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Bihar Sets Two-Phase November Vote as Prashant Kishor Enters Fray

Seat negotiations intensify across alliances, with Jan Suraaj promising an October 9 candidate list to court voters outside the two blocs.

AAP in-charge of Bihar Ajesh Yadav (centre) along with state AAP president Rakesh Yadav (right), releases the party's first list of candidates for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections.
The NDA is looking to repeat its performance from the 2024 Lok Sabha elections when it won 174 of the 243 assembly constituencies, resulting in it winning 30 of the 40 parliamentary constituencies in the state (HT Photo)
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Overview

  • The Election Commission scheduled polling for November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14, and its team has reviewed on-ground preparedness in Bihar.
  • Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor said he will contest and that his party’s first slate, including his name, will be unveiled on October 9, claiming it can tap voters beyond the NDA and INDIA blocs.
  • NDA leaders voiced confidence of returning to power on a development-and-trust plank, as the BJP revived its ‘Vikas aur Vishwas’ messaging and assigned three in-charges to manage all 40 Lok Sabha segments for micro-campaigning.
  • Seat-sharing talks remain unsettled: within the NDA, HAM has sought about 20 seats and LJP (Ram Vilas) has pressed for more than the 20–25 under discussion; in the opposition, Congress is moving from 70 in 2020 toward under 60 as RJD balances Left and VIP demands.
  • Opposition leaders flagged the voter-roll revision that reduced the electorate as a concern for marginalised groups, placing the commission’s conduct under closer scrutiny during the state contest.