#BiharPolls: 4 Lakh Security Forces, 45,000 Booths, and 24x7 Surveillance for Final Phase

Bihar has been converted into an impregnable fortress on the eve of the second and final phase of assembly elections scheduled for November 11, with an unprecedented deployment of over 400,000 security personnel strategically positioned across 45,399 polling stations to guarantee absolute safety, zero intimidation, and completely transparent democratic exercise. Spanning 122 assembly constituencies that encompass bustling urban centers as well as far-flung rural hamlets, the Election Commission has orchestrated a multi-layered security architecture designed to neutralize any threat before it materializes and to instill total confidence among the electorate.

The backbone of this colossal operation rests on central paramilitary forces, with a staggering 1,500 companies—roughly 150,000 jawans from CRPF, BSF, ITBP, and SSB—now fanning out across the state in meticulously planned phases. The first tranche of 500 companies arrived weeks ago for area domination and flag marches, followed by two successive reinforcements of 500 companies each in the third week of October, creating concentric rings of armed vigilance around every polling booth, transit route, and strongroom where EVMs are stored under 24/7 CCTV surveillance.

Complementing the central might is an equally formidable state machinery that leaves no gap uncovered. More than 60,000 regular Bihar Police personnel form the inner cordon at every booth, supported by 30,000 elite Bihar Special Armed Police commandos, 20,000 home guards for crowd management, and 19,000 freshly recruited constables who have been temporarily pulled out of training academies to bolster ground strength. An additional 2,000 personnel from reserve battalions of neighboring states and an astonishing 150,000 village chowkidars—traditional rural watchmen—serve as the hyper-local intelligence network, feeding real-time updates on suspicious movements directly to control rooms.

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Election authorities have deliberately avoided tagging any booth as “hyper-sensitive,” declaring instead that every single polling station is of paramount strategic importance and will receive identical VIP-grade protection protocols. This includes mandatory web-casting from over 50 percent of booths, drone-mounted aerial surveillance over vulnerable pockets, rapid-action Quick Response Teams on standby at every assembly segment, and shadow observation units tracking known history-sheeters. The first phase already shattered records with over 65 percent voter turnout, and officials are determined to replicate or surpass that benchmark without a single incident of booth capturing, bogus voting, or post-poll violence.

As the clock ticks down to polling day, the security grid has entered its most intense phase with round-the-clock checkpoints on every highway, night-long vehicle frisking at district borders, and micro-level patrolling in Maoist-affected zones of Gaya, Aurangabad, and Jamui. With the mahagathbandhan and NDA locked in a do-or-die battle for power, this unprecedented security spectacle sends an unmistakable message—any attempt to disrupt Bihar’s democratic verdict will be crushed instantly, ensuring that every vote cast on Tuesday counts toward shaping the state’s destiny for the next five years.

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