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Bihar polls: 32% of phase-1 candidates with criminal cases
Business Standard
|October 29, 2025
In the first phase of Bihar assembly elections, of the 1,303 candidates contesting across 121 constituencies, 423 (32%) have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to an analysis by The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
519 candidates (40%) are crorepatis. There are 354 (27%) candidates with serious crim
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