NDA leads with 96 seats as counting begins for the Bihar assembly elections.
Counting started at 8 am across 46 centres, with postal ballots opened first.
The elections saw a 67.13% turnout amid allegations, exit poll reactions, and high political activity.
Bihar Voting Results: NDA Takes Early Lead, With Mahagathbandhan Trailing
The counting of votes began on Friday morning for 243 assembly seats in Bihar, amid tight security arrangements, officials said.
Summary
As counting began for Bihar assembly elections on November 14, 2025, Friday, the National Democratic Alliance took an early lead with 96 seats while the Congress-led Mahagathbandhan close on their trail with 56 seats.
The counting of votes polled in the two-phase elections commenced at 8 am across 46 centres, they said.
According to the Election Commission’s directions, postal ballot counting will begin first, and counting of EVMs will start at 8.30 am.
Bihar had registered a historic voter turnout of 67.13 per cent in the elections to the 243-member assembly in two phases on November 6 and November 11. A total of 7.45 crore voters were eligible to decide the electoral fate of 2,616 candidates.
In the days leading up to the counting day, the political fervour surged. BJP volunteers came together to prepare laddoos after exit polls predicted NDA's victory.
Rejecting the exit polls prediction, RJD continued allegations of 'vote theft' and alleged that a truck loaded with EVMs sneaked into the counting station in Sasaram, Bihar. In a high-stakes contest against the BJP-led NDA alliance, the INDIA bloc and Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party, among others, all sides have made ambitious promises — from welfare schemes for women to caste-based upliftment and tackling unemployment — while keeping the Jungle Raj narrative alive.
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