Bihar Election Results: A Historic Victory for the NDA in 2025

Nitish thanks the people of the state for the landslide victory, Tejashwi retains Raghopur

PTI, PATNA, NOV 14, 2025 : The NDA was set to sweep the Bihar Assembly polls, surging ahead in over 200 of 243 seats on Friday with the BJP emerging as the single largest party with about a 90 percent strike rate, reaffirming the popularity and campaign clout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the face of the ruling alliance through the poll battle in the highly sensitive political state.

The Mahagathbandhan, which includes the RJD, the Congress, and three Left parties, seemed to be poised for a crushing defeat, notwithstanding surveys and opinion polls showing its Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav as the most preferred leader for the top post. The Opposition alliance was barely poised to cross the 35-seat mark.

BJP's victory in 35 seats and lead in another 55, out of 101 it contested, a performance that would further cement its position as the numero uno political force in the country, will also offset whatever setback that might have been caused by last year's Lok Sabha polls when the party had to rely on allies to remain in power in the Centre.

A high turnout of women, who outnumbered male voters by nearly 10 percentage points, seems to have clinched the deal in favor of the BJP-led coalition, as various studies have suggested that females, especially in Bihar, are more inclined towards the NDA.

The NDA's tally in Bihar comes in the backdrop of the BJP's back-to-back stupendous performances in Delhi, Maharashtra, and Haryana. Firm backing to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by Modi and his ministers also appeared to have paid rich dividends for the JD-U, which seems poised to drastically improve its tally since 2020, when it had won only 43 seats, but has now already won 24 and was leading another 64 with nearly 19 percent vote share.

The LJP (RV), headed by Union Minister Chirag Paswan, the self-declared "Hanuman" of the PM, which was left with only 28 candidates in the fray, with nomination papers of one of its nominees getting rejected during scrutiny, has also won two seats and was leading in 17 constituencies. A simple majority to form the government in Bihar is 122.

Among the issues that are understood to have struck a chord with the people are promises of "double engine growth", with the NDA in power both in the state as well as the Centre, 125 units of free power every month, hiked social security pensions, and Rs 10,000 given to over 1 crore women.

The Opposition was also unable to counter the BJP's claim that under Tejashwi Yadav's leadership, the RJD was still "jungle raj wearing new clothes".

The victory in the Bihar polls, which were held in two phases amid alleged irregularities in the revision of electoral rolls by the Election Commission, is also significant as many see it as a prelude to assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam, scheduled to be held in the next six months.

"NDA heading towards a landslide victory in Bihar," BJP MP and chief spokesperson Anil Baluni said on X in Hindi.

Celebrations erupted at the offices of the BJP and JD-U here, situated across the street from each other, with workers playing drums, bursting firecrackers, and chanting slogans in praise of their respective leaders.

Prominent winners from the BJP included Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary (Tarapur), ministers Prem Kumar (Gaya Town), Sanjay Saraogi, and Raju Kumar Singh (Sahebganj). Notable JD-U winners include minister Maheshwar Hazari (Kalyanpur) and jailed former MLA Anant Kumar Singh (Mokama).

The party has polled close to 21 percent of the votes counted in 101 seats it contested.

The RJD, which has been proudly flaunting its status as the "single largest party despite being in Opposition", was heading for a humiliating show, with its candidates having won six seats and leading in another 20, as per the latest EC figures.

The Congress, often seen as a "weak link" in the INDIA bloc, has won one seat and was leading in only five, out of 61 that it had contested, many of these being instances of "friendly fights" with alliance partners.