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Bihar assembly elections to take place in 3 phases, results on November 10 Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will fight for a fourth term in these elections, leading the National Democratic Alliance in partnership with the Bharatiya Janata Party
The Election Commission of India on Friday announced that elections for 243 legislative assembly seats in Bihar will take place in three phases In phase 1, 71 assembly constituencies in 16 districts will vote on 28 October. In the second phase 94 assembly constituncies in 17 districts will vote on 3 November and in the final phase 78 assemblies in 15 districts will vote on 7 November. The results will be declared on 10 November. Bihar, which has a 243-member assembly, will be the first major state to hold elections during the pandemic. Not more than 1,000 voters will be allowed at a polling station—down from the 1,500limit, said the Commission when it declared coronavirus safety measures in August. As a result of these guidelines, the number of polling booths in Bihar will cross the 100,000 mark this time while it was 65,337 in 2015, informed the CEC Sunil Arora....Read More