The Election Commission of India has announced the dates for the Bihar election 2020 in a press conference on September 25. The general elections in Bihar will be conducted in three phases. In the first phase, elections will be held in 71 Assembly constituencies. In the second phase, 94 Assembly constituencies will go to polls. In the third phase, polling will be held in 78 Assembly constituencies.
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that the poll body has held several interactions with the CEO of Bihar and some of the arrangements being made for assembly elections amid COVID-19 are as follows:
The 2015 assembly election saw the highest voter turnout of 56.8% in Bihar largely due to greater participation by women. That will be a challenge to match for the election commission, as this is the first election happening amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The trail of devastation caused by floods in 18 districts will also be a big handicap. As the EC announced the election, the Bihar government was still battling a heavy discharge from rivers originating in Nepal.