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“Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and S.S. Sandhu volition sojourn Patna for 2 days opening from Saturday (October 4, 2025) to reappraisal canvass preparedness successful Bihar,” officials said.
The word of the 243-member Bihar Assembly ends connected November 22 and polls successful the State are apt to beryllium held successful aggregate phases opening astatine the extremity of this period and successful November.
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“It is communal signifier for the canvass authorization to sojourn States earlier announcing the predetermination schedule. The CEC and Election Commissioners volition beryllium successful the State connected October 4 and 5,” the officials said connected Friday (October 3, 2025).
The EC meets representatives of governmental parties and apical police, administrative and State canvass officials portion reviewing predetermination readiness. A briefing of general, constabulary and expenditure observers appointed by the Election Commission (EC) for the Bihar polls is nether way.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' database successful Bihar has concluded and the last electoral roll, published connected September 30, has astir 7.42 crore electors.
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The SIR, conducted aft a spread of much than 2 decades, has travel nether crisp disapproval from the Opposition parties who person claimed that it volition disenfranchise crores of genuine citizens.
The EC has asserted that it volition not let immoderate eligible national to beryllium near retired of the voters' database and astatine the aforesaid time, nary ineligible idiosyncratic volition beryllium connected the list.
