Bihar Polls 2025: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) decimated the Mahagathbandhan, an alliance of Congress, RJD, and other parties, to retain power in Bihar. With the final tally placing the NDA at 202 seats and the Opposition alliance reduced to just 35, the mandate stands out as one of the most emphatic the state has witnessed in more than a decade.

Bihar had registered a historic voter turnout of 67.13 percent to the 243-member assembly. A total of 7.45 crore voters were eligible to decide the electoral fate of 2,616 candidates.

Even as the BJP made a spectacular show in elections with almost all of its 101 candidates registering massive wins, 12 of its candidates missed the bus. In four of these 12 seats, the margin of defeat for the BJP was less than a thousand votes.

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