New Delhi: In one of the most fiercely contested elections in Bihar’s recent political history, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is emerging as the single largest party, with early trends from the Election Commission of India showing the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leading in around 200 seats, well above the majority mark of 122.

The BJP alone is ahead in 94 constituencies, signalling a historic win for the party in Bihar in the last 45 years.

The numbers mark a striking shift in Bihar’s political trajectory when viewed against previous election cycles.

In the 2010 Assembly elections, the NDA—then driven by the formidable JDU-BJP partnership—had delivered a landslide, sweeping 206 of 243 seats, with JD(U) winning 115 and BJP 91.

The picture changed dramatically in 2015, when th

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