Phase-1 Bihar Election 2025:Bihar Legislative Assembly elections of 2025 will be conducted in two phases as per the schedule on November 6 and November 11. The counting of votes will be held on November 14. The resolution is in line with the logistical and security necessities all over the vast and varied land of Bihar.
On day one, (Nov 6) over 121 assembly constituencies, out of 243 in total, will go to the polls. The rest of the 122 seats will be covered in phase 2. The abridged two-phase model (as opposed to three phases in 2020) is designed to ease costs, security deployment, and administrative oversight.
What We Know About the 121 Constituencies on Nov 6
Several media channels have printed the “full lists” of the 121 constituencies planned for Nov 6 polling. For instance, Hindustan Times includes a full list with the heading. Similarly, India TV News verifies the Phase 1 count along with the date.
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025: Phase-1 Bihar Election 2025
The following assembly constituencies will vote on November 6:
1. Alamnagar
2. Bihariganj
3. Singheshwar (SC)
4. Madhepura
5. Sonbarsha (SC)
6. Saharsa
7. Simri Bakhtiarpur
8. Mahishi
9. Kusheshwar Asthan (SC)
10. Gaura Bauram
11. Benipur
12. Alinagar
13. Darbhanga Rural
14. Darbhanga
15. Hayaghat
16. Bahadurpur
17. Keoti
18. Jale
19. Gaighat
20. Aurai
21. Minapur
22. Bochahan (SC)
23. Sakra (SC)
24. Kurhani
25. Muzaffarpur
26. Kanti
27. Baruraj
28. Paroo
29. Sahebganj
30. Baikunthpur
31. Barauli
32. Gopalganj
33. Kuchaikote
34. Bhore (SC)
35. Hathua
36. Siwan
37. Ziradei
38. Darauli (SC)
39. Raghunathpur
40. Daraunda
41. Barharia
42. Goriakothi
43. Maharajganj
44. Ekma
45. Manjhi
46. Baniapur
47. Taraiya
48. Marhaura
49. Chapra
50. Garkha (SC)
51. Amnour
52. Parsa
53. Sonepur
54. Hajipur
55. Lalganj
56. Vaishali
57. Mahua
58. Raja Pakar (SC)
59. Raghopur
60. Mahnar
61. Patepur (SC)
62. Kalyanpur (SC)
63. Warisnagar
64. Samastipur
65. Ujiarpur
66. Morwa
67. Sarairanjan
68. Mohiuddinnagar
69. Bibhutipur
70. Rosera (SC)
71. Hasanpur
72. Cheria-Bariarpur
73. Bachhwara
74. Teghra
75. Matihani
76. Sahebpur Kamal
77. Begusarai
78. Bakhri (SC)
79. Alauli (SC)
80. Khagaria
81. Beldaur
82. Parbatta
83. Tarapur
84. Munger
85. Jamalpur
86. Suryagarha
87. Lakhisarai
88. Sheikhpura
89. Barbigha
90. Asthawan
91. Biharsharif
92. Rajgir (SC)
93. Islampur
94. Hilsa
95. Nalanda
96. Harnaut
97. Mokama
98. Barh
99. Bakhtiarpur
100. Digha
101. Bankipur
102. Kumhrar
103. Patna Sahib
104. Fatuha
105. Danapur
106. Maner
107. Phulwari (SC)
108. Masaurhi (SC)
109. Paliganj
110. Bikram
111. Sandesh
112. Barhara
113. Arrah
114. Agiaon (SC)
115. Tarari
116. Jagdishpur
117. Shahpur
118. Brahampur
119. Buxar
120. Dumraon
121. Rajpur (SC)
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Geographical Patterns and Highlights
From live updates and media commentary:
The local people of Patna, Nalanda, Vaishali, and some nearby districts will cast their votes in Phase 1.
The Lok Sabha was very clear about Nalanda and Vaishali areas when it said they will vote on Nov 6.
Within a short time (Phase 1), there will be elections in Patna. It means all the seats in Patna belong to the first phase.
It is reported that in the first phase of polling (Phase 1), these are the places where the most exciting (Raghopur in the Vaishali district), Phulwari (for the SC category), Patna Sahib, Danapur, Purnia, and Hasanpur should be mentioned. So the question arises what they will indicate on Nov 6.
Essentially, Phase 1 is the numerous semi-urban areas, peri-urban, and rural belts, especially the central Bihar belt, parts of north Bihar, and some populous districts where election management are complicated that have been covered.
Phase-1 Bihar Election 2025: Challenges and What Nov 6 Will Signal?
The first stage is much more than just the first round of polling. It’s a momentum builder. Parties that get underway with strong ranks on Nov 6 will choreograph their second round campaign by utilizing the “phase one winning” messaging, gauging the mood of the lead voters at the earliest stage, and pitching the undecided voters.
Or the opposite might happen: major parties may face depressions as a result of a bad performance at Phase 1; this will lead them to make some reforms, seat transfers, and even the change of candidates before Nov 11.
Before results declarations, incidents accompanying Bihar poll elections in Bihar called upon the Election Commission to implement fair and transparent polls throughout the state. Moreover, several Bihar parties also advocated for single-phase voting in Bihar.
“We asked the EC to hold assembly elections in a single phase. It can happen. The state is devoid of the law and order problem, and it is not in the grip of Naxal violence. If elections could be held in a single phase in Maharashtra, then why not here?,” JD (U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha said.
The last Assembly elections in 2020 were conducted in three phases. BJP got 74 seats, whereas Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) got 43 seats. The Mahagathbandhan consisting of RJD, Congress, and Left parties made a total of 110 seats. Congress got 19 seats, RJD 75 and Left got 16 seats.
Voter List Revision and Demographic Insights
Before the elections, Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was conducted. SIR allows:
- Nearly 65 lakh names have been removed (relocation, duplicate entries, death, etc.).
- At the same time, 21.53 lakh new electors have been registered.
- Totals, the list looks at 7.42 crore voters in Bihar.
These changes may have constituency-level impacts in close races, small shifts in the voter base (especially SC, new youth) can change the outcome.
