‘There was no disturbance at any booth in Bihar’, Election Commission’s statement after the first phase of voting

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In the first phase of voting held on Thursday (6 November 2025) in Bihar, voters broke all previous records. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar called it a historic voting. The Election Commission said on Friday (7 November 2025) that no irregularities were found anywhere during the first phase of voting. It said, “After the investigation conducted in the first phase of elections, no irregularities were found at any polling station. During this period, no recommendation has been made by anyone for re-voting.”

This time less EVMs were changed in the elections

Bihar Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Kumar Gunjiyal said that in this election less number of EVMs have been changed as compared to last time. He told that this time 1.21 percent ballot units were changed, whereas in the 2020 elections this number was 1.87 percent. Similarly, this time 1.34 percent change was made in control units, whereas in 2020 this figure was 1.77 percent.

“After scrutiny, no discrepancy/malpractice was found at any of the Polling Station and no re-poll was recommended in Phase-I of the Bihar Legislative Assembly elections,” says Election Commission of India after phase one of voting in Bihar elections. pic.twitter.com/7zXk6v5RI5

— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2025

More than 45 thousand polling stations in the first phase

According to the information given by the Election Commission, a total of 1,314 candidates were in the fray in the first phase, of which 1,192 were male and 122 female candidates. There were about 8,609 polling stations in urban areas and 36,733 polling stations in rural areas. The number of polling stations run entirely by women was 926. 165 ballot units, 169 control units and 480 VVPATs were changed during voting.

Live telecasting took place from all polling stations.

Both NDA and Grand Alliance are interpreting this increased voting in their own favor. According to the Election Commission, live telecasting took place from all the polling stations and all the complaints received during this period were resolved. The Election Commission received a total of 143 complaints, which were resolved at the same time. More than 4 lakh polling personnel were put on duty for the first phase of elections.

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Bihar Election 2025: Who is so strong on the 10 VIP seats of the first phase of Bihar, Tej Pratap’s fate is also at stake than Tejashwi-Samrat Chaudhary.

Admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 06:23:36 +0000

Tarapur seat has become a matter of prestige for Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary. His competition is with RJD’s Arun Kumar Sah. Santosh Kumar Singh of Jan Suraj is also in the fray.

If we talk about the 10 VIP seats in the first phase, the biggest names in it are that of Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav and Samrat Chaudhary.

In the first phase of elections, 11 BJP ministers Mangal Pandey (Siwan), Nitin Naveen (Bankipur), Samrat Chaudhary (Tarapur), Vijay Sinha (Lakhisarai), Jivesh Mishra (Jale), Sanjay Saraogi (Darbhanga Urban) are included. Five JDU ministers, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary (Sarai Ranjan), Shravan Kumar (Nalanda), Madan Sahni (Bahadurpur) and Maheshwar Hazari (Kalyanpur) are also in the fray.

Tejashwi Yadav is contesting elections for the third time from RJD’s traditional seat Raghopur. NDA’s Satish Yadav is challenging him.

Mokama seat is in headlines due to the fight between two strongmen. JDU’s Anant Singh is facing RJD candidate Veena Devi (wife of Surajbhan Singh).

Popular singer Maithili Thakur is BJP candidate from Alinagar. His contest is against RJD’s Vinod Mishra.

Bhojpuri star Khesari Lal Yadav is contesting from Chapra on behalf of RJD. He is facing competition from BJP’s Chhoti Kumari and independent Rakhi Gupta.

Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha has been winning from Lakhisarai continuously since 2010. Amresh Kumar of Congress is challenging him.

Tej Pratap Yadav has separated from RJD and is contesting from Mahua. His competition is with RJD’s Mukesh Roshan and LJP’s Sanjay Singh.

Begusarai seat has earlier been a stronghold of the Left. Now the contest is between Kundan Kumar of BJP and Amita Bhushan of Congress.

BJP’s Nitin Naveen is continuously winning from the prestigious seat of Bankipur in Patna. This time RJD’s Rekha Gupta is giving him competition.

BJP minister Sanjay Saraogi is in the fray from Darbhanga. Former IPS RK Mishra of Jan Suraj and Umesh Sahni of VIP are also making the election interesting.

Published at : 05 Nov 2025 11:08 AM (IST)

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‘There was no disturbance at any booth in Bihar’, Election Commission’s statement after the first phase of voting

Bihar Election 2025: Who is so strong on the 10 VIP seats of the first phase of Bihar, Tej Pratap’s fate is also at stake than Tejashwi-Samrat Chaudhary.