Bihar: CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
Bihar Assembly elections
* Male Voters: 3.92 crore
* Female Voters: 3.5 crore
* Transgenders: 1752
* Disabled: 7.2 lakh
* 85+ years: 4.04 lakh
* 100+ years: 14,000
* 1st time voters: 14.01 lakh
Fake news on social media and other platform will be countered strictly: CEC
First Initiatives in Bihar Elections
Second last round of EVM/ VVPATs counting shall be taken up after after counting of postal ballots paper: CEC
Polling stations in Bihar elections to have mobile phone deposit counters: CEC
242 assemblies will have 243 general observers and these observers will not be from Bihar
Observers of EC work as eyes and ears of the EC: CEC
Bihar polls are 'mother of all elections': CEC
Bihar polls will be done in two phases
Polling dates- 6th November, 11th November: CEC
Counting will take place on 14th November: CEC
Schedule for Bihar Polls
Bypolls to eight Assembly seats, including two in Jammu and Kashmir, will be on Nov 11 and counting of votes will be on Nov 14: CEC Gyanesh Kumar
By-polls details
People can still get add their names to voter lists till 10 days before the filing of nomination papers by candidates: CEC Gyanesh Kuma
