Overview
- Polling spans 18 districts at 45,341 stations with Central forces and webcasting; 10.72 lakh new electors include 7.78 lakh aged 18–19.
- Voting hours end at 5 pm in Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Mahishi, Tarapur, Munger, Jamalpur and 56 Suryagarha booths due to security considerations.
- High-profile contests feature Tejashwi Yadav in Raghopur, Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary in Tarapur, Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha in Lakhisarai, folk singer Maithili Thakur in Alinagar and Anant Singh in Mokama.
- The Special Intensive Revision remains in focus after the Supreme Court ordered publication of about 65 lakh deleted names and permitted Aadhaar as voter ID.
- Jan Suraaj mounts a statewide third-front bid as AIMIM fields candidates on select seats, Mahagathbandhan partners cross-sword in five constituencies, Phase 2 votes on November 11 and counting is on November 14.