Date of assembly election announced by Election Commission

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the date of Assembly election. The Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has announced the date of Bihar Assembly election.

The ECI has announced that the polling time will be extended for one more hour. The polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm instead of 7 am to 5 pm earlier.

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Assembly elections in Bihar shall be conducted in 3 phases. In first phase, 71 Assembly Constituencies in 16 districts; in second phase, 94 Assembly Constituencies in 17 districts and in third phase, 78 Assembly Constituencies in 15 districts will go for polls.

Polling in phase 1 will is be done on October 28. Polling in phase 2 will be done on November 3 and third phase on November 7. The counting of votes will be done on November 10.

Here’s the full schedule of elections :

1st phase (71 constituencies, 16 districts): October 28

2nd phase (94 constituencies, 17 districts): November 3

3rd phase (78 constituencies, 15 districts): November 7

Counting of votes (all phases): November 10

The gazette notification for the first phase will be issued on October 1. Last date of filing nominations is October 8 which will be scrutinised on October 9. The last date to withdraw candidature is October 12.

For second phase, gazette notification will be issued on October 9. Last date of filing nominations is October 16 while scrutiny will take place on October 17. The last date to withdraw candidature is October 19.

For the third and final phase, gazette notification will be out on October 13. Last date of filing nomination is October 20 followed by scrutiny of nominations on October 21. The last date to withdraw candidature is October 23.

The term of Bihar legislative assembly ends on November 29. Bihar assembly has a strength of 243 members, of whom 38 seats are reserved for SCs and two for STs.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has introduced the newly-appointed Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. Rajiv Kumar replaces Ashok Lavassa, who quit the post to join Asia Development Bank.