The electric fields induced in the interior and in the membrane of a spherical cell when exposed to an incident low-frequency electric field are determined before, during, and after the cell divides into two daughter cells. It is shown that when the incident electric field is along the axis of division, the induced field in the cell increases in magnitude by a factor greater than 3, and that it decreases to the value in the parent cell when the daughter cells are separated by a distance between centers that exceeds 4 times the radius of the cells. Possible biological effects of the induced electric field at the several stages of division are mentioned but not determined. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union