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 l

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