The 2010 Bihar Assembly election schedule is being falsely circulated as that of the upcoming 2025 elections
A post claiming that the Election Commission of India has released the schedule for the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections is being circulated on social media (here, here, and here). According to the post, the election schedule has been announced: the first phase of voting will be held on 21 October 2025, the fifth and final phase on 20 November 2025, and the results will be declared on 24 November 2025. In this article, we fact-check the authenticity of the claim made in the post. In this article, let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Election Commission of India has released the schedule for the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections.
Fact: As of 03 July 2025, the Election Commission of India has not released the schedule for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. The viral schedule being circulated actually pertains to the 2010 Bihar Assembly elections. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
To verify the authenticity of the viral 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections schedule, we conducted a relevant keyword search. However, this search did not yield any news reports corroborating the viral claim. If the Election Commission of India had indeed released the schedule for the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections, it would have certainly been reported by several media outlets.
We then checked the official websites (here, here) and social media accounts (here, here, here, here, here, and here) of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar and the Election Commission of India. However, we did not find any information or updates regarding the polling dates for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections.
During this search, we found a post (archived) made by the CEO Bihar on their official Facebook page, in which they clarified that the viral schedule is fake and that the Election Commission of India has not yet announced the dates for the Bihar Assembly elections. The CEO Bihar also issued a clarification on their official X (formerly Twitter) account.
Upon further investigation, we found that the viral schedule actually pertains to the 2010 Bihar Assembly elections (here, here). The Election Commission of India issued the notification for the 2010 elections on 06 September 2010. The elections were conducted in six phases between 21 October 2010 and 20 November 2010, and the results were declared on 24 November 2010. From this information, it is evident that the viral schedule relates to the 2010 Bihar Assembly elections, not the upcoming 2025 elections.
According to reports, the Election Commission is currently conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign in the state in preparation for the Bihar Assembly elections. This survey will continue until July. After that, the final voter list will be published, following which the schedule for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections will be released.
To sum it up, as of 03 July 2025, the schedule for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections has not yet been announced; the viral schedule pertains to the 2010 Bihar Assembly elections.