The Election Commission has started the final preparations for the announcement of Bihar assembly elections. On Tuesday, the Commission held an important meeting with Bihar officials. The Election Commission held a meeting of all the commissioners, IG, DIG, DM, SSP -SP of the state through video conferencing.

EC sought reports of preparations from officials

In this meeting, the Election Commission has taken the report of preparations for state officials. The Election Commission appeared satisfied with the report of the officials. EC has taken the details of all the booths of 243 assembly seats in the meeting. During the meeting, the Commission has written in writing about the Central Security Force Number and their deployment.

In the meeting held on Tuesday, the report of the sensitive booth was also taken by the Commission, discussion was also held at the time of voting at the sensitive polling booth. It is expected that the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) will visit Bihar on 4 and 5 October along with Dnyanesh Kumar, Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. During this time, the team of the Commission will review the administrative and security arrangements in the state, the deficiencies have been instructed to be completed.

Elections can be held in three to four stages in Bihar

After the Bihar tour, the election schedule is expected to be announced in a few days through the Election Commission. Like last time, it is expected that this time also elections will be held in Bihar in three to four phases. However, this time there is also a challenge of festivals before the Commission, because along with the election season, there will be big festivals like Diwali and Chhath. The Commission is already taking precaution to protect voters from any kind of inconvenience.

There has also been a phased voting in the history of assembly elections in Bihar. Elections were held in three phases on 28 October, 3 November and 7 November in 2020. The results were declared on 10 November. In 2015, elections were held in five phases, while in 2010, voting was completed in six phases. In 2005, elections were held twice: elections were held in three phases in February and in three phases in October.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is going to hold a very important meeting on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) next week. This important meeting will include Chief Election Officer (CEOS) of all states and union territories across the country. This meeting will be focused on topics like election preparations, voter list purity and transparency.

Although many issues will be discussed in the meeting, but mainly one agenda will have to implement the Sir/Special Integrated Revision process at the national level. The purpose of SIR is to make the voter list more transparent, accurate and flawless. The Commission believes that this will make the process of identity of duplicate voters, removing the names of deceased voters and including new eligible voters.

ECI Has across the country Sir Intention was to implement

In June this year, with the announcement of the SIR of the voter list in Bihar, the Election Commission (ECI) had expressed the intention of implementing SIRs across the country for the first time. The Commission had said that in view of the changing situation and technical reforms, there is a need for major changes in the management of the voter list. This initiative is being taken in this direction.

Special intensive revision process continues in Bihar

The SIR process has been going on in Bihar for the last few months and a large number of duplicate voters have been identified through this process and drafts have been removed from the list of deceased or transferred voters from the list. Also, the registration of new voters has also been made easier and faster. The Commission wants this experience to be repeated across the country.

Assembly elections are going to be held in half a dozen states of the country next year

This meeting is taking place at a time when assembly elections are to be held in about half a dozen states next year. In such a situation, there is a discussion about how the process of SIR in all the states on the country should be completed in time and work can be done to make the voter list pure and transparent in advance for the coming elections.

In the drawing room Sir There will be discussion on challenges coming on implementation

In the meeting, suggestions will also be taken from the Chief Election Officers of the states on the challenges, technical assistance and public awareness campaigns in implementing this process. After this, the Commission can issue guidelines and it can be announced to implement it in a phased manner.

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