assembly polls
NDA-BJP Alliance Finalizing Bihar Assembly Seat-Sharing With Chirag Paswan's LJP
Oct 07, 2025 07:13 pm CST
The NDA alliance is expected to finalize seat-sharing for Bihar assembly elections within days, with negotiations between BJP and Chirag Paswan's LJP (Ram Vilas) currently underway. Paswan seeks 40-45 seats based on his party's perfect Lok Sabha performance, while BJP offers 25 seats. An announcement is likely to be made in Patna soon, as talks continue amid strategic positioning from both sides.
Bihar Election Commission Confirms November 6 as Earliest Possible Poll Date After Chhath Festival
Oct 07, 2025 02:59 am CST
The Election Commission has scheduled Bihar's assembly elections for November 6 and 11, with results on November 14, following political parties' requests to hold polls after Chhath festival. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar explained that earlier dates weren't feasible due to procedural requirements, despite calls for timing elections when migrant workers return home for festivities to increase voter turnout.
Nitish Kumar's Leadership in Bihar: A SWOT Analysis of NDA's Electoral Prospects
Oct 07, 2025 02:36 am CST
This comprehensive analysis examines Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's political position as Bihar approaches its assembly elections in November. As the longest-serving CM leading the NDA coalition, Kumar faces both advantages from his "sushasan" (good governance) reputation and welfare schemes, as well as challenges from anti-incumbency after two decades in power. The article provides a detailed SWOT analysis of the NDA's electoral prospects against the INDIA bloc opposition coalition.
Bihar Elections 2024: Police Deploy Horses and Boats for Patrolling Remote Polling Stations
Oct 07, 2025 12:36 am CST
Bihar's upcoming assembly elections will feature enhanced security with police using horses to patrol 250 polling booths in the Diara region and boats to access 197 stations. The Electoral Commission has announced two-phase voting on November 6 and 11, with improved EVMs displaying color photographs of candidates to assist over 7.42 crore eligible voters across 90,712 polling booths.
Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Two-Phase Voting on November 6 and 11, Results on November 14
Oct 06, 2025 10:38 pm CST
The Bihar Assembly Election 2025 will be conducted in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with vote counting scheduled for November 14. The election pits the BJP-JDU alliance against the Congress-RJD led Mahagathbandhan, while Prashant Kishor makes his electoral debut with Jan Suraaj party. The election takes place amid controversy over the special intensive revision of Bihar's voter list, which reduced registered voters from 7.9 crore to 7.24 crore.
Bihar Elections 2025: Complete Guide to Polling Dates, Constituencies, and Electoral Statistics
Oct 06, 2025 07:29 pm CST
The Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, with results announced on November 14. This comprehensive electoral process will cover 243 constituencies and engage over 7.43 crore voters including 14 lakh first-time voters. The main contest will be between the Nitish Kumar-BJP alliance and the Congress-RJD led INDI Alliance, with new entrants like Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj and Arvind Kejriwal's AAP making their debut in state politics.
Bihar Final Electoral Roll Released After Special Intensive Revision: 18 Lakh Voters Added
Sep 30, 2025 09:08 pm CST
The Election Commission has completed Bihar's Special Intensive Revision process, adding 18 lakh voters to the final electoral roll ahead of Assembly elections. Despite Opposition criticism and ongoing Supreme Court scrutiny, the revision concludes with 7.42 crore registered voters, following the first such exercise in 22 years. The Election Commission will visit Bihar in early October, with election dates expected shortly thereafter.
'Apologise Or Pay Rs 100 Crore': Bihar Minister Sends Notice To Prashant Kishor For Defamation
Sep 24, 2025 01:49 am CST
Bihar minister Ashok Choudhary on Tuesday slapped a legal notice on Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, asking him to tender an "unconditional apology" for defamatory remarks or face a civil suit seeking Rs 100 crore in damages.
Bihar Election Likely After Chhath Puja, Diwali, Dates Out After Dussehra
Sep 22, 2025 02:41 pm CST
Dates for the 2025 Bihar Assembly election will likely be announced after Dussehra (on October 2, this year) with the voting itself spread across two phases in the first and second weeks of November, sources told NDTV Monday morning.
Shared All Information: Karnataka Poll Officer After Rahul Gandhi Allegations
Sep 18, 2025 11:40 pm CST
The office of the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Thursday said all available information with the Election Commission of India (ECI), regarding alleged attempts to delete 6,018 votes in the state's Aland constituency.