The Election Commission of India (ECI) is all set to count votes in Bihar’s 243 Assembly constituencies on Friday (November 14, 2025), starting with postal ballots at 8 a.m., with the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) tallies to begin at 8:30 a.m. A record 67.13% of voters cast their ballots in two phases of polling, the highest voter turnout in the State since 1951.
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“Altogether 4,372 counting tables staffed with one counting supervisor, one counting assistant, and one micro-observer at each table have been set up. More than 18,000 Counting Agents appointed by the candidates will also oversee the counting process,” the ECI said in a statement on Thursday (November 13, 2025). Counting will be conducted by 243 Returning Officers (ROs) in the presence of 243 Counting Observers, as well as the candidates or their agents.
The results will be compiled and made available round-wise and constituency-wise by the respective ROs on the official ECI results portal: https://results.eci.gov.in. The Commission advised the public to refer only to this portal for accurate and verified updates and not to rely on any hearsay or unofficial sources.
No repolls
According to the ECI, this is the first time in recent history that no discrepancies or malpractices were found at any polling station after scrutiny, and no repolls have been recommended.
In Rohtas, however, a number of candidates shouted slogans against the district administration, complaining about the alleged unauthorised entry of a vehicle (UP65DT8471) and the alleged removal of CCTV cameras at the EVM strong room on the Bazar Samiti Campus in Sasaram.
The Patna Cyber Police Station also lodged an FIR against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Member of Legislative Council Sunil Singh an inflammatory speech, in which he attacked the ECI and threatened mass protests such as those seen recently in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, if poll officials “forcefully defeated” the people’s mandate.
Threats of mass protest
“In the 2020 Assembly election, several of our candidates in Hilsa, Bhorey, Parihar and 10 other Assembly constituencies were forcefully defeated. Two days back, when voting was underway at thousands of booths, the exit poll came to pressurise the voters by saying that the NDA is getting a majority, so the votes of the poor people who were still standing in the queue did not matter. If such a conspiracy is going on, then we are vigilant and the people of Bihar are also on alert mode,” Mr. Singh told journalists in Patna.
“The people of Bihar are ready now. With folded hands we have urged all the officers involved in counting not to go against the mandate and defeat the winning candidates. If this happens, either our candidates will come outside the counting centre or the counting officers. What we witnessed in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, a similar scenario would be visible on the roads of Bihar,” he warned.
Attacking the ECI, Mr. Singh claimed that if the Supreme Court had not made a timely intervention in the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the poll body would have made dead people alive and vice versa.
The complaint against him was filed under Sections 174, 352, and 353 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 125 of the Representation of People’s Act and the IT Act.
Poster battle
The party offices of both the ruling and Opposition alliances were buzzing on the eve of counting day, with a celebratory mood in the ruling camp after nine exit polls projected a decisive majority for the NDA. As the rival Chief Ministerial candidates — incumbent Nitish Kumar and challenger Tejashwi Yadav — held closed door meetings with leaders and allies, their partymen engaged in a poster battle.
Janata Dal (United) leader Ranjit Singh hung a poster in front of the JD(U) office displaying a picture of the Chief Minister with the words: Tiger Abhi Zinda Hai (Tiger is still alive). In response, Samajwadi Party leader Dharmveer Yadav put up a counter poster outside the RJD’s office with the message, Alvida Chacha (Goodbye, Uncle) showing a picture of Mr. Kumar dreaming on a throne.
An RJD supporter in Vaishali district, Kedar Prasad Yadav, is performing a 24-hour Yagaya praying for Mr. Yadav’s victory.
For Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, a former political strategist, counting day could have even higher stakes, as he continued to insist that if Mr. Kumar’s JD(U) wins more than 25 seats, he will retire from politics.
Published – November 13, 2025 08:57 pm IST
