Mon Oct 06 10:50:00 UTC 2025: Here’s a news article summarizing the information about the Bihar elections:
**Bihar to Hold Two-Phase Elections in November**
**Patna, [Date of Release]** – The Election Commission of India has announced that the Bihar Assembly elections will be held in two phases, with the first phase scheduled for November 6th. This was announced by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar today.
The first phase will see voting across 121 constituencies in 18 districts: Gopalganj, Siwan, Buxar, Saran, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Saharsa, Madhepura, Khagaria, Munger, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Nalanda, Patna, Vaishali, Samastipur, Begusarai and Bhojpur.
The official notification for the first phase will be released on October 10th (Friday), with the last date for nominations being October 17th (Friday). Scrutiny of nominations will be conducted on October 18th (Saturday), and the deadline for withdrawal of candidature is October 20th (Monday).
According to the Chief Election Commissioner, Bihar has a total of 7.42 crore voters, comprising 3.92 crore male voters and 3.50 crore female voters. Notably, 1.4 million voters will be exercising their franchise for the first time in these assembly elections.
The current term of the Bihar Legislative Assembly is set to expire on November 22nd. Further details about the second phase of the election are expected to be announced soon.