Bihar Election 2025 dates out: 3.5 crore women voters, 14,000 aged over 100 | Key figures at a glance

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar announced dates for the Bihar Elections 2025 on Monday, October 6. He said there are over 7 crore voters in Bihar, and among them, around 3.5 crore are women and 14 lakh are first-time voters.

He also said that as many as 14,000 Bihar voters are aged over 100.

Key figures at a glance:

Total electors: 7.43 crore

Male voters: 3.92 crore

Women voters: 3.5 crore

Transgenders: 1,725

People with disabilities: 7.2 lakh

Very senior citizens (over 85 years): 4,04 lakh

Centenarians (100 years): 14,000

Service Electors: 1.63 lakh

Electors (20-29 years): 1.63 crore

First-time voters (18-19 years): 14.01 lakh

There are 243 Assembly seats in Bihar. As many as 203 seats are for the general category, two seats for the Scheduled Tribes and 38 seats for the Scheduled Caste category.

Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar also said there will be over 9000 polling stations in Bihar, and around 1,000 of them will be managed by women. He also assured that there will be webcasting facilities at all polling booths.

Bihar Election 2025 dates released

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 of votes will be held on November 14, the Election Commission announced on Monday, October 6.

The term of the incumbent Bihar Assembly ends on 22 November. So the elections for the 243-member assembly have to be held before that date. The election will decide the fate of the multi-polar battle.

On September 30, the Election Commission published its final electoral roll in Bihar, containing details of 7.42 crore voters, a drop of more than 47 lakh since June, when the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was launched.

What happened in Bihar Elections 2022?

In 2020, the Bihar Assembly election was held in three phases on 28 October, 3 November, and 7 November. The results were announced on November 10.

The incumbent National Democratic Alliance (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.