Bihar Elections 2025: In the heart of India’s political battlefield, where promises of reform echo louder in every election season, the number tells a harsher truth and a different picture altogether. Despite years of judicial cautions and political outrage, Bihar’s Phase 1 election map is once again marked by candidates facing criminal charges. They are not a few but nearly one in three.

As per the latest data released by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Bihar Election Watch, 32% of candidates contesting in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 have declared criminal cases against themselves. ADR data displays that all major political parties have continued their old practice of giving tickets to individuals with criminal charges. The range is between 20%

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