Bihar State Legislative Assembly Election Schedule

            The terms of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar is normally due to expire on 29.11.2015.

By virtue of its powers, duties and functions under Article 324 read with Article 172(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 15 of Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Commission is required to hold elections to constitute the new Legislative Assembly in the State of Bihar before expiry of its present term.

(1)            Assembly Constituencies

The total number of Assembly Constituencies in the States of Bihar and seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as determined by the Delimitation Commission under the Delimitation Act, 2002, are as under: -

States	Total No. of Assembly Constituencies	Reserved for SCs	Reserved for STs
Bihar	243	38	2

(2)            Electoral Rolls

            The Electoral Rolls of all existing Assembly Constituencies in the State of Bihar on the basis of the electoral rolls revised with reference to 1.1.2015 as the qualifying date have been finally published on 01.11.2015. The number of electors in the State, as on 07.09.2015 is as under:

States	Total No. of Electors
Bihar	66826658

           

(3)            Photo Electoral Rolls

Photo electoral rolls will be used during the forthcoming general elections and photo percentages in Photo Electoral Rolls of these States are as follows:-

States	Percentage of Photo Electoral Rolls
Bihar	99.98

(4)            Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPIC)

Identification of the voters at the polling booth at the time of poll shall be mandatory. Electors who have been provided with EPIC shall be identified through EPIC. Presently, the EPIC coverage in the State is as under:-

States	Percentage of EPIC
Bihar	100

            All the residual electors are advised to obtain their Elector Photo Identity Cards from the Electoral Registration Officers of their Assembly Constituencies urgently.

            In order to ensure that no voter is deprived of his/her franchise, if his/her name figures in the Electoral Rolls, separate instructions will be issued to allow additional documents for identification of voters, if needed.

(5)            Polling Stations

            Polling Stations in the poll going States as on the date of final publication of electoral rolls are as follows:

States	No. of  Polling Stations
Bihar	62779