NEW DELHI: Central Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has announced that the Bihar assembly elections will be held in two phases. The first phase will be held on November 6th and the second phase on November 11th. The counting of votes will be held on November 14, he announced in a press conference.

There are a total of 7.43 crore voters in Bihar. Of these, 3.92 crore are men, 3.5 crore are women and 14 lakh are new voters. Voting will be held in 90,712 polling stations, of which 1044 will be women-managed. There will be webcasting facilities at all polling booths, the Election Commissioner said in the press conference.

Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi also attended the press conference. The term of the 243-member Bihar state assembly ends on November 22. The polls were held in three phases last time. The Election Commissioner had announced the successful completion of the voter list revision or Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar, which began on June 24, 2025. Those who were ineligible were removed from the list. CEC Gyanesh Kumar had clarified that Aadhaar is not a citizenship document and its use will be as per the rules and instructions of the Election Commission.