As of 5:30pm (1200 GMT) on Friday, the NDA had won two seats and was leading in 204 out of 243, while the opposition Mahagathabandhan, or the Grand Alliance, with the Indian National Congress and the regional Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) as the main parties, was leading in just 33 seats, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Bihar’s eighteenth assembly election was held, on 6 and 11 November, under extraordinary circumstances. It was preceded by the Election Commission of India conducting a Special Intensive Revision of the state’s voter rolls—an exercise that the ECI is poised to conduct nationwide in the near future.

The ECI's Special Intensive Revision is on in Tamil Nadu. Residents have to verify their names and correct errors before the final list on Feb 7, 2026.

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Explore the significance of India's nationwide SIR in ensuring electoral integrity by addressing duplicate voter entries through technology and efficiency.

With trends now largely stabilized, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun declaring results for constituencies where vote tabulation is complete. The BJP has secured its first seat victory and is currently leading in 92 other seats.

Election Commission trends at mid-day in the eastern Indian state of Bihar show Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its alliance partner headed for a sweep. Vote counting began at 08:00 local time [02:30 GMT] and will go on for several hours before the results will be called.

Hundreds were recently detained at India Gate for protesting Delhi’s air pollution, and Ladakhi activist Sonam Wangchuk’s arrest made headlines too.

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The integration is designed to simplify how India’s 950 million-plus voters access election services while streamlining backend operations for officials across the electoral machinery.