The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2025 and the bye-elections for 8ACs, with poll dates fixed on November 6 and 11, 2025. To ensure a fair campaign, political parties, candidates, organizations, or persons are required to have any print media advertisement pre-certified by the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) at the State/District level if published on the poll day or one day prior. For Bihar, the restricted days are November 5 & 6, 2025 (Phase-I) and November 10 & 11, 2025 (Phase-II). Applicants seeking pre-certification must apply to the MCMC at least two days prior to the proposed publication date. MCMC at the State/District levels have been activated to expedite the process. Posted on 21 OCT 2025 9:45AM by PIB Delhi. Release ID: 2181069.
Key Entities Referenced
Bihar: Location of the election and applicability of the pre-certification rule.
Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC): Committee responsible for pre-certifying print advertisements during the election period.
Election Commission of India: The governing body announcing the election schedule and issuing instructions.
Election Commission
Bihar Election, 2025: Pre-certification of print-ads by
MCMC on Pre-poll and Poll Day
Posted On: 21 OCT 2025 9:45AM by PIB Delhi
1. The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the General Election to the
Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2025 and the bye-elections for 8ACs. The dates of poll have been fixed
on November 6, 2025 (Thursday) and November 11, 2025 (Tuesday).
2. In order to ensure a fair campaign environment, no Political Party, candidate, organization or person
shall publish any advertisement in the print media on the poll day and one day prior to the poll day,
unless the contents are pre-certified by the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) at
the State/District level.
3. For Bihar, the restricted days are November 5 & 6, 2025 (for Phase-I) and November 10 & 11, 2025
(for Phase-II).
4. Applicants seeking pre-certification for political advertisements in print media must apply to the
MCMC not later than two days prior to the proposed date of publication of the advertisement.
5. To facilitate timely pre-certification, MCMC at the State/District levels have been activated to examine
and pre-certify such advertisements, and ensure decisions are made expeditiously.
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(Release ID: 2181069)