Bihar Elections: EC To Announce Poll Schedule At 4 PM

The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the schedule for the Bihar assembly elections and bypolls in select states at 4 PM today, The Times of India reported.

The announcement follows a two-day review of poll preparedness in Bihar, where the ECI held meetings with political parties and enforcement agencies to ensure free and fair elections.

The upcoming polls are expected to see a direct fight between the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and the Mahagathbandhan (INDIA bloc) led by Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

The 243-member Bihar Assembly currently has 131 NDA and 111 Mahagathbandhan members.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar confirmed that the Bihar assembly polls will be held before 22 November 2025.

He announced that “seventeen new initiatives have been successfully implemented in Bihar; some will be implemented in the conduct of elections, and some in counting.”

Emphasising improvements in voter list management, Kumar said, “Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are responsible for preparing the voter list. In Bihar, there is an ERO in each of the 243 assembly constituencies. Together, they, along with 243 EROs and 90,207 BLOs, completed the task of cleansing the voter list after nearly 22 years.”

Other measures include doubling remuneration for BLOs, polling and counting staff, CAPF, and micro-observers, extending honorariums to EROs and AEROs for the first time, and ensuring “hundred per cent webcasting” across all booths.

Political parties, including the BJP, JD(U), RJD, and Congress, urged the ECI to hold elections after Chhath Puja and preferably in a single phase. JD(U) president Umesh Singh Kushwaha said, “We have urged the ECI to conduct elections in a single phase and just right after Chhath Puja.”

The final electoral roll published on 30 September lists 7.42 crore electors. Political activity has intensified across Bihar as both alliances gear up for the high-stakes contest.

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