In the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections (2025), voting was held on 121 seats on Thursday (November 06, 2025). A total of 1314 candidates were in the electoral fray. Record breaking voting took place in the first phase. Voting was boycotted at some places and the convoy of Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha was attacked in Lakhisarai. Read the big things related to the first phase of Bihar elections.

After the end of the first phase of voting, a press conference was held by the Election Commission on Thursday evening. Bihar Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Gunjyal said, “The first phase of voting for Bihar Assembly elections has been successfully completed. The participation of women voters has been very good. 165 ballot units, 169 control units and 480 VVPATs were changed during the voting.

This time voting records were broken in Bihar

According to the Election Commission, there was 62.57 percent voting in the 2000 assembly elections. Whereas in the Lok Sabha elections held in 1998, there was 64.6 percent voting in Bihar. This time all records of voting were broken with 64.66 percent.

1415 people detained

Information about boycott of voting came to light at some other booths including polling booth number 56 of Buxar’s Brahmapur assembly constituency, 165, 166 of Fatuha and polling booth number 1, 2 and 5 in Suryagarha of Lakhisarai. ADG Headquarters Kundan Krishnan said that 1415 people were detained during the elections. On the other hand, the Election Commission received a total of 143 complaints which were resolved in time.

Voting took place in these 18 districts of Bihar

• Madhepura
• Sarhasa
• Darbhanga
• Muzaffarpur
• Gopalganj
• siwan
• saran
• Vaishali
• Samastipur
• Begusarai
• Khagaria
• Munger
• Lakhisarai
• Sheikhpura
• Nalanda
• Patna
• Bhojpur
• buxar

Fate of 16 ministers at stake in the first phase

In the first phase, apart from Samrat Chaudhary, the fate of Vijay Kumar Sinha as well as 16 ministers is also at stake. These include 11 ministers from BJP and five from JDU. In the first phase, there were a total of three crore 75 lakh 13 thousand 302 voters who had to vote. These include one crore 98 lakh 35 thousand 325 men, one crore 76 lakh 77 thousand 219 women and 758 third gender voters. A total of 45,341 booths were made for voting.

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Vijay Sinha’s convoy attacked in Lakhisarai

Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha is a candidate from Lakhisarai seat. On Thursday, when he was in his area, his convoy was attacked. His car was surrounded and slogans of ‘Murdabad’ were raised along with slippers. People stopped him from moving forward. Vijay Kumar Sinha was in Khoriyari village of his constituency. An altercation took place between him and RJD MLC Ajay Singh in Lakhisarai itself.

Which leader said what on the first phase of elections?

Samrat Chaudhary: “I would like to thank the administration of Bihar, the people of Bihar and the Election Commission for the peaceful voting. The way the common voters of Bihar are coming out and voting, it is clearly visible that there has been 4-5% more voting in this election than the last election. The report that has come from our representatives after the first phase, out of 121 seats, NDA is winning around 100 seats and this is going to break the results of 2010.”

Vijay Kumar Sinha: “People have faith in the double engine government. NDA government will be formed again. Lakhisarai was made a hot seat. Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav had said that take it in writing that Vijay Sinha will not win from here. Some people had made it a reputation to which the public has responded.”

Chirag Paswan: “…the way the trends are coming, one thing is clear in which there is not even an iota of doubt that after the results on 14th, NDA government is going to be formed in Bihar once again.”

Tej Pratap Yadav: “…In a democracy, the public is the master. The love and blessings of parents have their place… We will support whoever does good work. We have full faith…”

Mukesh Sahni: “There is a wave of change in Bihar. Bumper voting is taking place. I am hopeful that there will be change in Bihar. A grand alliance government will be formed.”

Akhilesh Prasad Singh: “The grand alliance is going to form the government with two-thirds majority. I had already said that Bihar is going to give shocking results and the kind of news coming today makes it clear that there is a change in power…”

Tejashwi Yadav: “A new government is going to be formed on November 14.”

Lalu Yadav (ex post): “The roti should be kept turning from the pan, otherwise it will burn.”

Upendra Kushwaha: “…From the news that is being received from Bihar, it is clear that NDA is going to have a huge victory this time in entire Bihar.”

Prashant Kishore: “The highest turnout in the last 30 years is an indication that change is coming in Bihar. A new system is going to be established on November 14…”

Khesari Lal Yadav: “I am happy that there was such a huge turnout. People are voting for the future of their children. May God provide better education and employment to the coming generation.”

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Voting for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections is going on. It has been more than four hours since voting started and now the second figure of voting percentage has also come out. People are reaching the polling booths in 121 assembly seats of Bihar to vote for their favorite candidate.

Till 11.00 am, a total of 27.65 percent voting has taken place in 121 assembly seats of Bihar. The lowest voting took place in Patna district. The voter turnout here so far was 23.71. At the same time, maximum voting took place in Begusarai. Where the figure till now is 30.37 percent.

Bihar Assembly Election Phase-1 Voting, voting percentage till 11.00 am: 27.65 percent

If we talk district wise,

Begusarai: 30.37

Bhojpur: 26.76

Buxar: 28.02

Darbhanga: 26.07

Gopalganj: 30.04

Khagaria: 28.96

Lakhisarai: 30.32

Madhepura: 28.46

Munger: 26.68

Muzaffarpur: 29.66

Nalanda: 26.86

Patna: 23.71

Sarhasa: 29.68

Samastipur: 27.92

Essence: 28.52

Sheikhpura: 26.04

Siwani: 27.09

Vaishali: 28.67

What are the voting figures on main seats?

On Alinagar seat of Darbhanga: 24.96 (Maithili Thakur is contesting from here)

On Raghopur seat of Vaishali: 28.79 (Tejashwi Yadav is in the electoral fray from here)

On Mahua seat of Vaishali: 27.47 (Tej Pratap Yadav is contesting from here)

On Tarapur seat of Munger: 29.67 (Samrat Choudhary is contesting from here)

At Lakhisarai seat: 28.92 (Vijay Kumar Sinha is contesting from here)

On Mokama seat of Patna: 26.80 (Anant Singh is contesting from here)

On Danapur seat of Patna: 22.98 (Ram Kripal Yadav is contesting from here)

On Raghunathpur seat of Siwan: 26.99 (Osama Shahab is contesting from here)

On Chhapra seat of Saran: 24.59 (Khesari Lal Yadav is in the electoral fray from here)

Leaders appeal to first time voters

Big leaders of both the government and the opposition have appealed to the public that everyone should first vote and only then have refreshments. The youth who are voting for the first time are also being continuously urged to exercise their franchise and contribute to the development of Bihar.

The first phase of voting for Bihar Assembly elections is going on from 7.00 am on Thursday (6 November). People are reaching the polling booths in 121 assembly seats of Bihar to vote for their favorite candidate. There is a lot of enthusiasm among the people of Bihar to elect their leader. This can be gauged from the voter turnout of the first two hours.

Actually, the voting percentage figures have come out two hours after the start of voting in Bihar, i.e. till 9.00 am. On an average, 13.13 percent voting took place on all 121 seats of Bihar. Begusarai has seen the highest turnout so far (14.60), while Lakhisarai assembly seat has seen the least turnout (7.00). Deputy CM Vijay Sinha is in the election fray from Lakhisarai.

Bihar Assembly Election Phase-1 Voting, voting percentage till 9 am:

If we talk district wise,

Begusarai: 14.60 percent
Bachhwara- 14.46
Bakhri- 13.10
Begusarai- 15.11
Cheriya- Bariyarpur- 16.13
Matihani- 13.79
Sahebpur Kamal- 14.60
Teghra- 15.19

Bhojpur: 13.11 percent
Agiyaanv- 13.32
Ara- 10.15
Badhara- 12.73
Jagdishpur- 14.25
Message- 14.01
Shahpur- 14.37
Tarari- 13.20

Buxar: 13.28 percent
Brahmapur- 14.11
Buxar- 12.93
Dumraon- 12.50
Rajpur- 13.48
Darbhanga: 12.48 percent
Alinagar- 12.57
Bahadurpur- 12.85
Benipur- 11.20
Darbhanga- 11.52
Darbhanga Rural- 13.21
Gaura Bauram- 12.26
Hayaghat- 12.34
Webs- 13.60
KOT- 13.01
Kusheshwar Asthan- 12.26

Gopalganj: 13.97 percent
Baikunthpur- 14.32
Barauli- 12.37
Bhore- 13.55
Gopalganj- 12.99
Hathua- 16.20
Kuchayakot- 14.40

Khagaria: 14.15 percent
Alauli- 13.78
Beldaur- 14.50
Khagaria- 13.99
Parbatta- 14.25

Lakhisarai, 7.00 percent
Lakhisarai- 13.39
Suryagarh-

Madhepura: 13.74 percent
Alamnagar- 13.93
Bihariganj- 13.83
Madhepura- 13.31
Sinheshwar- 13.89

Munger: 13.37 percent
Jamalpur- 12.21
Munger- 12.84
Tarapur- 15.08

Muzaffarpur: 14.38 percent
Aurai- 13.78
Baruraj- 14.80
Bochah- 15.12
Gaighat- 13.56
Kanti- 13.91
Kurhani- 14.51
Meenapur- 14.68
Muzaffarpur- 11.89
Paru- 15.12
Sahebganj- 15.86
Sakra- 15.29

Nalanda: 12.45 percent
Eighth – 10.74
Biharsharif- 11.11
Harnaut- 12.97
Hilsa- 13.02
Islampur- 12.34
Nalanda- 12.52
Rajgir- 13.62

Patna: 11.22 percent
Bakhtiyarpur- 12.78
Bankipur- 5.85
Flood- 12.82
Bikram- 14.11
Danapur- 10.44
Digha- 6.91
Fatuha- 13.53
Potter- 6.68
Maner- 13.93
Draft – 15.65
Mokama- 13.01
Paliganj- 15.23
Patna Sahib- 10.61
Phulwari- 11.21

Saharsa: 15.27 percent
Mahishi- 15.42
Saharsa- 15.21
Simri Bakhtiyarpur- 16.32
Sonbarsa- 14.04

Samastipur: 12.86 percent
Vibhutipur- 11.52
Hasanpur- 13.43
Kalyanpur- 14.00
Mohiuddinnagar- 13.74
Morava- 12.67
Rosera- 12.19
Samastipur- 13.35
Sarayaranjan- 13.04
Ujiarpur- 12.02
Warisnagar- 12.75

Saran: 13.30 percent
Amanour- 13.51
Baniyapur- 14.10
Chhapra- 11.20
Ekma- 13.08
Garkha- 13.08
Manjhi- 14.25
Madhaura- 14.01
Parsa- 13.96
Sonpur- 12.28
Taraiya- 13.83

Sheikhpura: 12.97 percent
Barbigha- 12.27
Sheikhpura- 13.58

Siwan: 13.35 percent
Barhariya- 15.12
Darauli- 13.05
Darunda- 12.95
Goriyakothi- 13.26
Maharajganj- 14.00
Raghunathpur- 12.92
Siwan- 12.56
Jiradei- 12.94

Vaishali: 14.30 percent
Hajipur- 13.22
Lalganj- 14.96
Mahnar- 13.11
Mahua- 14.49
Patepur- 14.66
Raghopur- 13.78
Rajapakar- 14.91
Vaishali- 15.30

Highest number of voters in Digha

Voting is taking place in 121 assembly seats of 18 districts in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections. The Election Commission has made all preparations to ensure peaceful and fair voting. In terms of constituencies, Digha assembly constituency has the highest number of voters registered at 4,57,657, while Barbigha has the least number of voters registered at 2,31,998.

Voting will be reduced by one hour on these seats

The Election Commission has reduced the voting time by one hour in six assembly seats. Voting will take place at these 2135 polling stations from 7 am to 5 pm. These include Simri Bakhtiyarpur (410 booths), Mahishi (361 booths), Tarapur (412 booths), Munger (404 booths), Jamalpur (492 booths) and Suryagarha (56 booths). This decision has been taken on the basis of sensitivity of these areas, distance from the block headquarters and suggestions of the local administration.

Voting time at 43,206 booths of remaining 115 seats will be from 7 am to 6 pm. A total of 3 crore 75 lakh 13 thousand 302 voters are exercising their franchise in the first phase. These include 1 crore 98 lakh 35 thousand 325 men, 1 crore 76 lakh 77 thousand 219 women and 758 third gender voters.

Popular candidates of Bihar Assembly Election Phase-1

A total of 45,341 booths have been made for voting, out of which 45,324 will be main booths and 17 auxiliary booths. In the first phase, the fate of many popular candidates will be captured in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). These include Grand Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha, folk singer Maithili Thakur, Bhojpuri film star Khesari Lal Yadav, Janashakti Janata Dal’s Tej Pratap Yadav, Janata Dal (United) state president Umesh Kushwaha and Bhola Yadav.