Overview
- The restriction applies in Bihar on November 5–6 and November 10–11, covering the day before and the day of each polling phase.
- Applicants must seek clearance from state or district MCMCs at least two days before publication, with committees activated to issue timely decisions.
- The directive also covers by-elections to eight Assembly constituencies across seven states scheduled for November 11.
- ECI says 824 flying squads are active in Bihar, 650 C-Vigil complaints were received with 649 disposed and 94% resolved within 100 minutes, and seizures total over Rs 71.32 crore.
- The step complements the October 9 order requiring pre-clearance for political ads on electronic and social media and candidate declaration of authentic accounts, alongside a paid holiday for voters on November 6 and 11.