Bihar Assembly Elections: Election Bugle Sounds for 10 Seats; Voting on June 18, Including a By-election for Former CM Nitish Kumar’s Seat. Bihar Legislative Elections: Election bugle sounded on 10 seats, voting on June 18 including by-election on former CM Nitish Kumar’s seat.

A very big and very important news is coming out from the political corridors of Bihar. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has officially announced biennial elections on nine vacant seats of Bihar Legislative Council and by-election on one vacant seat. After this program released by the Election Commission, election activities have intensified on a total of 10 seats within the state. All the major political parties of the state, including the Grand Alliance and the NDA, have started manipulations and laying the election board to win these assembly quota seats. Based on the current strength of the Assembly, the equation of seats is clear to a great extent, but the phase of internal brainstorming and lobbying in political parties regarding the names of candidates has reached its peak.

The tenure of these 9 veteran leaders is ending, seats will be vacant

According to the Election Commission, the nine regular seats of the Assembly quota for which elections are going to be held are falling vacant due to the completion of the tenure of the existing members. The credibility of many veteran leaders of Bihar politics holding these seats is at stake. The members whose tenure is expiring mainly include:

• Dr. Kumud Verma

• Pro. Ghulam Gaus

• Mo. Farooq

• Bhisham Sahni

• Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha

• Sanjay Prakash

• Sameer Kumar Singh

• Samrat Chaudhary

• Sunil Kumar Singh

A round of meetings has started among the top leadership of all the parties to send new faces to all these 9 seats or to give a second chance to the old veterans.

Hottest seat: By-election will be held on the seat of former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Apart from these 9 regular seats, the one seat on which the Election Commission has announced by-election has become the most high-profile and hot seat of this entire election. This seat had become vacant due to the resignation of former Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar. The eyes of political analysts not only of Bihar but of the entire country are fixed on the by-election to be held on this vacant seat of Nitish Kumar. To keep this seat in their fold, both the ruling coalition and the opposition are preparing to fight hard to snatch it.

Nomination will start from June 1, results will come only on June 18

The Election Commission of India has set a similar detailed schedule for both regular elections and high-profile by-elections, the main points of which are as follows:

• Official Notification: It will be released on June 1, 2026 and the nomination process will start with it.

• Last date of nomination: Candidates will be able to file their forms from June 1 to June 8, 2026.

• Voting Date: Voting for all 10 seats will begin in the morning on June 18, 2026.

• Vote Counting and Results: Counting of votes will start immediately after the end of the voting process on June 18 and the results of all the seats will be declared by late evening of the same day.