Bihar Election 2025: The Election Commission has announced the polling dates for the Bihar elections. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said that the polling will be held in two phases on November 6th and 11th. Counting will be held on November 14. 121 constituencies will go to the polls in the first phase, which will be held on November 6th. In the second phase, 122 constituencies will poll on November 11th.
The elections will have Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s NDA government competing against the RJD and Congress alliance. In the last election, RJD won the most seats with 75, but BJP and JD(U) together had 117 seats. This time, a new party, Jan Suraaj led by Prashant Kishor, is also expected to contest.
During the press conference, Kumar said that around 7.43 crore voters, with more than 14 lakh first-time voters, will cast their vote in Bihar. Over 90,000 voting centers will be set up, Kumar said adding that Bihar elections this time might be the most transparent, secure, and easy elections in history of Indian elections.
Bihar Polls- Voting to be conducted in two phases
Below is the list of all constituencies going to the polls in each phase. Yellow indicates first phase and Pink indicates second phase.
🗓️#SCHEDULE for the GENERAL ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR 2025 – Two Phases
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— Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) October 6, 2025
The 243 assembly constituencies will go to the polls in (to be announced) phases. The announcement came after a two-day review by the Commission, during which they met political parties and law enforcement agencies to ensure free and fair elections. The term of the 243-member state Assembly will end on November 22, 2025.
What NDA and other parties requested to ECI
The ruling NDA demanded a single phase of voting. The Opposition has called for two phases. However, on the potential poll dates, NDA and the opposition had the same request, pressing for the polls to be held soon after the Chhath festival that begins on October 25. Additionally, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday confirmed that elections will be conducted before November 22.
First Time in a decade with fewer than three phases
For the first time in 20 years, Bihar will vote in only two phases — on November 6 and 11. The Election Commission announced this on Monday. The counting of votes and results will be done on November 14. In the last few elections, the voting process in Bihar has become shorter. This new change comes after the Election Commission also held the Jammu and Kashmir elections in three phases last year — the shortest in almost 28 years.
Bihar Legislative Assembly Election – 2010
The Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010 was held in six phases over a period of one month, starting from 21 October to 20 November in all 243 constituencies
Bihar Legislative Assembly Election – 2015
The polling for the 243-seat legislative assembly was held over five phases through October–November 2015.
Bihar Legislative Assembly Election – 2020
The voting for the Bihar assembly election was held over three phases.
