Patna, November 4 (Udaipur Kiran): The election campaign for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 will end this evening, ahead of voting scheduled on November 6. All political parties have made their final push with rallies, roadshows, and door-to-door campaigns as candidates try to win voter support.
Voting in the first phase will be held across 18 districts and 121 assembly constituencies, with a total of 3,75,13,302 registered voters. Of these, 1,98,35,325 are men, 1,76,77,219 are women, 1,906 are service voters, 3,22,077 are differently-abled, 6,736 are aged over 100 years, and 758 belong to the third gender.
A total of 1,314 candidates are in the fray — 1,192 men and 122 women.
Among the prominent leaders contesting in this phase are both Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, along with 15 cabinet ministers, including Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Shravan Kumar, Mangal Pandey, Madan Sahni, Nitin Nabin, Maheshwar Hazari, Sunil Kumar, Ratnesh Sada, Kedar Prasad Gupta, Surendra Mehta, Sanjay Sarawgi, Dr. Sunil Kumar, Jivesh Kumar, Raju Kumar Singh, and Krishan Kumar Mantu. Bihar Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav, senior leaders Ram Kripal Yadav, Shyam Rajak, Anant Singh, Amrendra Pandey, Harinarayan Singh, Umesh Kushwaha, and Shreyasi Singh are also among key contestants.
To ensure a smooth and fair election, the Election Commission has deployed 121 general observers, 18 police observers, and 33 expenditure observers for this phase.
The smallest constituency by area is Bankipur (16.239 sq km), while the largest is Surajgarha (624.751 sq km). Based on the number of voters, Barbigha is the smallest constituency with 2,31,998 voters, whereas Digha is the largest with 4,57,657 voters.
The Kudhni constituency in Muzaffarpur has the highest number of candidates (20), while Bhore, Alauli, and Parbatta constituencies have the fewest (five each).
A total of 45,324 polling booths have been set up — 36,733 in rural areas and 8,608 in urban regions. Notably, 926 booths will be managed by women, 107 by differently-abled persons, and 320 have been designated as model booths. On average, 827 voters will cast their votes at each booth.
The counting of votes will take place on November 14, and the entire election process will conclude by November 16. Bihar has 243 assembly seats, out of which the first phase will cover 121 constituencies going to polls on November 6, 2025.
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