Polling for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections will be held on Thursday, November 6, across 121 constituencies in 18 districts, forming an irregular ellipse in the middle of the state that meets the eastern border of Uttar Pradesh.

The campaign for this phase ended on November 4, as per Election Commission guidelines. A total of 1,314 candidates are contesting in this round, which features several political heavyweights from both the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition Mahagathbandhan. The second phase of polling will be conducted on November 11.

Among the key candidates in this phase are BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, both Deputy Chief Ministers in the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government, and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, the Oppositio

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