The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2025, and bye-elections for 8ACs. The Commission has directed State/UT governments to enforce the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). Citizens/political parties can report MCC violations using the C-Vigil App on ECINET. As of October 21, 2025, 650 complaints were lodged via the C-Vigil App, and 649 were disposed of, with 94% resolved within 100 minutes. 824 flying squads are deployed to address complaints within 100 minutes. A 24X7 complaint monitoring system is operational, with a Call Centre at 1950, for the public/political parties with the DEO/RO concerned. As of October 21, 2025, over Rs 71.32 crores worth of cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals, and other freebies have been seized across States/UTs. Release ID: 2181332.
Key Entities Referenced
Election Commission of India: Announced the election schedule and directed compliance with the Model Code of Conduct.
Bihar: Location of the elections and bye-elections being conducted.
Model Code of Conduct (MCC): Guidelines to be strictly enforced during the elections.
C-Vigil App: Application used to report violations of the Model Code of Conduct.
Election Commission
Bihar Elections and bye-elections 2025: Citizens
empowered to report poll- violations using C-Vigil
App on ECINet
Posted On: 21 OCT 2025 7:23PM 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 Commission has directed to
the State/UT governments to ensure strict compliance with the instructions to enforce the Model Code
of Conduct (MCC).
2. 824 Flying squads have been deployed across Bihar to ensure that the complaints are attended to within
100 minutes.
3. Citizens/political parties can also report MCC violations using the C-Vigil App on ECINET.
4. As on October 21, 2025, 650 complaints have been lodged using the C-Vigil App in the Bihar elections
and the bye-elections bound States/UT. Of these, 649 have been disposed of and 612 complaints i.e.,
94% of the complaints were resolved within 100 minutes.
5. A complaint monitoring system has been set up including a Call Centre number 1950 in which
complaint can be lodged by any member of the public or political party, with the DEO/RO concerned.
This system is now operational 24X7.
6. Further, as on 21 October, 2025, over Rs 71.32 crores worth of cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals and
other freebies have been seized through a coordinated approach involving multi-enforcement agencies
across different States/UTs.
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PK/GDH/RP
(Release ID: 2181332)