Bihar Assembly Election 2015 dates

Bihar legislative assembly elections are due in 2015 as the tenure of the current Legislative Assembly of Bihar expires on November 29, 2015. It is pertinent to mention that the JD(U) and RJD have announced to fight the election jointly under Nitish Kumar’s leadership under the Janata Parivar group (a group of six parties- Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)), which is joined by the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party. On the other hand, Bharatiya Janata Party led NDA front is fighting election alongside the Lok Janshakti Party , the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Hindustani Awam Morcha.
#BiharPolls voting: Phase 1: Oct 12 Phase 2: Oct 16 Phase 3: Oct 28 Phase 4: Nov 1 Phase 5: Nov 5 Counting: Nov 8
Complete Bihar Assembly Elections 2015 Schedule
Polling to be conducted in five phases.
First Phase:
Date of notification – September 16
Last date of nomination – September 23
Date of scrutiny – September 24
Last date of withdrawal of nomination – September 26
Date of polling – October 12
Second Phase:
Date of notification – September 21
Last date of nomination – September 28
Date of scrutiny – September 29
Last date of withdrawal of nomination – October 1
Date of polling – October 16
Third Phase:
Date of notification – October 1
Last date of nomination – October 8
Date of scrutiny – October 9
Last date of withdrawal of nomination – October 12
Date of polling – October 28
Fourth Phase:
Date of notification – October 7
Last date of nomination – October 14
Date of scrutiny – October 15
Last date of withdrawal of nomination – October 17
Date of polling – November 1
Fifth Phase:
Date of notification – October 8
Last date of nomination – October 15
Date of scrutiny – October 17
Last date of withdrawal of nomination – October 19
Date of polling – November 5
Counting of votes on November 8
Poll exercise to be completed by November 12