Voting for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections is going on from 7.00 am on Thursday (6 November). Obviously, amid the voting, claims of irregularities by political parties and allegations and counter-allegations are continuing. Meanwhile, the opposition Grand Alliance has made serious allegations against the Bihar Election Commission. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has posted on Twitter and claimed that electricity is being cut repeatedly at many booths deliberately to ensure slow voting. The Election Commission’s reply has also come on this.

RJD has claimed that in the middle of the first phase of voting, electricity is being cut intermittently in order to slow down voting at the strong booths of the Grand Alliance. Slow voting is being conducted deliberately. Regarding this, RJD had demanded from the Election Commission to take immediate cognizance of such ‘rigging’, ‘bad intentions’ and ‘malicious intentions’ and take immediate action.

This allegation is completely baseless and misleading. Voting is going on smoothly at all the polling stations in Bihar. The Election Commission of India is following all standard protocols to make the voting process fair, transparent and seamless. There is no basis for such misleading propaganda. https://t.co/4ZAErlSTt5

—Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar (@CEOBihar) November 6, 2025

Bihar Election Commission calls RJD’s claims ‘false’

Bihar Election Commission has termed this claim of RJD as completely baseless. While sharing RJD’s post, the Election Commission has written, “This allegation is completely baseless and misleading. Voting is going on smoothly at all the polling stations in Bihar. The Election Commission of India is following all the standard protocols to make the voting process fair, transparent and seamless. There is no basis for such misleading propaganda.”

Bihar Election 2025: The dates of Bihar assembly elections will be announced today. The election schedule will be released by the Chief Election Commissioner at 4 pm and with this, the code of conduct will also be implemented in the state. In such a situation, the eyes of all political parties are on the election dates. The commission has already made it clear that the elections will end before 22 November 2025 as the tenure of the current assembly is ending on this day.
In the Bihar assembly elections, there can be a direct contest between many veterans, but do you know that even a common man can contest elections. The Constitution of India empowers every citizen to contest elections, however, some conditions have to be fulfilled for this. Come, let us know how much fees are spent to contest Bihar assembly elections and how to nominate.

How much fees are there to contest Bihar assembly elections?

Very few people know that fees have to be paid to contest elections, which is called security deposit. These fees have to be deposited at the time of filing nomination. If the candidate is from the general category, then he has to give 10,000. At the same time, if the candidate comes from the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, then he has to pay 5,000 fees. This rule has been implemented under the Representation of the Public Representation Act of 1951. If the candidate gets very few votes in the election, then this security fee is confiscated. However, if the candidate gets full votes, then this fee can also be returned.

How can you also enroll

When the official announcement of the election is made, then the process of filing nomination begins. Under this, the candidate has to fill a nomination form. It is necessary to give name, address, date of birth, education information, property and if there is a criminal case, then it is necessary to give information about it. On the other hand, if you are contesting from a party, then only a proposer is needed. If you are an independent candidate, then you need at least 10 proposals, which should be voters of the same assembly constituency. After the nomination form is filed, the returning officer examines all his documents. If all the information is correct, the nomination is accepted.

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Preparations for the assembly elections have started in Bihar, the Election Commission is going to announce the voting dates today (6 October). In such a situation, many surveys related to the election are coming out, in which there is a close fight between Nitish -led NDA and Grand Alliance. This time, Prashant Kishore’s factor, who entered politics from the electoral strategist, is also going to play an important role in the election. In such a situation, it is also necessary to see the figures of the previous opinion poll that they proved to be accurate.

In the opinion polls that came out in the last Bihar election, most of them were expected to form a Grand Alliance government, while in many, there was a thorn collision between the NDA and the Grand Alliance. In the opinion poll of Lokniti-CSDS, NDA was expected to get 38 percent votes for 38 percent, Grand Alliance, Upendra Kushwaha’s alliance, seven percent, Chirag Paswan’s LJP six per cent and others were expected to get 17 per cent votes.

This time NDA-thorn collision in the Mahata alliance

This time, the NDA is seen getting an edge in the opinion poll revealed before the election dates. If an average figure of four opinion polls is seen, where NDA can get 40-52 percent votes and 130 to 158 seats. At the same time, the Grand Alliance is expected to get 37 to 41 percent vote share i.e. 80 to 103 seats.

Nitish Kumar CM face first choice

According to the JVC opinion poll, the RJD-led grand alliance is likely to get 40 percent of the votes and 81-103 seats. Apart from this, Prashant Kishore’s Jan Suraj can get 10-11 percent votes and 4-6 seats. If we talk about the face for the post of Chief Minister, then Nitish Kumar has made its first choice. He has been voted for this by 27 percent of the people, while Tejashwi Yadav is in second place.

Which party got how many seats in 2020 elections?

Rashtriya Janata Dal emerged as the largest party in Bihar’s assembly elections held in Bihar, RJD won 75 seats, while BJP got 74 seats, which was the second largest party. If Chief Minister Nitish Kumar talks about JDU, then he won 43 seats. Apart from this, Congress won 19, CPIML 12, Asaduddin Owaisi’s party AIMIM, 4 to Jitan Ram Manjhi, 4 to Mukesh Sahni’s VIP, 4 to CPI, 2 to 2, 2 to 2, Mayawati’s party BSP 1, LJP 1, LJP 1 and Independent.

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