Bihar Assembly Election 2025 Highlights: Voting in 2 phases in Nov, why parties expect high turnout

Bihar Election Date 2025 LIVE: Election Commission of India (ECI) is announcing the schedule for the Bihar assembly elections from Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi

Bihar Election 2025 Date Highlights: 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.

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.

Here are five points on the Bihar assembly elections:

• In the current House, the BJP holds the largest share with 80 MLAs, followed by its ally JD(U) with 45 MLAs.
• The NDA is also backed by four MLAs from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), led by Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi,
• While the NDA’s tally stands at 129, comfortably above the 122-member majority mark, the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan has the support of 112 MLAs.
• The BJP had won 74 seats in the 2020 elections, improving its numbers later through defections and a bypoll victory.
• The RJD emerged as the single largest party in 2020 with 75 seats, while the Congress could win only 19 seats.

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Oct 6, 2025, 20:04:11 IST

Bihar Assembly Election 2025 Date Live: Two-phase polling from Nov 6, counting on Nov 11

Bihar Assembly Election 2025 Date Live: The two-phase Bihar assembly election will be held on November 6 and November 11, while the counting will be done on November 14. More than 7.4 crore electors are eligible to cast their votes in the 243-member Assembly, which is going to polls in a shorter format this time compared to previous elections.

Oct 6, 2025, 12:25:23 IST

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Updates: Term of Bihar assembly ends on November 22

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Updates: The term of the 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly will end on November 22. The elections will have to be completed before this date, and the Model Code of Conduct is expected to come into effect as soon as the schedule is announced later today.

Oct 6, 2025, 12:20:14 IST

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Update: Mahagathbandhan ready to form government, says Congress leader

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Update: Congress leader Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Monday expressed confidence in the mahagathbandhan winning the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, saying that the alliance is "fully ready" to form the government.

"The Congress party and Mahagathbandhan are fully prepared... All are ready to form a government under the leadership of the Mahagathbandhan," the Congress leader told ANI on Monday.

Oct 6, 2025, 11:52:03 IST

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Update: JD(U) calls for single phase voting

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Update: Ahead of the release of the polling schedule, the JD(U) have called for a single phase election in 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 on Saturday.

In 2020, the elections in Bihar were conducted in three phases.

Oct 6, 2025, 11:50:46 IST

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Update: NDA vs Magagathbandhan for Bihar polls

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Update: The upcoming elections are expected to be a direct contest between the NDA, led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and the Mahagathbandhan, spearheaded by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

In the 243-member Assembly, the NDA currently holds 131 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan has 111.

Oct 6, 2025, 11:49:45 IST

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Update: ECI to announce dates today

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live Update: Election Commission of India will be announcing the dates and schedule for the Bihar assembly elections today at 4 PM