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The 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election for all 243 constituencies is scheduled to be held on October or November 2025.
Background
The previous assembly elections were held in October–November 2020. After the election, National Democratic Alliance formed the state government, with Nitish Kumar becoming Chief Minister. Later, In August 2022 Nitish Kumar led JD(U) snap ties with NDA and formed government with RJD led Mahagathbandhan. Later, In January 2024 Nitish Kumar led JD(U) snap ties with RJD led Mahagathbandhan and again formed government with BJP led NDA.
Schedule
| Poll Event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification Date | TBD |
| Last Date for filing nomination | TBD |
| Scrutiny of nomination | TBD |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | TBD |
| Date of Poll | TBD |
| Date of Counting of Votes | TBD |
Parties and Alliances
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janata Dal (United) | Nitish Kumar | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | Dilip Kumar Jaiswal | |||||
| Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | Chirag Paswan | |||||
| Hindustani Awam Morcha | Jitan Ram Manjhi | |||||
| Rashtriya Lok Morcha | Upendra Kushwaha | |||||
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Others
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Jan Suraaj Party | Prashant Kishore | 243 | ||||
| The Plurals Party | Pushpam Priya Choudhary | 243 | ||||
| Aam Aadmi Party | Sushil Kumar | 153 | ||||
| Aap Sabki Aawaz | RCP Singh | 140 | ||||
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | Akhtarul Iman | 85 | ||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | ||||||
| Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party | Pashupati Kumar Paras | |||||
| Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) | Chandrashekhar Azad | |||||
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Candidates
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | |||
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| MGB | NDA | Others | |||||
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | |||
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| MGB | NDA | Others | |||||
Exit polls
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | |||
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| MGB | NDA | Others | |||||
Results
Results by alliance or party
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| NDA | Janata Dal (United) | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||
| Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | |||||||||
| Hindustani Awam Morcha | |||||||||
| Rashtriya Lok Morcha | |||||||||
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| MGB | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |||||||||
| Vikassheel Insaan Party | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| Other parties | |||||||||
| Independents | |||||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | — | 243 | — | |||||
Results by district
| District | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | MGB | Others | ||
| West Champaran | 9 | |||
| East Champaran | 12 | |||
| Sheohar | 1 | |||
| Sitamarhi | 8 | |||
| Madhubani | 10 | |||
| Supaul | 5 | |||
| Araria | 6 | |||
| Kishanganj | 4 | |||
| Purnia | 7 | |||
| Katihar | 7 | |||
| Madhepura | 4 | |||
| Saharsa | 4 | |||
| Darbhanga | 10 | |||
| Muzaffarpur | 11 | |||
| Gopalganj | 6 | |||
| Siwan | 8 | |||
| Saran | 10 | |||
| Vaishali | 8 | |||
| Samastipur | 10 | |||
| Begusarai | 7 | |||
| Khagaria | 4 | |||
| Bhagalpur | 7 | |||
| Banka | 5 | |||
| Munger | 3 | |||
| Lakhisarai | 2 | |||
| Sheikhpura | 2 | |||
| Nalanda | 7 | |||
| Patna | 14 | |||
| Bhojpur | 7 | |||
| Buxar | 4 | |||
| Kaimur | 4 | |||
| Rohtas | 7 | |||
| Arwal | 2 | |||
| Jehanabad | 3 | |||
| Aurangabad | 6 | |||
| Gaya | 10 | |||
| Nawada | 5 | |||
| Jamui | 4 | |||
| Total | 243 |
Results by constituency
See also
References
- ^ "Another jolt to INDIA bloc? Arvind Kejriwal's AAP to contest Bihar Assembly polls". India Today. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "बिहार : आरसीपी सिंह ने बनाई अपनी पार्टी, 2025 का विधानसभा चुनाव लड़ने का किया ऐलान".