Bihar Assembly elections Phase 1 voting LIVE: Polling set to begin shortly; over 3.75 crore voters to decide fate of big leaders, small parties

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Voting will take place at 45,341 polling stations, an overwhelming majority of which fall in rural areas (36,733).

Updated - November 06, 2025 06:33 am IST

Polling officials and security personnel carrying EVM machines and other election material travel through a boat to their respective polling stations on the eve of the first phase of the Bihar assembly election, in Patna on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI

Over 3.75 crore voters in Bihar will cast their ballots in the first phase of the Assembly elections on Thursday (November 6, 2025), covering 121 of the State’s 243 constituencies. This phase is particularly significant for the Mahagatbandhan, which had secured 63 of these seats in the 2020 elections. The BJP and Janata Dal (United) together had won 55.

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The first phase is crucial for the smaller parties in both coalitions. Ten of the 20 seats CPI(ML) is contesting fall under this phase, out of which they hold six seats. This phase will also decide whether Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP) is able to pull its weight in six of the 15 seats they are contesting. The Mahagatbandhan has named VIP president Mukesh Sahani as its deputy Chief Ministerial candidate.

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In NDA, ten of the 29 seats that the Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) contested are in the first phase. NDA holds only one of these ten seats. The LJP(RV)’s seat share had sparked discontent among NDA allies, particularly the JD(U), who argued that the party’s allocation was disproportionate given its lack of representation in the Assembly.

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November 06, 2025 06:28
Bihar election: Phase 1 voting to kick off at 7 a.m.; about 45,341 polling stations in action
Over 3.75 crore voters in Bihar will cast their ballots in the first phase of the Assembly election on Thursday (November 6, 2025), covering 121 of the State’s 243 constituencies. This phase is particularly significant for the Opposition Mahagatbandhan, which had secured 63 of these seats in the 2020 election. The ruling BJP and Janata Dal (United) together had won 55.
Voting will take place at 45,341 polling stations, an overwhelming majority of which (36,733) fall in rural areas. According to the Election Commission, of the 3.75 crore voters in the 121 constituencies, 10.72 lakh were “new electors”. The number of voters in the age group of 18-19 years, though, was 7.38 lakh.

Published - November 06, 2025 06:25 am IST

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