New Delhi, July 21 -- The Election Commission said on July 21 that Bihar has become the country's first state to have all polling stations with less than 1,200 voters. The poll panel said as many as 12,817 new polling stations have been added across Bihar to prevent long queues.

Bihar is going to assembly polls later this year.

As per Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Bihar voter list order issued on June 24, 2025, the earlier ceiling of 1,500 voters at each polling station had been revised to 1,200 voters for each polling station.

"After adding 12,817 new polling stations, the total number of polling stations in Bihar will go up to 90,712 from the earlier 77,895. This major achievement of Bihar is to be followed by other States/...