2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Bihar from 6 to 11 November 2025, to elect the 243 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 14 November 2025. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won a landslide victory securing 202 of the 243 seats in which the election was held, defeating the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan (MGB) which secured just 35 seats. Incumbent chief minister Nitish Kumar took the oath for a record tenth time. Incumbent deputy chief ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha took the oath as the deputy chief ministers for the second consecutive time. For the first time, the BJP won the most seats in a Bihar Legislative Assembly election. The RJD, led by Tejashwi Yadav, fell to third for the first time since 2010, while Kumar's Janata Dal (United) recorded its best result since 2010. The Indian National Congress (INC) fared poorly in the election, while the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha secured seats for the first time.