Patna: Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Dates Live Updates: The Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2020 will be held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and 7. The counting of votes and the results will be declared on November 10. The Election Commission said the polls will be held in less phases this year to minimise the movement of security personnel, due to their wellbeing as well as the Covid-19 pandemic.

With this announcement, the Model Code of Conduct comes into force in the state. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, several measures have been taken for campaigning and polling to ensure safety of leaders and voters. Bihar’s 243-member Assembly is set to expire on October 29, 2020.

“Elections entail large scale deployment of security forces. We have tried to minimise their movement over long distance. This is due to their fatigue as well as Covid-19. We have reduced the number of phases due to this,” says Arora.

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Phase 1

Date of issue of gazette notification: Oct 1

Last date of nomination: Oct 8

Scrutiny of nomination: Oct 9

Last date of withdrawal of candidature: Oct 12

Date of polling: Oct 28

Date of counting: Nov 10

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Phase 2

Date of issue of gazette notification: Oct 9

Last date of nomination: Oct 16

Scrutiny of nomination: Oct 17

Last date of withdrawal of candidature: Oct 19

Date of polling: Nov 3

Date of counting: Nov 10

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Phase 3

Date of issue of gazette notification: Oct 13

Last date of nomination: Oct 20

Scrutiny of nomination: Oct 21

Last date of withdrawal of candidature: Oct 23

Date of polling: Nov 7

Date of counting: Nov 10

Nomination form for Bihar Assembly Elections is now available online, apart from offline. Security money can also be transferred in online mode, says CEC Sunil Arora. The number of people who will accompany the candidate to file nomination papers is restricted to two people. For campaigning, door-to-door campaigning limit is three persons; convoys will be restricted to five cars. Several countries have held elections amid the pandemic. However, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said the Bihar polls are likely to be the largest elections conducted during the pandemic given there are with 72.9 million electors in the state.

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