Bihar Election 2025 News

The Bankipur Assembly constituency went to the bypolls on July 30 after sitting MLA Nitin Nabin vacated the seat following his election to the Rajya Sabha.

Election Commission said no similar request was received for the eight Assembly bypolls held along with the second phase of polling in the Bihar election on November 11

The new Bihar cabinet comprises 14 ministers from the BJP, eight from the JD(U), two from the LJP (Ram Vilas), and one each from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and the Rashtriya Lok Morcha

Both leaders, who served as deputy chief ministers in the outgoing government, were re-elected in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections

NDA is set to form a new 35-member Nitish Kumar-led ministry after the 17th Assembly ended, as JDU-BJP finalise berths and the opposition names Tejashwi Yadav its leader

Only 64 constituencies or one-fourth of the total strength of the house had re-elected the same parties in 2010

The Congress leader asserted that every effort was made to win the Assembly election, and all the senior leaders went to campaign

Bihar 2025 election results HIGHLIGHTS: EC declares results for all 243 seats; BJP emerges as the largest party with 89 seats, JD(U) wins 85, RJD lags with 25, and Congress secures 6 seats

RJD received a drubbing during the Bihar Assembly elections, with the party only clocking 25 seats

Notable visitors included Union minister Chirag Paswan, who is excited at the prospects of his Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) sharing power in the state as well

Taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, he said the Congress' nationalist leaders who had worked with former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were sad due to the stunts of namdar

Annamalai said that the SIR was welcomed by the people as it was intended to remove deceased voters, migrant electorate and refugees

Paswan said the opposition is creating a "false narrative" that he is not on good terms with Nitish Kumar

In a reply filed in the top court, the poll panel said that the court on September 8 had already clarified the usage of Aadhaar for updating the voter list

When the opposition parties were in power (in Bihar earlier), even they had an opportunity to implement various public welfare schemes. But they did not do so, he alleged

"The Bihar election results gave a message that right governance is right politics; the continuation of government with consistent policies is the reason for the victory," the Andhra CM said

Gandhi did not speak to the media persons after the meeting, as the leaders of the Mahagathbandhan, of which the Congress is a part, remained in a state of disbelief after the NDA swept the polls

The party was said to have caught the imagination, especially of upper caste youth, by raising pressing issues such as unemployment, migration and the dearth of industries in the state

The party was unable to galvanise votes in its favour, despite a high-pitched campaign and raising pressing issues such as unemployment

Bihar Assembly elections 2025: For the first time in a state election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) became the single largest party in Bihar, winning 89 seats