Overview
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar flagged off the delegation after an inaugural session at IIIDEM in New Delhi.
- Participants represent seven countries: France, South Africa, Belgium, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Colombia.
- The programme’s Bihar leg runs November 5–6 with tours of EVM dispatch centres and on-site observation of Thursday’s polling.
- Phase I covers 121 assembly constituencies across 18 districts, with Phase II on November 11 and counting on November 14.
- State preparations include about 90,712 polling booths set up for more than 7.43 crore registered voters.