Bihar Election 2025 Results LIVE: NDA Crosses The Majority Mark In Early Leads

With National Democratic Alliance at 185, the alliance has far crossed the majority mark of 122. The Mahagathbandhan is currently trailing at 59.

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In Election Commission's early trends, Bihar Deputy CM and BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha is leading from the Lakhisarai Assembly seat.

Counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly elections has begun. All eyes are on the 24 seats in Seemanchal. So far, trends have been reported for five seats, with the Grand Alliance leading in three and the NDA in two. These seats in districts like Araria, Kishanganj, Katihar, and Purnia have always been considered politically crucial. This time, in Muslim-majority areas, the contest is not only triangular, but in many places, it is even four-cornered.

While the NDA is in the fray on the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the agenda of development, the Grand Alliance has raised the issues of employment, education and inflation.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s party is trying to maintain its hold in Seemanchal. In areas where AIMIM performed well last time, the NDA and RJD have deployed their full strength this time.

Jansuraj candidates are also emerging as a silent factor in some seats. Vote counting is extremely exciting in seats like Araria, Bahadurganj, and Amaur, where the lead is changing with each round.

With the BJP at 72 and JD(U) at 73, the NDA alliance has crossed the majority mark of 122 in Bihar assembly election's early count. The MGB is trailing at 78.

The counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly elections began on Friday, with early trends indicating a strong lead for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is ahead in at least 70 seats. Within the NDA, the JD(U) is currently leading in 69 seats, exceeding Prashant Kishor’s earlier prediction of 25.

Read more: Will Prashant Kishor Quit Politics? Claim Goes Viral As JD(U) Leads Over 65 Seats

Union Minister Giriraj Singh reacts to early trends showing the NDA heading towards a clear victory. He says that “from day one, it was clear that Bihar would not accept a government of chaos, corruption, or loot,” adding that voters chose “peace, justice, and development.”

Singh says even if younger voters did not experience “those earlier days,” their elders did, and claims that during Tejashwi Yadav’s brief stint in government, “people saw the attempt to spread disorder.”

On Tejashwi Yadav announcing dates for his oath ceremony, the minister says, “Deciding dates without the Election Commission’s certification is nothing but foolishness.”

As NDA leads in Bihar Assembly election, BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, “Just like the exit polls, the trends coming from Bihar are similar. Every election gives political parties a lesson in democracy and a message of the people’s mandate, which must be accepted with humility. Whether it is the sweetness of victory or the taste of defeat, both are flavours of democracy. You cannot always get the sweetness of victory."

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With the BJP at 70 and JD(U) at 75, the NDA alliance has crossed the majority mark of 122 in Bihar assembly election's early count.

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The counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly elections began on Friday, with early trends indicating a strong lead for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is ahead in at least 70 seats.

As per the Election Commission’s guidelines, counting of postal ballots began first, followed by counting of EVM votes starting at 8:30 AM.

Read More: NDA Leads Bihar Polls As Early Trends Show Strong BJP Surge; Mahagathbandhan Trails

RJD’s Osama Shahab is currently leading in Raghunathpur constituency in Siwan district, facing a contest against JDU’s Vikash Kumar Singh.

Anant Singh in Mokama, JD(U)'s candidate, who is currently being investigated for Dularchand Yadav's murder, is leading; while Surajbhan Singh's wife Veena Devi trails.

Read more about strongmen's politics here: The Strongmen's Children: How Legacies Of The Past Haunt Candidates In Bihar Elections

BJP State President Dilip Jaiswal on Fridays said, "It was evident from the faces of the public that NDA is getting a mandate this time. NDA is going to form the government again."

He said that NDA's leaders have put in a lot of effort, whether it is Nitish Kumar, Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Upendra Kushwaha, PM Modi, JP Nadda, HM Amit Shah or Defence Minister Rajnath Singh."

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Lalu's political rival sons on opposite end of the spectrum. While RJD's Tejashwi Yadav is leading in Raghopur , his older brother Tej Pratap Yadav from JJD is trailing in Mahua.

Read all about important constituencies in phase I and phase II.

• Bihar First Phase Elections 2025: Key Leaders and 12 Constituencies to Watch

• Bihar Election 2025 Phase 2: Key Battlegrounds Of Champaran, Seemanchal and Magadh Set To Decide Outcome

Rashtriya Janata Dal is maintaining its lead in Baniapur and Danapur.

RJD’s Chandini Devi leads by 1194 votes in Baniapur, while Rit Lal Roy leads with 1350 votes in Danapur.

Congress’s Anil Kumar leads from Bikram constituency.

NDA leading on 12 seats, BJP 7, JD(U) 3, LJP(RV) on 2, and Mahagathbandhan is leading on 4 seats, Congress and RJD 2 each, according to early trends of Election Commission.

Early trends from the Election Commission show the BJP leading in five seats, while the JD(U), RJD and Congress are yet to open their accounts as counting continues across the state. More updates to follow as the numbers shift.

Early TV reports show the NDA leading in 49 assembly seats, while the INDIA bloc is ahead in 39 as counting continues for all 243 constituencies. The BJP is leading in 29 seats and the JD(U) in 18.

On the opposition side, the RJD leads in 32 seats and the Congress in seven. More updates to follow as the numbers evolve.

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45 minutes into counting, there are leads in 219 out of 243 seats in Bihar assembly elections 2025. NDA leads with 132, while MGB is at 80.

JSP leads in four seats, other leads in three.

NDA's Maithili Thakur is leading in early trends.

According to pValue Analytics, Tej Pratap is ahead in Mahua seat.

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The counting of votes on the by-elections of two seats of Budgam and Nagrota began here today. The voting on the two seats was held on November 11. The polls on the Budgam seat were held after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah resigned last year to retain his Ganderbal seat from Kashmir, while the Nagrota seat had fallen vacant after the demise of BJP MLA Devender Singh Rana.

Seventeen candidates including NC’s Aga Syed Mehmood, the PDP’s Aga Muntazir Mehdi, the Awami Iteehad Party’s (AIP) Nazir Ahmad Khan, and independent candidate Muntazir Mohi-ud-Din were in the electoral fray on the Budgam seat. On the Nagrota seat ten candidates including BJP’s Devyani Rana, NC’s Shamim Begum, Harsh Dev Singh of the Panthers Party (India), and BJP rebel independent Anil Sharma fought the elections.

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Counting of votes begins in Bihar, NDA at 123, MGB at 77.

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A total of counting of Bihar election 2025 begins, NDA takes an early lead at 117, Mahagathbandhan at 73.

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Mahagathbandhan CM face Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said he is confident of Mahagathbandhan forming government in Bihar.

"It will be people's victory," he said.

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A total of counting of Bihar election 2025 begins, NDA takes an early lead at 107, Mahagathbandhan at 61.

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Amongst constituniences, NDA is leading in Chapra, Gaura Bauram, Digha. RJD in Hasanpur, Jokihat, Katoria.

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A total of counting of Bihar election 2025 begins, NDA takes an early lead at 74, Mahagathbandhan at 36. Results are coming in for 111 seats.

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Early lead for NDA, 24 out of 243 so far.

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Vote count across 46 centres for 243 Bihar assembly election seats has begun.

As Bihar decides its political future, the day also marks the birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister, a coincidence that adds a pinch of history to the polls.

Read full story here.

A day before the ballot counting for the Bihar assembly elections, RJD leader Sunil Kumar was arrested on Thursday for making "inflammatory remarks," according to police.

Speaking to reporters here earlier on November 13, 2025, Kumar had said, "People have voted for a change. Tejashwi Yadav's government will be formed in 2025. In 2020, the counting was halted for four hours, and if something like that happens this time as well, we will see a Nepal-like situation on the streets... Responsible officials will not be spared " The video of his statement has since gone viral on social media.

On Friday, counting will start at 8 a.m. at 46 locations throughout the state's 38 districts.

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Tight security arrangements have been made at couting centre in Araria. Total 46 counting centres have been set up in 38 districts of the state.

Ahead of Bihar elections, elaborate security arrangements have been made for counting day across 46 centres in 38 districts of the state, according to officials. 

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The Election Commission on November 12, 2025, Wednesday, said no repoll has been recommended in any of the polling booths of 122 assembly seats in Bihar that went to elections in the second phase.

It said this is for the first time in the recent history of the state that no repoll has been ordered.

In the first phase too, no repoll took place.Election Commission says no discrepancies or malpractices found across two phases.

Read full story here.

This year in Bihar, as the second and final phase of polling concluded, the familiar ritual began again. Channels went live, analysts dusted their bar graphs, and the screen filled with numbers predicting who might form the next government. Most of them pointed towards a comfortable return for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA); others left a small window open for the Mahagathbandhan. And yet, under that bright studio light, everyone knew a quieter truth: the exit poll is not the election.

Read full story here.

Counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly elections is set to start at 8am today, November 14, 2025, following the conclusion of polling in two phases on November 6 and November 11. As the results approach, leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are confident of a victory, while the Opposition has raised doubts about the accuracy of the exit poll predictions.

The NDA is relying on Nitish Kumar’s leadership, increased female voter participation, and welfare measures for women, particularly the most recent “Dashazari” initiative, or Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana. In contrast, the Mahagathbandhan’s confidence in securing victory stems from its alliances, employment agenda and the need for change.

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The murder of a Jan Suraaj Party campaigner, Dularchand Yadav, during a rally on October 30 in Mokama, six days ahead of the first phase of assembly polls brought the spotlight back on violence.

Violence in Bihar has long dogged electoral politics in the state, where stories of gang rivalries, caste feuds and political vendetta resurface every election season. 

Read more: Crime, Caste And Politics: The Unbroken Chain of Violence In Bihar

As the Bihar Assembly elections approach, leaders of the NDA have repeatedly invoked the specter of “Jungle Raj”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress as embodying the “five identities” of Bihar’s Jungle Raj — katta (country-made guns), kroorta (cruelty), katuta (resentment), kushasan (misgovernance), and corruption.

However, read how the data flips the script.

Then Vs Now: NDA’s Jungle Raj Narrative Tested By Bihar's Crime Numbers

Turnout in Bihar's second phase eclipsed the already highest-ever franchise exercised in Phase I.

With the overall per cent of the assembly elections at 66.91, the second phase concluded at around 69 per cent.

Read more: Highest Ever Provisional Turnout Recorded At 67.14% In Phase II Of 2025 Assembly Elections

Amid stray incidents of violence, including an attack on Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha's vehicle, 64.66 per cent of 3.75 crore voters exercised their franchise till 8.15 pm on November 6 across 121 constituencies in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections.

Read more: Bihar Assembly Elections: First Phase Sees Highest Ever Voter Turnout At 64.66%