Bihar Assembly Election Results 2025 Live Updates: The wait for who will govern Bihar for the next five years will get over today as the Election Commission of India (ECI) will take up counting of votes today at 8 am. Initially, the postal ballots will be counted and after an hour, the ECI officials will count the EVM votes. Financialexpress.com will give live updates about the trends. The official numbers from the poll panel would be updated a bit later and can be checked here.
As for the elections, it was indeed one of the most competitive battles the ruling and opposition sides ever fought. Interestingly, unemployment, education, development, farmers, women and backward communities remained the top issues for all – making it neck and neck.
The polling was done in two phases. A total of 121 constituencies voted in phase 1 on Nov 6, while the remaining 122 (total seats- 243) voted on Nov 11. The exit polls, most of them, predicted an easy victory for the NDA. However, in the last two polls, the government was formed by the alliance which the exit polls predicted would lose the elections. Will the case be the same this time?
How to Check Bihar Election Results on the ECI Website?
The voters will be able to check the latest trends and updates on the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) official website once the counting of votes begins. To check official trend, a user has to visit the official ECI website at https://results.eci.gov.in and find the ‘Bihar Election Results’ section.
On the homepage, look for a menu or link labelled ‘Election Results’ or ‘Assembly Election Results.’ Look for an option that reads ‘constituency-wise trends & results’ or ‘state-wise results’.
If you want to view constituency-wise results, tab above the map to access a drop-down list of all constituencies. When you select a particular constituency, it will show detailed information, including candidate-wise vote tallies, winning margins, and completed counting rounds.
What Exit Polls Predicted around the Bihar Assembly Elections?
Majority of exit poll projections for the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 showed that the NDA is expected to win 147 of the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly. The Mahagathbandhan is likely to get around 90 seats. Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party may win one to five seat, while other smaller parties could get about five seats.
With most pollsters giving a clear lead to the BJP–JD(U) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the eyes are on the numbers that will come out from the EVMs today.
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Once the votes from EVMs are counted, a random selection of five polling stations per constituency is made for VVPAT verification. These slips are matched with EVM results in the presence of candidates and their counting agents to ensure transparency.
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During EVM counting, the control units set up by the ECI are brought to the counting tables round-wise and shown to the counting agents to verify that the seals are intact and serial numbers match the records in Form 17C (Part I). The number of votes recorded in EVMs is cross-checked with entries in Form 17C. In case of any mismatch, VVPAT slips from that polling station are to be counted mandatorily.
Bihar Assembly Election Result 2025: Issues that drove polls this time
The core issues for the Bihar elections remained usually the same - unemployment, women empowerment, backward communities, farmers and development. However, two things that stood out were the intensity and increased importance of these issues and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
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Bihar Assembly Election Result 2025: How will counting of votes be done?
The counting of votes will commence at 8:00 AM today. According to the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI), postal ballot counting will begin first. Half an hour later at 8:30 am, the counting of EVMs will begin. Postal ballots are counted in the presence of candidates or their counting agents by the RO/ARO.
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