The Assembly elections in Bihar will be held in two phases, polling for which will be held on November 6 and 11 while the counting of votes will be done on November 14, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday.

The counting of votes will be done on November 14, Kumar said at a press conference.

“It is mandatory to complete counting of postal ballots before the last two rounds of counting of votes,” he added.

Meanwhile, byelections for eight seats, including Tarn Taran in Punjab and Budgam and Nagrota in Jammu & Kashmir, will be held on November 11, with results to be declared on November 14.

The term of the current Assembly ends on November 22. Bihar has 243 constituencies, including two reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 38 for Scheduled Castes.

While 121 Assembly

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