Bihar Election 2025 News
EC reactivates its economic intelligence panel after six-year gap
The Multi-Departmental Committee on Election Intelligence (MDCEI) met here on Friday for the first time since 2019
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PM Modi to launch Bihar election campaign on Oct 24 with two rallies
Addressing a press conference here, Jaiswal said Modi will kick off his campaign with a rally in Samastipur on October 24, followed by another election meeting in Begusarai the very same day
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Dynasts dominate Bihar polls: List of parties full of politicians' kin
Experts say that no party in Bihar can claim moral superiority on this ground as far as dynasts entering politics is concerned
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JMM to contest Bihar polls independently, review alliance in Jharkhand
Elections to 243 seats of the Bihar assembly will be held on November 6 and November 11, and the votes will be counted on November 14
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We will celebrate Diwali on Nov 14 with NDA's win in Bihar: Chirag Paswan
The NDA has finalised its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, with the BJP and Janata Dal (United) set to contest 101 constituencies each
 "We will celebrate Diwali on Nov 14 with NDA's win in Bihar: Chirag Paswan")
Amit Shah questions RJD's govt job promise, cites lack of funds in Bihar
Shah said this will be the first election in Bihar in which voting will continue till 5 pm across the state, which has now become free of Naxalites
 "Amit Shah questions RJD's govt job promise, cites lack of funds in Bihar")
Bihar election 2025: Will voters end the state's decade-long liquor ban?
Bihar's decade-old liquor ban has cost lives, drained revenues, and fuelled illicit trade-now it's a central election issue with parties divided on repeal or reform
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Dipankar Bhattacharya accuses Nitish govt of crime, corruption, communalism
Bhattacharya, however, dismisses apprehensions that the RJD's track record on law and order, while in power a decade and a half ago, impeded the INDIA bloc's prospects in the poll-bound state
 "Dipankar Bhattacharya accuses Nitish govt of crime, corruption, communalism")
Amit Shah to address rally in Saran, intellectuals' meet in Patna today
Shah will hold the BJP's organisational discussions and meet leaders of alliance partners during his three-day tour to poll-bound Bihar
Congress releases first list of 48 candidates ahead of Bihar Assembly polls
The last date for filing nominations for the first phase of polls is October 17, while that for the second phase is October 20
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Expect EC to rectify typographical errors, other mistakes in Bihar roll: SC
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said it will hear on November 4 the legal issues pertaining to the Bihar SIR exercise
 "Expect EC to rectify typographical errors, other mistakes in Bihar roll: SC")
JD(U) announces second list of 44 candidates for Bihar Assembly polls
The party also fielded turncoats Chetan Anand from Nabinagar and Vibha Devi from Nawad. Both were earlier associated with the RJD
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Bihar polls: EC issues vouchers for parties' free airtime on DD, AIR
EC stated that free broadcasting and telecasting facilities, with a base time of 45 minutes, have been allotted on both Doordarshan and AIR for each party
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Amit Shah to begin three-day visit to poll-bound Bihar starting today
Shah is likely to be present in some candidate nomination meetings as well
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BJP's third Bihar poll list: Satish Yadav to contest against Tejashwi
The list includes Nand Kishor Ram from Ramnagar, Vinay Bihari from Lauriya, Bina Devi from Kochadhaman, and Kumar Shailendra from Bihpur
 "BJP's third Bihar poll list: Satish Yadav to contest against Tejashwi")
JDU releases first list of 57 candidates for Bihar Assembly elections
Bihar Assembly elections 2025: JD(U) has announced its first list of 57 candidates for Bihar Assembly elections, including four seats sought by Chirag Paswan's LJP faction
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Prashant Kishor says will not contest Bihar polls, will focus on party work
On the prospects of his party, Prashant Kishor stated that he was certain that the contest would either be a huge win or a total debacle for the Jan Suraaj party
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Nothing is well in NDA: Upendra Kushwaha shows dissatisfaction over seats
NDA leaders had on Tuesday claimed that seat allocation among alliance partners had been settled amicably and that discussions were in the final stages
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Bihar polls: ECI directs enforcement agencies to prevent use of money power
Poll body said that expenditure Observers have already been deployed to monitor the election expenses incurred by the Candidates
Kishor vows to target 100 most corrupt politicians, bureaucrats if elected
Kishor, who claimed to have "no ambitions" to become the next chief minister of his home state, nonetheless, insisted that "60 per cent" of its people were yearning for a change
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