Bihar assembly election 2025: Nitish Kumar is not contesting Bihar assembly elections this year, in fact, he has won the state polls only two times -the last being around 30 years ago. Yet, he has managed to become one of the longest serving Chief Ministers of a key political state. Nitish has tried his fate only thrice in the Bihar polls, winning only twice.

And the second time he emerged victorious, he chose to leave the opportunity and serve as the Member of Parliament (MP). As for the record, he has performed better in Lok Sabha polls which he has won six times.

It was in 1985 when Nitish Kumar won and remained the Bihar MLA. Ten years later in 1995, he prioritised being an MP rather than MLA from Bihar’s Harnaut. His first election in Bihar assembly was in 1977 and besides these

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