Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Two phases of voting on Nov 6 and 11; results on November 14

Bihar Assembly Election 2025: The Election Commission of India announced on Monday, 6 October, that the voting for 243 seats in Bihar will be held in two phases.

The first phase will be held on 6 November and the second phase on 11 November. Counting will be held on 14 November, the Election Commission announced on Monday, 6 October.

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

Bihar has about 7.42 Crore voters including 3.92 Crore men and 3.5 Crore women voters, the Election Commission said. Bihar has about 14 lakh first time voters.

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?

As per the final electoral rolls published after Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, Bihar has 7.42 crore voters, a drop of more than 47 lakh since June.

What happened in Bihar Elections 2020?

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 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.