Bihar Election 2025 Highlights: Bihar DGP orders FIR against RJD leader Sunil Singh over 'inflammatory' remark

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: "We are completely confident that we are forming the government with a clear majority... We will very comfortably win the election tomorrow. Our workers are at all the counting stations and are alert. If the Administration repeats their 2020 mistake again, or anyone crosses their limit, does something unconstitutional and unfair, and if any official acts on anyone's orders, then the public will take care of it," said Tejashwi Yadav.

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: Speaking to ANI, Sinha said, "Look, the people who studied anarchy in the school of 'jungle raj' and learned how to create an atmosphere of lawlessness, those people are now preparing to turn that lawlessness into 'gunda raj'. These people have perhaps forgotten that the people of Bihar want peace and stand with the pace of development,"he said.

"Those who want to establish such lawlessness and 'gunda raj' will be taught a lesson by the Election Commission, which ensured sanctity and transparency. I appeal to people who harbor this anarchic mentality: if you have faith in democracy, stop this play of inciting madness," the Deputy CM said.

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: Axis My India CMD Pradeep Gupta says, "Nitish and Modi combined were the heroes of this election. This election would have been unimaginable without PM Modi... Our data shows Nitish Kumar at 22%, Chirag Paswan at 5%, Samrat Chaudhary at 2%, and any candidate from the BJP at 14% in terms of who people want to see become Chief Minister..."

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday praised the "successful" conduct of the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, with a record voter turnout of 67.13 per cent, which is the "highest ever" in the state since 1951.

The Commission also said that no repolls were requested across any of Bihar's 38 districts.

"Zero repolls in Bihar Assembly Elections, 2025 • No re-polls requested by 2,616 candidates • No re-polls requested by 12 recognised political parties," the EC said in the note.

"Zero appeals during SIR in Bihar with 7,45,26,858 electors in the final Electoral Roll," the press note added.

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: Asked about the possibility of an anti-climax in the Bihar election results despite most exit polls favoring the NDA, Axis My India CMD Pradeep Gupta said, "The chances of an anti-climax are almost none. We've also given a range of 121 to 141 seats for the NDA. The midpoint is 131. The worst-case scenario is 121, and 122 seats are needed to form a government. I don't think there's much scope for an opposite outcome."

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: On FIR lodged against RJD MLC Sunil Kumar Singh, Union Minister & LJP- Ramvilas National President Chirag Paswan said, “They are unable to digest the fact that they are losing the Bihar election and, in frustration, are making derogatory and provocative remarks.”

“Every political party receives feedback, but the level of satisfaction seen among the NDA is not present in the Mahagathbandhan. We are going to form a strong government in Bihar that will work for the progress of the state over the next five years,” he added.

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: Ahead of counting day, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav calls a meeting Mahagathbandhan parties at his official residence in Patna.

Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) National President Mukesh Sahni, CPI (ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya and other leaders are a part of this meeting.

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place for Friday’s counting of votes in the Bihar assembly elections, across 46 centres in 38 districts of the state, officials said.

Schools in Patna will remain closed on Friday due to the counting of votes.

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: On statement of RJD leader Sunil Singh, Bihar DGP Vinay Kumar told ANI, "An FIR is being registered over this undesirable and inflammatory statement."

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: "Many of our candidates were forcibly defeated in 2020... I have requested all our officials involved in the counting process that, if you defeat the person whom the public has given their mandate, the same scenes you witnessed on the roads in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka will be seen on the roads of Bihar as well," Singh told ANI.

"You will see the common people taking to the streets... We are absolutely vigilant about this, and we urge you not to do anything that goes against public sentiment, that the public will not accept," Singh added.

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday took a jibe at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, saying that at a time when Bihar was in the midst of assembly polls he was vacationing at hill station Pachmarhi in MP.

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: Leaders across the political spectrum of Bihar on Thursday held hectic parleys and reviewed last-minute preparations as the state gears up for last counting of votes.

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates:“It's result day tomorrow. People of Bihar have voted for double-engine government,” said Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha.

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: BJP leader Ramkripal Yadav says, "NDA is poised to win more seats than what the exit polls indicate."

Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Thursday alleged large-scale electoral fraud in the Bihar Assembly elections, claiming that around 80 lakh votes were "stolen," and accused the BJP for it.

Speaking to ANI, Singh said, “We'll have to wait for the results on 14th November. I've been saying one thing clearly that the vote theft will have a profound impact on this election. It's undeniable that 80 lakh votes were stolen in Bihar. 80 lakh voters were deprived of their right to vote."

According to Election Commission data, Supaul Assembly seat registered the highest gender gap at 20.71 per cent, with 83.69 per cent of the women casting their votes and 62.98 per cent of the men exercising their francise.

A wide gender gap favouring women was also recorded in Kishanganj (19.5 per cent), Madhubani (18.4), Gopalganj (17.72), Araria (14.43), Darbhanga (14.41) and Madhepura (14.24).

Women outnumbered men by 14 per cent or more in voter turnout in seven districts of Bihar where Assembly elections were recently held, according to the Election Commission.

In other 10 districts, the polling percentage of women was over 10 per cent more than men.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday held an online meeting with the RJD candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections. “Last night, through a video conference with party candidates and district organization office-bearers, an in-depth discussion was held on guidelines related to vote counting and preparations for the counting process,” Tejashwi said in a post on X.

“The justice-loving people of Bihar, the birthplace of democracy, and all social and political workers who love Bihar and the Constitution are alert, vigilant, cautious, and fully capable, aware, and prepared with enthusiasm, hope, and confidence to deal with any kind of improper unconstitutional activity,” Tejashwi said, adding that Bihar and Biharis are “committed to saving democracy and the Constitution.”

Rohtas District Magistrate Udita Singh said the administration had received information regarding a truck “loaded with EVMs” entering the Bazaar Samiti, Takiya. Singh said the police had found and checked the truck, adding that “its entry was recorded in the logbook.”

“In the entry, it was stated that the truck was full of empty boxes. The candidates, their authorised personnel, and their supporters were present there in large numbers. The truck was opened in front of all of them, and numerous steel boxes were found. Each box was removed, and all the boxes were found empty,” Singh told ANI news agency.

Singh said that after the check, the boxes were reloaded into the same truck, and clarified that the allegations of the truck containing EVMs was false.

Earlier, the RJD had on its official handle posted a video of the truck inside the Sasaram counting centre and alleged that the truck was “loaded with EVMs” and had “sneaked into” the counting centre.

Union minister Girirag Singh, a day before the vote counting in Bihar, claimed that the NDA would win more seats in the Assembly elections this year, than the 206 seats in 2010.

He further took a jibe at the Mahagathbandhan leaders. “Whether it's Akhilesh Yadav, Lalu Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, or Rahul Gandhi, why would anyone vote for these people in Bihar?” Singh said during an interview with ANI news agency.

Janata Dal (United) leader Rajiv Ranjan Prasad claimed there was a “complete possibility of better results” for the NDA than in 2010. “Over a dozen agencies have surveyed, and the conclusion of all of them is that NDA will come to power once again... Our belief is based on feedback from NDA party workers at the booth level, as well as its allied forces...” Prasad told ANI news agency.

He added that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was headed for a “historic landslide victory.” “The voters have answered all the questions raised by the opposition... Nitish Kumar will be the next Chief Minister...” Prasad said.

JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar on Thursday said the public would not “hand over power to Tejashwi Yadav.” “.. Nitish Kumar and the NDA will have a landslide victory. We will celebrate the victory. We will uphold the pride of Bihar,” Kumar claimed, while speaking to ANI news agency.

RJD leader Mrityunjay Tiwari expressed confidence that Bihar would witness a Mahagathbandhan-led government in the state being formed on November 14. “The people of Bihar are completely confident that the people will win and the Mahagathbandhan government will be formed. Tejashwi Yadav will become the Chief Minister...” Tiwari said.

Speaking to ANI news agency, the RJD leader said the “exact poll” was in their favour, adding that it would be "visible tomorrow when the people of Bihar celebrate their victory.

The Election Commission of India has extended the Model Code of Conduct in Patna district till November 16 to maintain law and order after the counting of votes in Bihar on November 14, according to a statement by the district administration.

The prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 also includes a complete ban on victory processions in the district, ANI news agency reported.

The Model Code of Conduct came into effect on on October 6, after the ECI announced the schedule for the Bihar Assembly polls.