Political parties urged the poll to hold the polls immediately after the Chhath Festival, which will be celebrated at the end of October, in order to ensure greater participation of voters as a large number of people employed outside for the festivities.
The electoral commission will announce the election schedule for the Bihar assembly on Monday, October 6.
The mandate of the State Assembly of 243 members ended on November 22.
Political parties urged the poll to hold the polls immediately after the Chhath Festival, which will be celebrated at the end of October, in order to ensure greater participation of voters as a large number of people employed outside for the festivities.
The surveys of the 2020 assembly in the state were held in three phases in the shade of the Pandemic COVID-19.