Bihar Election Phase 1 Voting Tomorrow: Silence Period, List Of Constituencies, Candidates - Details Here

Patna: Campaigning for the first phase of the Bihar elections ended on Tuesday, with the silence period descending upon the 121 assembly constituencies spread across 18 districts at 5 pm.

Phase 1 of the elections in the 121 constituencies will be held tomorrow (November 6). The remaining 122 seats would go to polls in the second phase on November 11. The results will be declared on November 14.

Bihar Election Map (ECI)

What Is Silence Period Before Polls?

The silence period refers to a 48-hour period preceding the election's conclusion, during which any form of campaigning is prohibited. This includes public meetings, speeches, interviews, and displaying or propagating election-related material through print, electronic media, or social media.

The purpose of this silence period is to allow voters a calm and peaceful environment for reflection before they cast their votes, without being influenced by last-minute campaigning.

Timing, Key Constituencies And Candidates In Phase 1

In this phase, over 3.75 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes, comprising 1.98 crore men and 1.76 crore women, as voting will be held for 121 seats, including 102 general and 19 reserved constituencies.

Polling will begin at 7 AM and conclude at 5 PM. Voters who are still in the queue after 5 PM will be allowed to cast their votes. In some sensitive areas, the polling will conclude at 4 PM.

The Election Commission has set up 45,341 polling booths, of which 36,733 are in rural areas and 8,608 in urban regions. Polling personnel have been given special training to ensure the smooth conduct of the elections.

The prominent seats that will go to the polls in the first phase on November 6 are Tejashwi Yadav's Raghopur, Mahua, from where his brother Tej Pratap Yadav is trying his luck with a new political outfit, and Tarapur, from where Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary is fighting the elections.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav addressing an event (ETV Bharat)

The other seats in focus in this phase are Alinagar, from where singer Maithili Thakur is fighting the elections on a BJP ticket, Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha's Lakhisarai, Mokama, where the JD(U) candidate is strongman Anant Singh, who has been arrested in the murder case of his opponent Dular Chand Yadav, and Raghunathpur, where the RJD candidate is late gangster-turned-politician Md Shahabuddin's son Osama Shahab.

In the last Assembly polls in Bihar, the BJP and the JD(U)-led NDA won 125 seats, while the RJD and Congress-led Mahagathbandhan secured 110 seats, along with eight seats won by other parties. The RJD was the single largest party by winning 75 Assembly seats. The BJP won 74 seats, and the JD(U) bagged 43 seats.

List of Constituencies Set To Vote In Phase 1

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 Page
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
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)

Final Day Of Campaigning

On the final day of campaigning, top leaders from major political alliances made a vigorous last-minute effort. From the NDA, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP National President J.P. Nadda, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta campaigned for the alliance candidates.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also addressed several rallies before the campaign ended. On the other hand, Tejashwi Yadav led the charge for the Grand Alliance, holding multiple rallies. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and the Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states campaigned in support of the grand alliance candidates.

Global Delegation To Witness Elections

A global delegation will witness polling of the first phase of the Bihar Assembly polls. The delegates comprise France, South Africa, Belgium, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Colombia.

The international delegation will visit Bihar under the International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP 2025). The IEVP is a flagship program of the ECI for international cooperation and engagement with the Election Management Bodies (EMBs) of other countries and international organisations.

Since 2014, the IEVP has been showcasing the strengths of India's electoral system to the international community and sharing the best practices adopted in the world's largest democracy for the conduct of elections. During the two-day tour of Bihar from November 5 under the IEVP, the participants will visit the EVM dispatch centres and witness the actual polling on November 6, as per the poll panel.

Before they visited Bihar, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioner Vivek Joshi, held an interaction with the international visitors from the seven countries at the India International Institute for Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) in New Delhi.

During the interaction, the 14 participants were provided a demonstration of the EVMs, followed by a presentation by senior Officers of ECI on various aspects of elections, including preparation of electoral rolls and the conduct of elections in India.

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