Bihar Assembly Elections Date 2025 Live Updates: Voting on Nov 6 and 11; results on Nov 14; bypoll dates released

On Bihar poll dates, Congress MP K C Venugopal said, "...We are fully prepared to contest the elections in Bihar. The 'Mahagathbandhan' is ready, and we are ready to win the elections in Bihar... We are confident that we will form the government in Bihar..."

Horses will be used by police for patrolling in 250 polling booths in Bihar's Diara region while polling parties will travel through boats to around 197 stations, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Monday.

Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said on Monday that the Election Commission of India has implemented 17 new initiatives for the upcoming Bihar Election. Tap here to know all the 17 new initiatives launched ahead of the Bihar Elections and how the Election Commission described them.

On Bihar poll dates, Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan says, "Elections will be held peacefully. Our country is the world's biggest democracy and elections will conclude peacefully... SIR issue has been resolved. You should not create issues out of non-issues... There is peace in Bihar..."

Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan says, “...I think this time, we are having fruitful discussions (on seat-sharing) in Mahagathbandhan and we will focus on quality, and not quantity. Whichever party has a stronghold on any particular seat, their candidate should contest from there and this is what we are focused on.”

"Last time, we could not come to power with a very small margin. So, we will definitely be better prepared...I think Congress has made a new image in Bihar. We might have lacked a little in the last election, but this time, people are happy that our leader (Rahul Gandhi) came on streets..."

On Bihar polls, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said, "Chhath Puja is on 28th October. All political parties had said that elections should be scheduled around this time. However, if you look at the specified duration needed after the issue of the notification of polls, elections could not have been held before the date announced."

Bihar to vote in two phases on 6th and 11th November, counting of votes on 14th November.

Union Minister Nityanand Rai says, "...Vaishali, the mother of democracy, is here on this holy soil of Bihar...People of Bihar are known for their political knowledge...From 1990 to 2005, there used to be booth looting under jungle raj, voters were threatened and stopped. This will now not be done in Bihar...People have decided the date for the wipe out of the opposition parties in Bihar..."

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: By-election in eight assembly constituencies of Jammu &Kashmir, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Telangana, Punjab, Mizoram and Odisha to be held on 11th November; counting of votes on 14th November

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: 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.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: The 243 seats of Bihar will have 243 general obserers, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: The entire Election Machinary is a call away, CEC Gyanesh Kumar says

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: Want to assure that Bihar elections will be conducted in a transparent and peaceful manner, says Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: On SIR in Bihar, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar says,"... The final voter's list after SIR has been given to all political parties. Post the date of nomination filing, the Voters' list, which is to be released, will be final."

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: Bihar has 7.42 Crore voters. This includes 3.92 crore male and 3.5 crore women voters, the CEC said.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: This Bihar election will be the best elections so far, says CEC

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: CEC said we decided to annouce dates today after the two-day tour. “ We met all political parties in Bihar,” says CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: The voter list was purified by Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said before annoucing the dates of polls.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: Election Commission's presser to announce Bihar poll dates has begun at New Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: The all-important elections dates to the Bihar polls are set to be revealed shortly. Stay tuned

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: The Bihar election is the only assembly poll being held in 2025. The other election held this year was that of Vice President of India that was in September.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: As poll dates come closer, both NDA and INDIA bloc factions have not declared their chief ministerial faces yet. Will the faces be announced before voting or a call will be taken once the results are out next month?

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: The 2020 Bihar elections were 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.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: We will know dates for Bihar polls soon. What's the share of different political parties in last election? RJD: 23.1% | BJP: 19.5% | JDU: 15.4% | Congress: 9.5%. As the 2025 elections approach, these figures offer critical context.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Sunday that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 'purified' the voters’ list in Bihar after 22 years. “We have an ERO (Electoral Registration Officer) in each of the 243 constituencies. They were assisted by 90,207 BLOs in completing the exercise, which has purified the voters’ list after 22 years,” he said at a press conference on Sunday.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: The dates of voting in Bihar will be announced today at 4 pm.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated a section of the Patna Metro on October 6, hours before the announcement of the assembly election dates in the state.

The CM also laid the foundation stones for 6 underground metro stations, including Patna Junction, and a 9.35-km-long tunnel connecting them, as part of corridor 1. The poll panel will announce dates of voting at 4 pm today.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: The election will decide fate or Nitish Kumar who has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest serving chief minister whilst also holding the post for the record 9th term.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: Chief Election Commission Gyanesh Kumar said on October 5 that the Aadhaar card cannot be considered a proof of citizenship under the Representation of the People Act 1950 and the Aadhaar Act. Kumar was responding to a question on the issue during his visit to poll-bound Bihar.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: The Election Commission of India will announces the dates of Bihar assembly polls today. What remains to be seen is in how many phases will the election to the 243-member Bihar assembly be held.

The 2020 Bihar elections were held in three phases on 28 October, 3 November, and 7 November. The results were announced on 10 November.

Bihar Election 2025 Date Live: Election Commission will announce poll dates for Bihar elections at 4 PM today.