As of November 3, 2025, 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. Seizures of illicit inducements have surpassed Rs. 100 crores, totaling Rs 108.19 crores, including Rs 9.62 crores in cash, liquor worth Rs. 42.14 crores (9.6 lakh litres), drugs worth Rs. 24.61 crores, precious metals worth Rs. 5.8 crores and other freebies worth over Rs. 26 crores. The Commission has deployed 824 Flying squads across Bihar to ensure that complaints reported on C-VIGIL are attended to within 100 minutes and directed the State/UT governments to enforce the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). The Election Commission has directed all Enforcement Authorities to strictly monitor and combat the movement of cash, drugs, liquor and other inducements during elections. Citizens/political parties can report MCC violations using the C-Vigil App on ECINET. A complaint monitoring system has been set up, including a Call Centre number 1950, which is operational 24X7 and can be used by any member of the public or political party. Release ID: 2185909. Visitor Counter: 422. Posted on 03 NOV 2025 5:18PM by PIB Delhi.
Key Entities Referenced
Bihar: Location of the elections and bye-elections.
Election Commission of India: Announced the schedule for the General Election and bye-elections.
Model Code of Conduct (MCC): Instructions to enforce strict compliance
C-VIGIL: Complaints reported on C-VIGIL are attended to within 100 minutes.
Election Commission
Bihar Elections and bye-elections 2025:
Seizures surpass Rs. 100 crores
Posted On: 03 NOV 2025 5:18PM 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 reported on
C-VIGIL are attended to within 100 minutes.
3. As on 03 November, 2025, over Rs 108.19 crores worth of illicit inducements including, Rs
9.62 crores in cash, liquor worth Rs. 42.14 crores (9.6 lakh litres), drugs worth Rs. 24.61
crores, precious metals worth Rs. 5.8 crores and other freebies worth over Rs. 26 crores
have been seized through a coordinated approach involving multi-enforcement agencies across
different States/UTs.
4. The Commission has directed all the Enforcement Authorities to strictly monitor and combat
movement of cash, drugs, liquor and other inducements during elections.
5. The Commission also stressed that the enforcement authorities should ensure that ordinary
citizens are not inconvenienced or harassed during the checking and inspection for the
enforcement of these directives.
6. Citizens/political parties can report MCC violations using the C-Vigil App on ECINET.
7. 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 operational 24X7.
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