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The high-voltage campaign for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, covering 121 constituencies, ended on Tuesday (November 4, 2025) evening, after weeks of acrimonious exchanges, personal attacks, and divisive rhetoric.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the blitzkrieg on behalf of the ruling NDA, with as many as eight rallies, two of which were held on the penultimate day of campaigning, besides a roadshow in Patna, and digital interactions with booth-level workers, and also with women, on the final day of electioneering.
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Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, also held as many as seven rallies, the last three falling on the concluding day of the campaign.
The prominent seats that will go to the polls in the first phase are Tejashwi Yadav’s Raghopur, Mahua, from where his brother Tej Pratap Yadav is trying his luck with a new political outfit, and Tarapur, from where Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary is fighting the elections.
The election campaign was also marred by a one-off, albeit high-profile, incident of violence. Gangster-turned-politician Dular Chand Yadav, who had aligned with Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party, was allegedly killed in a skirmish with supporters of Anant Singh, the JD(U) candidate from Mokama.
Polling for the remaining 122 seats will be held on November 11 in the second phase, and the votes will be counted on November 14.
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