Archive · 27 Nov 2025
Bihar: No EVM Verification Requests Received
In Bihar, India, the Election Commission said that no one asked to check the electronic voting machines (EVMs) after the recent elections.
The commission had said that candidates who came in second or third place could ask for this check within seven days of the results being announced.
The results were announced on November 14, but no one made a request by the deadline.
No requests for EVM verification were received in Bihar after the recent Assembly polls and bypolls.
The Election Commission had allowed candidates who came in second or third place to request EVM verification within seven days of the results.
The results of the Bihar election and bypolls were announced on November 14.
The polling for the bypolls was held on November 11 along with the second phase of the Bihar election.
The EC had issued revised standard operating procedures for post-counting EVM verification following Supreme Court directions.
- Who
- Election Commission of India
- What
- No requests for EVM verification received in Bihar
- When
- Results announced on November 14, deadline for requests was November 21
- Where
- Bihar, India
- Why
- Supreme Court directed EC to allow EVM verification requests from candidates
- State
- Bihar
- Election Type
- Assembly polls and bypolls
- Polling Date
- November 11
- Results Announced
- November 14
- EVM Verification Request Deadline
- Within seven days of result declaration