While the Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) suffered a drubbing in the Bihar Assembly elections, plunging to 25 seats from 75 in 2020, the proportion of its dynast legislators has remained largely unchanged, even as the newly elected House recorded a minor decline in dynastic representation with the share of MLAs with family ties to sitting or former legislators dropping to 24.28% in 2025 from 28.81% in 2020.

In the 243-member Assembly this time, at least 59 MLAs have come from the families of sitting or former legislators, down from 70 such legislators in the outgoing House.

According to an analysis by The Indian Express , while the overall scenario shows a slight reduction in dynastic representation in the new Assembly, two parties buck the trend sharply. The percentage of

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