Constituency 81, Alinagar, in Darbhanga district will be going to polls on the first phase of the elections on November 6 along with 120 other constituencies. BJP candidate Maithili Thakur is the youngest candidate and could potentially become the youngest MLA if elected. Jan Suraaj Party
Ahead of Phase 2 of Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal said that the Election Commission has a big machinery and the exercise would be carried out extensively in the state.
Ahead of the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly elections, Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh on Tuesday once again reiterated that the NDA alliance will contest the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will conduct the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories, with the final voter list to be published on February 7, 2026.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will conduct the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories, with the final voter list to be published on February 7, 2026, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said on Monday
The opposition has voiced strong criticism of the move, with the ruling Trinamool Congress TMC in West Bengal alleging that the exercise will "snatch the voting rights of voters"
Chhattisgarh BJP MLA Bhawna Bohra called the second phase Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in 12 States and Union Territories, including Chhattisgarh, a "filtering process to strengthen democracy."
CM Saha said this while inaugurating Wi-Fi facilities in 11 government colleges (Phase II) and launching the Mukhyamantri Yuba Yogayog Yojana for the academic year 2024-25 at the Government Arts and Crafts College in Lichu Bagan, Agartala.
Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Tuesday welcomed the Election Commission's decision to conduct the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories, saying that it is "necessary for a robust democracy."
"...The list of my area has 5 lakh 40 thousand votes. If someone goes somewhere else, they are added to that area as well, but there is no deletion. They go somewhere else, but their name is not deleted from that area... Without conducting a survey, the correct things will not come out...