New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is all set to announce the dates for the Bihar Assembly Polls today at 4 PM. According to the reports, the poll dates – expected in one or two phases – will be announced at a briefing by poll panel at 4 PM. The term of the incumbent Bihar Assembly is ending on 22 November. So the elections for the 243-member assembly have to be held before that date. It is important to note that the dates for the elections will come a day after Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar-led delegation of the poll panel finished the two-day Bihar visit to review poll preparedness. The delegation included Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. The 2025 Bihar elections is expected to be a contest between the ruling alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal United (JDU) and the Mahagathbandhan, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress party.
