#BiharVerdict2025: Nitish Kumar Returns As Chief Minister For Record 10th Time; NDA Scores Landslide Win; Mahagathbandhan Routed , Congress Decimated

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In a stunning results that no Exit polls preicted such big win the National Democratic Alliance have  secured a thumping majority in the Bihar Assembly, winning 202 seats in the 243-member House, as results for all the constituencies were declared by the Election Commission.

According to media reports, The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party, winning 89 seats. Its ally, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal-United, won 85 seats, while Union minister Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas bagged 19 seats.

Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular, headed by former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, won five seats, while Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Morcha bagged four seats.

Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, and state ministers Prem Kumar, Maheshwar Hazari and Sanjay Saraogi, and BJP’s Maithili Thakur were among prominent winners from the NDA camp.

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and Mahagathbandhan’s CM face Tejashwi Yadav, the late Mohammad Shahabuddin’s son Osama Shahab and Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist-Liberation’s Sandeep Saurav were among prominent winners from the opposition camp.

Tejashwi Yadav won from Raghopur seat by a margin of 14,532 votes, defeating BJP’s Satish Kumar.

The Mahagathbandhan managed to win only 34 seats. The RJD bagged 25 seats, while the Congress won six seats, the CPI-ML-Liberation two seats and the Communist Party of India-Marxist one.

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen won five seats, while Bahujan Samaj Party and Indian Inclusive Party bagged one seat each.

Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary of the BJP won Tarapur assembly seat by a margin of 45,843 votes. Another Deputy CM, Vijay Kumar Sinha, won the Lakhisarai seat by 24,940 votes, defeating Congress’ Amaresh Kumar.