Updated: October 5, 2025 3:29 PM IST 
Bihar Election 2025: A 16-member team of the Election Commission (EC), led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar who is on a two-day visit to Bihar, reached Patna on Sunday. According to the reports, an important meetings will continue today, followed by a significant press conference at 2 PM. Since the CEC is personally present in the state to review the preparations, there is a strong possibility that the election dates may be announced soon. Meanwhile, a meeting of the BJP election committee for Bihar was held here on Saturday to discuss, among other things, the party’s strategy and prospective candidates for the upcoming state assembly polls. The meeting, which was held late in the evening at the party’s state headquarters, was chaired by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who has been named the party’s in charge for the elections, which are likely to be announced soon.
BJP national general secretary in-charge for Bihar Vinod Tawde, who was present at the meeting, wrote on his X handle, “Bihar is ready to elect a development-oriented government once again. At the Bihar election committee meeting today, discussions were held on prospective candidates for upcoming polls”.
Gyanesh Kumar says the ECI has introduced 17 new intiatives for the Bihar Assembly polls. He says that SIR has been successfully completed after a gap of 22 years, with the help of EROs and BLOs. Regarding the initiatives, he says the ECI has worked towards ensuring reduced crowds and shorter queues for the convenience of voters and not more than 1,200 voters at one polling stations. He says counters have been introduced just outside the polling stations for depositing mobile phones.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said: The Election Commission has launched a digital platform to make the electoral process easier and more organized, and preparations have also been made for crowd management at polling booths.
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Recently, the voter list cleansing work was carried out in Bihar, and the booth-level officers present before us not only carried out the work of cleansing the voter list in their booths, but 90,217 booth-level officers of Bihar performed a work that is exemplary across the country: CEC Gyanesh Kumar
CEC Kumar says the SIR was completed in the stipulated time frame. He also says that the remuneration for the BLOs who worked during the SIR was increased, including the honorarium of Electoral Registration Officers and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar says, “Bihar has 243 assembly constituencies – 2 for STs and 38 for SCs. The term of the Bihar Legislative Assembly ends on November 22, 2025, and elections will be held before that time… The Election Commission trained booth-level officers for the first time… SIR was launched on June 24, 2025, and completed by the deadline…”
Addressing a press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar says, “There are 243 general constituencies in Bihar. Elections will be conducted before November 22. The entire team of the Election Commission is present in Bihar since two days. Election Commission officials held meetings with the Bihar police administration, heads of enforcement agencies, and nodal officers.”
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar says, “We congratulate the voters of India. Thank you to everyone for the successful SIR process. I appeal to all the voters of Bihar to celebrate this festival of democracy with the same enthusiasm as you celebrate Chhath. Everyone should vote and ensure their participation.”
The term of the Bihar Legislative Assembly ends on November 22, and the elections will be held before that”: CEC Gyanesh Kumar
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