By Admin 
The first phase of voting for the formation of the 18th Assembly in Bihar is on 6 November 2025, Thursday. In this election, a close contest is being considered between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) led Grand Alliance (MGB). Apart from this, Jan Suraaj formed by Prashant Kishor, Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD) headed by Tej Pratap Yadav, Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram- APS-K) headed by Nagina MP Chandrashekhar and Swami Prasad Maurya’s own party, who was a cabinet minister in the UP government. (Apni Party) is also in the fray on some seats.
Talking about NDA, along with BJP are Janata Dal United (JDU) led by CM Nitish Kumar, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) headed by Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas- LJP-R) led by Union Minister Chirag Paswan. In the Grand Alliance, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Indian National Congress (Congress), Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Left parties are together.
In the first phase, more than 3 crore voters will exercise their franchise in 121 assembly constituencies of 18 districts of the state – Patna, Nalanda, Bhojpur, Buxar, Sheikhpura, Lakhisarai, Begusarai, Khagaria, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Saharsa, Madhepura, Siwan, Gopalganj, Saran, Vaishali and Samastipur.
There are 1,314 candidates for these 121 seats, of which 1,192 are male and 122 are female candidates. 3 crore 75 lakh 13 thousand 302 voters will take part in the first phase of voting. There are 3 lakh 22 thousand 77 disabled voters, 6 thousand 736 centenarians and 9 lakh 6 thousand government servant voters.
In the first phase, Raghunathpur, Gopalganj, Mahua, Raghopur, Alinagar, Gaura Bauram, Buxar, Danapur, Maner, Tarapur, Lakhisarai, Munger and Ekma – these are the 13 assembly constituencies on which everyone’s eyes will be.
In the voting on November 6, the fate of many big faces including Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, Janashakti Janata Dal leader Tej Pratap Yadav, Anant Singh, Veena Devi, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Deputy CM Vijay Sinha, Maithili Thakur, Ramkripal Yadav, Bhai Virendra in the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance government, will be captured in the EVM.
The seats for which voting will be held in the first phase on 6 November 2025 include Alamnagar, Bihariganj, Singheshwar (SC), Madhepura, Sonbarsha (SC), Saharsa, Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Mahishi, Kusheshwar Asthan (SC), Gaura Bauram, Benipur, Alinagar, Darbhanga Rural, Darbhanga, Hayaghat, Bahadurpur, Kevati, Jale, Gaighat, Aurai, Meenapur, Bochahan (SC), Sakra (SC), Kudhni, Muzaffarpur, Kanti, Bururaj, Paru, Sahebganj, Baikunthpur, Barauli, Gopalganj, Kuchaikot, Bhore (SC), Hathua, Siwan, Jiradei, Darauli (SC), Raghunathpur, Darunda, Badharia, Goriyakothi, Maharajganj, Ekma, Manjhi, Baniapur, Taraiya, Marhaura, Chhapra, Garkha (SC), Amnaur, Parsa, Sonpur, Hajipur, Lalganj, Vaishali, Mahua, Rajapakar (SC), Raghopur, Mehnar, Patepur (SC), Kalyanpur (SC), Warisnagar, Samastipur, Ujiarpur, Morwa, Sarayaranjan, Mohiuddinnagar, Vibhutipur, Rosera (SC), Hasanpur, Cheria-Bariarpur, Bachhwara, Teghra, Matihani, Sahebpur Kamal, Begusarai, Bakhri (SC), Alauli (SC), Khagaria, Beldaur, Parbatta, Tarapur, Munger, Jamalpur, Suryagarha, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Barbigha, Asthawan, Biharsharif, Rajgir (SC), Islampur, Hilsa, Nalanda, Harnaut, Mokama, Barh, Bakhtiyarpur, Digha, Bankipur, Kumhrar, Patna Sahib, Fatuha, Danapur, Maner, Phulwarisharif (SC), Masodhi (SC), Paliganj, Bikram, Sandesh, Badhara, Ara, Agiaon (SC), Tarari, Jagdishpur, Shahpur, Brahmapur, Buxar, Dumraon, Rajpur (SC).