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Beating the anti-incumbency origin successful Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to a immense triumph successful the State Assembly predetermination connected Friday (November 14, 2025), with the ruling coalition’s spot tally acceptable to transverse 200 successful the 243-strong legislature. Mr. Kumar’s Mahila Rozgar Yojna, nether which ₹10,000 was fixed to astir 1.25 crore women implicit the past 2 months, seemed to person played an important role successful his victory.
As of 9:30 p.m. connected Friday evening, the NDA’s full ballot stock stood astatine 44%, portion the Opposition INDIA bloc had a ballot stock of astir 36%. In presumption of seats, the spread is overmuch wider. The NDA had won 192 seats and was starring successful different 10 constituencies. The Opposition mahagathbandhan is facing full collapse, having won conscionable 33 seats and starring successful different 2 seats.
BJP is azygous largest party
In fact, the Opposition’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has the highest ballot stock among each parties, winning astir 23% of votes polled, but that has translated to a apt tally of conscionable 25 seats, arsenic it has won 24 constituencies and is starring successful one. The BJP had the adjacent champion ballot stock of 20%, and is acceptable to person the astir legislators successful the Assembly, having won 87 seats and starring successful 2 more. Its NDA ally, the Janata Dal (United) has garnered a 19.26% ballot share, and has won 78 seats and is starring successful 7 more. Both the BJP and JD(U) had contested 101 seats each.
The Congress is acceptable to station its worst show since 2010, snagging conscionable six seats, contempt a ballot stock of 8.7%. The NDA’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has a ballot stock of conscionable nether 5%, but has won 18 seats and is starring successful one. The remaining parties received little than 2% of the ballot each, including the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) led by Asaduddin Owaisi with a 1.8% ballot share, which has won 5 seats.
Apart from the BJP and JD(U), the NDA’s smaller members contributed importantly to the coalition’s tally. The LJP(RV), led by Union Minister Chirag Paswan, posted an fantabulous onslaught rate, apt to triumph 19 of the 29 seats it had contested. More importantly, 17 of these seats had been won by the mahagathbandhan successful the 2020 election, cementing Mr. Paswan’s value successful the ruling alliance. The Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) led by Upendra Kushwaha won 4 seats, portion the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) led by Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi won five.
‘NDA’s implicit unity’
Heading towards a landslide victory, Mr. Kumar posted a connection connected X saying, “The radical of the State person expressed their assurance successful our authorities by giving america a monolithic majority.” He added: “The NDA confederation has achieved a monolithic bulk successful this predetermination by demonstrating implicit unity. For this monolithic victory, acknowledgment to each the partners of the NDA confederation leaders. With the enactment of each of you, Bihar volition advancement adjacent further and volition beryllium included successful the class of the astir developed states successful the country.”
The NDA triumph comes amidst imaginable headwinds from anti-incumbency, allegations of ballot theft levelled by the Congress, and caller entrants similar Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party (JPS), which failed to triumph adjacent a azygous spot successful its electoral debut.
Mr. Kumar’s determination to much than treble the State’s pension for the elderly, disabled people, and widows from ₹400 to ₹1,100 played a large role, on with the 125 units of energy fixed escaped to each consumer. In an predetermination wherever women voters outnumbered men, however, it is the ₹10,000 paid retired to astir 1.25 crore women successful the past 2 months earlier the predetermination that seems to person been pivotal.
‘Opposition arrogance’
Mr. Paswan lashed retired astatine the “arrogance” of the Opposition. “On 1 side, the full Bihar is witnessing the unified spot of the NDA, portion connected the different side, behold the arrogance of the RJD—the mandate has not adjacent afloat travel yet, and they were talking astir taking oath connected November 18. This is what happens erstwhile ambition turns into ego,” helium said.
The Opposition’s Chief Ministerial look and RJD person Tejashwi Yadav did not contented immoderate statement. His mahagathbandhan ally, the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) main Mukesh Sahni said, “There is nary occupation close now. Those who won merit the congratulations. We volition reappraisal everything successful the coming days and instrumentality to the people. The currency strategy of the authorities worked successful the favour of NDA.”
Congress spokesperson Rajesh Rathore said, ”We volition surely reappraisal the unexpected results of the Bihar Assembly elections. While we respect the mandate of the radical of Bihar, we guarantee them that we volition proceed to combat powerfully connected nationalist issues and rise their voices for their rights.”
