2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|
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The 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election for all 243 constituencies is scheduled to be held on October or November 2025. It will be conducted by the Election Commission of India.
Background
The previous assembly elections were held in October–November 2020. After the election, the National Democratic Alliance formed the state government, with Nitish Kumar becoming Chief Minister. Later, in August 2022, Nitish Kumar led the JD(U) to sever ties with the NDA and formed a government with the RJD led by Mahagathbandhan. Later, in January 2024, Nitish Kumar led the JD(U) to sever ties with the RJD and once again formed a government with the BJP-led NDA.
Schedule
Election Commission of India will likely announce schedule in September.
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TBD
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TBD
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TBD
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Parties and Alliances
Others
Candidates
Campaigns
Issues
Controversies
Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
On the 24th of June 2025, the Election Commission (EC) notified that it will conduct a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar before the elections. The exercise requires all the voters from the state to fill forms to be included in the voter list. People whose names were not in the 2003 voter lists need to provide additional documents. The notification also mentioned that the documents needed to be submitted within a month (with 25th July being the deadline).
Further, the voters need to provide one of the eleven documents mandated by the EC, with the common documents such as the Aadhaar card, voter ID card and ration cards, not included as valid documents. A significant number of people in Bihar do not have any of the 11 documents. Furthermore, a significant population of the state migrate in other parts of India for work or study and it is estimated that at least 75 lakh (7.5 million) people from Bihar migrate to other parts of India.[5] Critics have argued it would be difficult for such voters to be a part of this exercise. Such factors have led to fears of mass exclusion of voters. Opposition parties - such as the INDIA alliance - alleged that such an exercise will favor the ruling NDA alliance. The Election Commission denied these allegations and claimed that the exercise is lawful and constitutional.[6][7][8][9]
The SIR was challenged in the Supreme Court. On the 10th of July, the court advised the Election Commission to consider the Aadhaar card, voter ID card and ration cards as valid documents for the exercise.[10]
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
Exit polls
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Majority
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Results
Results by alliance or party
Results by district
Results by constituency
See also
References
- ^ "सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा में विभिन्न राजनीतिक दलों की दलगत स्थिति (दिनांक 27 नवम्बर, 2024 तक यथा स्थिति)" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Jan Suraaj to contest on all 243 seats in Bihar, 40 candidates to be women: Prashant Kishore". The Times of India. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "AAP To Contest All 243 Seats In Bihar Election 2025, MP Sanjay Singh Announces". ABP News. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "BSP announces to contest Elections solo in Bihar". Prabhat Khabar.
- ^ https://doi.org/10.1177/09731741221122000
- ^ "Inside the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar: Process, concerns and political fallout". The New Indian Express. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ Korada, Pavan (10 July 2025). "EC's Directive to Update Voter Lists in Bihar Risks Mass Exclusion. Here's Why". The Wire. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ "Careful curation: On Bihar's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls". The Hindu. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ Nizam, Arif; Sivakumar, P.; Rajan, S. Irudaya (1 December 2022). "Interstate Migration in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis Based on Mobile Visitor Location Register and Roaming Data". Journal of South Asian Development. 17 (3): 271–296. doi:10.1177/09731741221122000. ISSN 0973-1741.
- ^ Staff, The Wire (10 July 2025). "Bihar SIR: Supreme Court Suggests Election Commission Accept Aadhaar, Voter ID, Ration Cards". The Wire. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ "बिहार में BJP-नीतीश को टेंशन देने आया सर्वे, ओपिनियन पोल में कौन बना रहा सरकार, सामने आए चौंकाने वाले आंकड़े". ABP Live. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "बिहार में BJP-नीतीश को टेंशन देने आया सर्वे, ओपिनियन पोल में कौन बना रहा सरकार, सामने आए चौंकाने वाले आंकड़े". ABP Live. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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