Overview

• Voting will be held on November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14, under a freshly revised electoral roll of roughly 7.42–7.43 crore electors after a Special Intensive Revision.
• Chirag Paswan remains firm on seeking about 35 seats for LJP (Ram Vilas) and posted a pointed tribute on his father's death anniversary, while his party named MP Arun Bharti election in-charge and Raju Tiwari co-in-charge.
• HAM patron Jitan Ram Manjhi publicly set a floor of 15 seats, saying his party seeks recognition status and cautioning it may not field candidates if allotted fewer, though it would still back the NDA.
• RJD and Congress figures said the INDIA bloc’s seat formula is nearly settled, with a formal reveal expected shortly; Congress’s CEC meets to clear its first list, and sources suggest it may target roughly the mid-50s to low-60s seats focused on winnability.
• AAP released an initial list of 11 candidates and said senior leaders will campaign; AIMIM announced plans to contest in four Mithilanchal seats, and reports say Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj will issue its first 100-candidate list on October 9, with his own run being discussed by party sources.