The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced that the Bihar Assembly elections will be held in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with counting of votes scheduled for November 14.
Addressing the media, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accompanied by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, described the Bihar elections as the “mother of all elections.” He assured voters that the elections will be conducted smoothly and peacefully, with special attention to maintaining law and order.
The 2025 Assembly elections are the first in the state after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which produced a final voter list of 7.43 crore electors, including 14 lakh first-time voters. The CEC stated that political parties have rec