NEW DELHI: Allegations continued to fly, while preparations for feasts were underway too, ahead of the 2025 Bihar assembly election results, counting for which is set for Friday, November 14. while the BJP has ordered laddoos for its victory feast.
Garland sellers in Patna hope to get good business either way, after the Bihar election 2025 results.
The counting process begins at 8 am. Trends could be clear early if exit polls are proven right and there is a sweep by the ruling NDA led by the JD(U) and BJP.
The opposition, meanwhile, made fresh allegations of possible “electoral fraud”, on Thursday, stressing that exit polls have often been wrong in the recent past.
The results will determine whether JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar, the state’s longest-serving chief minister, takes oath yet again, or if the opposition Mahagathbandhan of the INDIA bloc parties RJD and Congress, led by Tejashwi Yadav, manages to effect an upset.
EC’s preparations for counting
The Election Commission (EC) has said counting will take place at 46 centres across the 38 districts. A total of 7.4 crore voters were eligible to decide the electoral fate of over 2,600 candidates.
Polling, in two phases on November 6 and 11, saw a record high level of participation, at nearly 67%. This is the highest turnout in Bihar since elections were first held in independent India in 1951, said the Election Commission (EC).
But the days leading up to the verdict have been marked by heightened security, amid sharp allegations by the RJD against the EC and state administration.
Security tightened at the entrance of AN College, a counting centre, on the eve of the result of the Bihar assembly election 2025, in Patna on Thursday. Security tightened at the entrance of AN College, a counting centre, on the eve of the result of the Bihar assembly election 2025, in Patna on Thursday.
Security measures at counting centres
Voting machines remain sealed inside strongrooms using a “double-lock system”, the premises guarded by a two-tier security arrangement, as per EC officials. The inner tier is assigned to central paramilitary, while the outer rung is managed by the state police. CCTV cameras are in place too.
For transparency — especially as the opposition led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been questioning the EC’s integrity — the counting process will be videoed in the presence of central EC observers and agents deputed by the candidates.
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