Bihar Elections 2025 Live: While RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav aims to continue his winning streak, BJP’s Maithili Thakur is making her electoral debut with this election.
Bihar Election 2025 Live: Of the total 243 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 121 are scheduled to go to polls on Thursday, November 6 in the first phase of the 2025 state assembly elections in a crucial triangular contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United)-led National Democratic Alliance, the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Mahagathbandhan (or Grand Alliance) of the Indian National Congress, and Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj Party.
Voting will begin at 7 am and end at 6 pm and in some places at 5 pm.
Several prominent candidates fielded by both the ruling NDA and the opposition grand alliance are set to face voters in high-stakes contests across the state. These candidates include BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary contesting from Tarapur, Grand Alliance’s chief ministerial face and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav contesting from Raghopur, Tejashwi’s brother Tej Pratap contesting from Mahua on the ticket of his own organization Janshakti Janata Dal, BJP’s Maithili Thakur contesting from Alinagar and JDU’s Anant Singh contesting from Mokama, who is currently in jail in the murder case of Jan Suraj supporter Dularchand Yadav.
Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj Party is also making its electoral debut with this assembly election, making it a triangular fight.
During the first phase of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav is aiming to continue his winning streak in the Raghopur constituency, where he faces BJP’s Satish Kumar, who defeated Yadav’s mother Rabri Devi while contesting on the JD(U) symbol from this seat in 2010.
In which districts voting is taking place today?
Around 3.75 crore voters will decide the fate of 1,314 candidates contesting in 121 constituencies across 18 districts of Bihar on Thursday. The eighteen districts where voting is taking place in the first phase include Patna, Darbhanga, Madhepura, Saharsa, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Vaishali, Samastipur, Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Munger, Sheikhpura, Nalanda, Buxar and Bhojpur.
How many voters have to vote today?
3.75 crore voters are eligible to vote in 121 constituencies during the first phase of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. Voting will take place at 45,341 polling stations, of which 36,733 are in rural areas.
Of the 3.75 crore voters, 10.72 lakh were ‘new voters’.
About key alliances/key competitors
National Democratic Alliance – The National Democratic Alliance, which is currently in power in the state, includes Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), Bharatiya Janata Party, Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
Grand Alliance (Grand Alliance) The opposition grand alliance includes Rashtriya Janata Dal, Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Mukesh Sahni’s Vikassheel Insaan Party.
Jan Suraj Party – Political analyst Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraj Party is set to make its political debut with the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, and has fielded candidates on all 243 seats.
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Voting will begin at 7 am and end at 6 pm and in some places at 5 pm.
Several prominent candidates fielded by both the ruling NDA and the opposition grand alliance are set to face voters in high-stakes contests across the state. These candidates include BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary contesting from Tarapur, Grand Alliance’s chief ministerial face and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav contesting from Raghopur, Tejashwi’s brother Tej Pratap contesting from Mahua on the ticket of his own organization Janshakti Janata Dal, BJP’s Maithili Thakur contesting from Alinagar and JDU’s Anant Singh contesting from Mokama, who is currently in jail in the murder case of Jan Suraj supporter Dularchand Yadav.
Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj Party is also making its electoral debut with this assembly election, making it a triangular fight.
During the first phase of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav is aiming to continue his winning streak in the Raghopur constituency, where he faces BJP’s Satish Kumar, who defeated Yadav’s mother Rabri Devi while contesting on the JD(U) symbol from this seat in 2010.
In which districts voting is taking place today?
Around 3.75 crore voters will decide the fate of 1,314 candidates contesting in 121 constituencies across 18 districts of Bihar on Thursday. The eighteen districts where voting is taking place in the first phase include Patna, Darbhanga, Madhepura, Saharsa, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Vaishali, Samastipur, Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Munger, Sheikhpura, Nalanda, Buxar and Bhojpur.
How many voters have to vote today?
3.75 crore voters are eligible to vote in 121 constituencies during the first phase of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. Voting will take place at 45,341 polling stations, of which 36,733 are in rural areas.
Of the 3.75 crore voters, 10.72 lakh were ‘new voters’.
About key alliances/key competitors
National Democratic Alliance – The National Democratic Alliance, which is currently in power in the state, includes Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), Bharatiya Janata Party, Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
Grand Alliance (Grand Alliance) The opposition grand alliance includes Rashtriya Janata Dal, Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Mukesh Sahni’s Vikassheel Insaan Party.
Jan Suraj Party – Political analyst Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraj Party is set to make its political debut with the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, and has fielded candidates on all 243 seats.
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November 06, 2025 6:44:45 am First
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: Tejashwi Yadav is fighting from Raghopur. Why is this important?
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: Among the key contestants contesting the first phase, Tejashwi Yadav is hoping for a hat-trick in Raghopur, a constituency previously represented by his chief ministerial parents Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi. He is pitted against BJP’s Satish Kumar, who had defeated Rabri Devi while contesting on a JDU ticket in 2010, as well as Jan Suraj Party’s Chanchal Singh.
November 06, 2025 6:37:18 am First
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: BJP leader Maithili Thakur’s message to party workers before voting
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: BJP leader Maithili Thakur, who is making her electoral debut from this election, on Wednesday posted a video message on her social media addressing BJP party workers. In the video, he asked not to step back from hard work on the day of voting. Thakur is contesting from Alinagar seat.
He captioned the post, “People from every section of Alinagar have pledged to elect a government of good governance, progress and stability by pressing the button on the lotus symbol on EVM No. 1 on November 6.”
November 06, 2025 6:24:46 am First
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: Which parties are fighting under the banner of Grand Alliance?
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: The opposition grand alliance in Bihar, which will be in a direct fight with the ruling NDA, includes Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Indian National Congress (INC), Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPI-ML), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM), and Mukesh Sahni’s Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP).
November 06, 2025 6:19:03 am First
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: Which parties are fighting under the banner of National Democratic Alliance?
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: The National Democratic Alliance in Bihar includes Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
November 06, 2025 6:10:02 am First
Bihar Election 2025 Live Updates: Voting in Mokama constituency today. why it matters?
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: Mokama came into limelight after the murder of Jan Suraj supporter Dular Chand Yadav on October 30. A case has been registered against JDU candidate and muscleman Anant Singh in connection with the murder. Another ‘Baahubali’-turned-politician Surajbhan Singh’s wife Veena Devi is contesting on RJD ticket from Mokama seat. Read more.
November 06, 2025 6:07:53 am First
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: Jan Suraj Party’s Munger candidate joins BJP a day before Bihar’s first phase of voting
Bihar Elections 2025 Live Updates: Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraj Party was embarrassed on Wednesday when one of its candidates joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), just a day before the first phase of voting in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections.
JSP candidate from Munger assembly seat of Bihar, Sanjay Singh joined BJP. Voting will be held on this seat today.
After joining the party, Sanjay Singh extended his support to NDA candidate from the seat and BJP candidate Kumar Prannoy. He also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
“There has been tremendous development in Bihar under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. I am confident that the state will continue to develop further under the NDA rule,” Singh told reporters after joining the saffron party. Read more.
