The Bihar assembly election results for 2025 are now official, and they show a landmark victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). With counting completed, the NDA finished with 202 seats out of 243, giving the alliance one of its biggest wins in recent years. The BJP won 89 seats, JD(U) secured 85, LJP (Ram Vilas) got 19, HAM(S) won 5 and RLM picked up 4. Together, these numbers show how strongly voters supported the alliance.
This election result is being compared to the historic 2010 landslide. By the afternoon of November 14, it became clear that the NDA would cross the 200 mark comfortably. The people of Bihar voted for stability, development, and a leadership model where both the centre and the state work together. The “double-engine” pitch once again proved successful.
How the Opposition Performed
The Mahagathbandhan, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), suffered major setbacks. Congress contested 61 seats but won only six. RJD, which was the largest party in 2020 with 75 seats, managed only 25 seats this time. CPI(ML) won 2, CPI(M) won 1 and the Indian Inclusive Party secured a single seat. Mahagathbandhan’s Deputy Chief Ministerial face Mukesh Sahani’s Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP) drew a blank.
AIMIM managed to win 5 seats in areas where it has had influence in recent elections. BSP won 1. New parties such as Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party and Tej Pratap Yadav’s Janshakti Janta Dal could not win any seat.
The overall message from voters was clear: Bihar wanted continuity and once again chose the NDA to lead the state.
Early Seat-Sharing Helped the NDA
One of the main reasons behind the NDA’s strong performance was the early seat-sharing deal. Months before the polls, the alliance partners—BJP, JD(U), LJP(RV), RLM and HAM—finalized who would contest where.
BJP and JD(U) contested 101 seats each, a rare display of balance between two big parties. Smaller allies received seats in their influence areas. This helped keep the alliance from fighting, cut down on the number of rebel candidates, and let each party run their campaigns with confidence.
In a place where alliances often fall apart under pressure, this early planning gave the NDA a big advantage.
The “Jungle Raj” and Law-and-Order Narrative
Another important thing was that the NDA cared about law and order. During the campaign, the alliance reminded voters of the period between 1990 and 2005, when issues of crime and lawlessness were often highlighted under the RJD government. Even though the 2025 election was peaceful with no repolls, the emotional impact of “Jungle Raj” memories still resonated with many voters.
Incidents like the attack on Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha’s convoy were used by the NDA to argue that the state must not return to unstable times. This message worked especially well with older voters and women.
A New Social Coalition Beyond the MY Vote Base
For decades, the opposition relied on the Muslim-Yadav (MY) vote bank. But this year, the NDA successfully created a wider coalition. Instead of MY, the NDA promoted what it called the “ME factor” — Mahila (women) + EBC (Economically Backward Classes).
JD(U) strengthened its traditional support among Kurmis and EBCs, who form a large part of the population. BJP maintained its upper-caste base. Allies like LJP (RV), RLM and HAM brought Dalit, Mahadalit and smaller castes into the NDA umbrella.
This broad combination helped the alliance cross earlier caste lines and achieve close to 49% vote share, which was enough to ensure a clear majority.
Women Voters Made a Big Difference
Women played a huge role in deciding the outcome. In many districts, including Supaul, Madhubani and Kishanganj, women voted in larger numbers than men.
The Election Commission sent out 1.8 lakh Jeevika Didis to help women and first-time voters find polling places, understand how to vote, and feel confident about their choices.
NDA’s schemes focused on women’s safety, mobility, self-help groups, and livelihood opportunities also boosted support. Many women felt that the alliance delivered on the ground, and their strong turnout became a major deciding factor in NDA’s victory.
Youth Voters Strengthened NDA’s Position
More than 14 lakh first-time voters were added to Bihar’s voter list. A large share of them were young women. The NDA’s development pitch—better roads, more jobs, industry growth and improvements in health and education—resonated with voters looking for long-term stability.
Youth participation added to the NDA’s numbers and widened the winning margin in many constituencies.
Nitish Kumar’s Important Role
Nitish Kumar is still a key player in Bihar’s politics, even though things have changed politically over the years.Many people still see him as a leader who cares about good government, social harmony, and development.
His party is running for the same number of seats as the BJP, which shows that he still has a lot of power. Campaign slogans like “Bihar ka matlab Nitish Kumar” and “Tiger abhi zinda hai” connected strongly with rural voters and older communities.
Nitish’s social engineering and the BJP’s strength at the booth level worked well together.
NDA’s Star Campaigners vs Mahagathbandhan’s Campaigners
The 2025 Bihar election also showed a big difference in how the star campaigners of both alliances performed. The NDA’s campaign was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J.P. Nadda, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, whose strong speeches on law and order and development drew huge crowds across districts. Their combined messaging on welfare, infrastructure, social security, and the “double-engine government” created a powerful wave, especially among women, EBCs and first-time voters.
In contrast, the Mahagathbandhan’s campaign lacked the same energy and coordination. Tejashwi Yadav tried to attract young voters, while Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi addressed rallies, but controversies around comments on Chhath Puja and personal attacks on Prime Minister Modi weakened their impact. Many of their speeches failed to connect with women and undecided voters, and their organisational strength at the booth level could not match the NDA’s. The ‘vote chori’ campaign of Mahagathbandhan did not make the people of Bihar change their minds also about the NDA government. This difference in star campaigners and campaign momentum became an important factor in the final results.
Key Winners and Big Losses
The Mahagathbandhan’s key performers from 2020 failed to repeat their earlier success. Many influential candidates from RJD and VIP were unable to secure leads. On the other hand, both experienced leaders and new faces did well in the NDA. These shifts underline the scale of the wave that carried the coalition across the finish line. This election saw several surprising results:
- Congress’s Ajeet Sharma, father of Bollywood actors Neha Sharma and Aisha Sharma, lost Bhagalpur to BJP’s Rohit Pandey.
- RJD leader and Grand Alliance’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav had a narrow escape but won Raghopur after initially trailing.
- Tej Pratap Yadav, the eldest son of former Bihar CMs Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi finished third in Mahua.
- Congress leaders Shakeel Ahmad Khan (Kadwa) and Rajesh Kumar (Kutumba) were defeated.
- Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha both won their seats.
- Bihar minister Sumit Kumar Singh (JDU) lost Chakai to RJD’s Savitri Devi.
- Bhojpuri stars Khesari Lal Yadav (RJD) and Ritesh Pandey (JSP) both lost.
- Folk singer Maithili Thakur won Alinagar, becoming Bihar’s youngest MLA.
- BJP’s Mangal Pandey won Siwan by defeating former Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary.
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What a 202-Seat Government Means for Bihar
A 202-seat majority gives the NDA the stability it needs to focus on long-term policies. The government can now push reforms in key areas without worrying about numbers in the Assembly. Bihar now expects fast progress in development areas such as education, healthcare, irrigation, jobs for the youth, industrial growth, welfare and social development
Voters want both stability and faster results in the next five years.
Impact Beyond Bihar
This win could help the NDA on a national level. A strong mandate in Bihar strengthens the alliance across the Hindi belt and gives the party more power going into elections in nearby states like West Bengal. The results from Bihar show that a combination of social outreach, welfare delivery, and strong organizations can beat traditional caste politics.
Conclusion
The results of the 2025 Bihar election show that the people made a clear choice. The NDA’s planning, wide social coalition, development focus and united campaign helped it secure a massive 202-seat majority.
Now the alliance faces the bigger challenge of converting this mandate into visible progress, growth, and better opportunities for every citizen of Bihar.
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