Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The National Democratic Alliance swept the much-anticipated Bihar assembly polls, bagging 202 seats in the 243-seat state assembly. While Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the biggest party with 89 seats in its kitty out of the 101 it contested, closely following was its biggest NDA ally, Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United), which won 85 seats. Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) party also put up a stunning show, winning 19 out of the 29 seats that it contested.
Meanwhile, Tejashwi Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal fell from grace having won just 25 seats, as compared to 75 seats in 2020 Bihar assembly polls. Its Mahagathbandhan ally Congress also showed poor performance, with just six seats to its name. Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party, which fielded candidates in most of the assembly constituencies across the state, failed to open its account in 2025 assembly polls despite having portrayed itself as the third alternative.
Meanwhile the LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan met Bihar CM Nitish Kumar at the latter’s residence on November 15 morning , PTI reported. “I met the CM, congratulated him, and extended my best wishes. NDA registered a historic victory under the leadership of Nitish Kumar, so our LJP(RV) delegation met him to convey this,” Paswan said after the meeting. He further said he was pleased that the Bihar CM had “appreciated” the role played by all NDA allies. “He supported the LJP(RV) candidate when he voted, and in Alauli, where I vote, I supported the JD(U) candidate. This shows that those trying to mislead people about JD(U) and LJP(RV) were only creating a false narrative,” Paswan said.
