Bihar Elections 2025: NDA’s Seat-Sharing & Campaign Sprint

Phase 1: 121 seats on 6 Nov 2025 Phase 2: 122 seats on 11 Nov 2025 Vote counting: 14 Nov 2025

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The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) finalised its formula: BJP & Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) will each contest 101 seat. Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJP-RV) has 29, and both Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) & Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) have 6 each.

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For the first time in Bihar, BJP and JD(U) are contesting equal seats (101 each), a major shift in alliance dynamics.

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The opposition Indian National Congress-led bloc has delayed announcing its full seat distribution, leaving campaign preparations behind.

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BJP finalised candidates for all 101 seats, dropping 17 sitting MLAs as part of strategy. LJP under Chirag Paswan pitched “quality over quantity”, choosing seats it believes it can win.

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