Bihar assembly election, Nov 2025
The 18th Bihar legislative assembly. Polled.
Seats declared
243
122 needed for a majority
Largest party
BJP
89 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
2,616
258 women, 29 elected
Turnout
67.22%
5.02 cr of 7.47 cr
The house
243 seats, each dot one assembly constituency
- BJP89
- JD(U)85
- RJD25
- LJP(RV)19
- INC6
- AIMIM5
- HAMS5
- RSHTLKM4
- Others5
Biggest movements
Seat change against the previous Bihar assembly election (2020)
RJD
-50
JD(U)
+42
BJP
+15
INC
-13
CPI(ML)(L)
-10
VSIP
-4
Parties
Ordered by seats won
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Strike rate | Votes | Share | Share +/− | Deposits lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 89 | +15 | 101 | 48.4% | 1,00,81,143 | 20.08% | +0.62 | 0 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 85 | +42 | 101 | 46.2% | 96,67,118 | 19.25% | +3.87 | 0 |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 25 | -50 | 143 | 38.9% | 1,15,46,055 | 23.00% | -0.11 | 1 |
| LJP(RV)LJP(RV) | 19 | — | 28 | 43.2% | 24,97,358 | 4.97% | — | 0 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 6 | -13 | 61 | 34.1% | 43,74,579 | 8.71% | -0.77 | 5 |
| AIMIMAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 5 | 0 | 28 | 15.2% | 9,30,504 | 1.85% | +0.61 | 19 |
| HAMSHAMS | 5 | +1 | 6 | 48.4% | 5,87,056 | 1.17% | +0.28 | 0 |
| RSHTLKMRSHTLKM | 4 | — | 6 | 41.1% | 5,33,313 | 1.06% | — | 0 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 2 | -10 | 20 | 35.6% | 14,25,592 | 2.84% | -0.33 | 0 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 1 | 0 | 181 | 2.2% | 8,13,553 | 1.62% | +0.13 | 176 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | -1 | 4 | 38.5% | 3,02,974 | 0.60% | -0.05 | 0 |
| IIPIIP | 1 | — | 3 | 27.2% | 1,84,679 | 0.37% | — | 1 |
| INDIndependent | 0 | -1 | 924 | 1.3% | 25,11,624 | 5.00% | -3.64 | 914 |
| JNSRJPJNSRJP | 0 | — | 238 | 3.4% | 16,77,583 | 3.34% | — | 236 |
| VSIPVSIP | 0 | -4 | 12 | 28.5% | 6,89,484 | 1.37% | -0.15 | 2 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | -2 | 9 | 20.4% | 3,72,458 | 0.74% | -0.09 | 4 |
| AAAPAam Aadmi Party | 0 | — | 83 | 0.9% | 1,50,913 | 0.30% | — | 83 |
| JNSKJNDLJNSKJNDL | 0 | — | 45 | 1.5% | 1,35,514 | 0.27% | — | 43 |
| ASPKRAazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.7% | 96,796 | 0.19% | +0.18 | 18 |
| RASLJPRASLJP | 0 | — | 36 | 1.2% | 85,724 | 0.17% | — | 36 |
| RJBPRJBP | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0.6% | 65,093 | 0.13% | +0.06 | 50 |
| SBSPSBSP | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.1% | 61,139 | 0.12% | +0.12 | 27 |
| JRJPJRJP | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.5% | 39,024 | 0.08% | +0.06 | 40 |
| SUCISUCI | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.5% | 37,983 | 0.08% | +0.03 | 36 |
| PPIDPPID | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.4% | 24,577 | 0.05% | -0.04 | 27 |
| TPLRSPTPLRSP | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.7% | 24,543 | 0.05% | -0.24 | 18 |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.5% | 22,203 | 0.04% | +0.02 | 19 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.5% | 15,105 | 0.03% | -0.20 | 15 |
| BHRTLKCHTPBHRTLKCHTP | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.5% | 14,345 | 0.03% | +0.01 | 15 |
| JNSHKVPDJNSHKVPD | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.7% | 12,484 | 0.03% | 0.00 | 8 |
| BGDRPPBGDRPP | 0 | — | 7 | 0.9% | 12,316 | 0.03% | — | 7 |
| PBIPBI | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.5% | 9,563 | 0.02% | +0.01 | 9 |
| VVCIPVVCIP | 0 | — | 7 | 0.6% | 9,203 | 0.02% | — | 7 |
| AJPPAJPP | 0 | — | 9 | 0.5% | 8,672 | 0.02% | — | 9 |
| BJKVPBJKVP | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.6% | 8,123 | 0.02% | -0.02 | 6 |
| BMFBMF | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.8% | 7,936 | 0.02% | 0.00 | 5 |
| RSTJLKPSRSTJLKPS | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.5% | 7,054 | 0.01% | -0.04 | 7 |
| APKSPAPKSP | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.7% | 6,824 | 0.01% | -0.03 | 5 |
| PECPPECP | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.6% | 6,605 | 0.01% | 0.00 | 5 |
| MOSPMOSP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.8% | 6,440 | 0.01% | 0.00 | 4 |
Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Bihar at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one. Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/bihar-2025/parties?limit=500.
Largest victories of Nov 2025
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANKIPUR | Bihar | BJPNitin Nabin | RJDRekha Kumari | 51,93633.10% |
| RUPAULI | Bihar | JD(U)Kaladhar Prasad Mandal | RJDBima Bharti | 73,57232.69% |
| GOPALPUR | Bihar | JD(U)Shailesh Kumar Alias Bulo Mandal | VSIPPrem Sagar Alias Dablu Yadav | 58,13530.37% |
| DIGHA | Bihar | BJPSanjiv Chaurasia | CPI(ML)(L)Divya Gautam | 59,07930.12% |
| RAJGIR | Bihar | JD(U)Kaushal Kishore | CPI(ML)(L)Bishwanath Chaudhary | 55,42829.75% |
| SUGAULI | Bihar | LJP(RV)Rajesh Kumar Alias Bablu Gupta | JNSKJNDLShyam Kishor Chaudhary | 58,19129.27% |
| JHANJHARPUR | Bihar | BJPNitish Mishra | CPIRam Narayan Yadav | 54,84928.40% |
| AURAI | Bihar | BJPRama Nishad | VSIPBhogendra Sahni | 57,20627.51% |
| KUMHRAR | Bihar | BJPSanjay Kumar | INCIndradeep Kumar Chandravanshi | 47,52427.39% |
| RAJA PAKAR | Bihar | JD(U)Mahendra Ram | INCPratima Kumari | 48,18926.19% |
Closest results of Nov 2025
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDESH | Bihar | JD(U)Radha Charan Sah | RJDDipu Singh | 270.01% |
| RAMGARH | Bihar | BSPSatish Kumar Singh Yadav | BJPAshok Kumar Singh | 300.01% |
| NABINAGAR | Bihar | JD(U)Chetan Anand | RJDAmod Kumar Singh | 1120.06% |
| AGIAON | Bihar | BJPMahesh Paswan | CPI(ML)(L)Shiv Prakash Ranjan | 950.06% |
| DHAKA | Bihar | RJDFaisal Rahman | BJPPawan Kumar Jaiswal | 1780.07% |
| FORBESGANJ | Bihar | INCManoj Bishwas | BJPVidya Sagar Keshari | 2210.09% |
| BALRAMPUR | Bihar | LJP(RV)Sangita Devi | AIMIMMohammad Adil Hasan | 3890.14% |
| CHANPATIA | Bihar | INCAbhishek Ranjan | BJPUmakant Singh | 6020.28% |
| BODH GAYA | Bihar | RJDKumar Sarvjeet | LJP(RV)Shyamdeo Paswan | 8810.38% |
| JEHANABAD | Bihar | RJDRahul Kumar | JD(U)Chandeshwar Prasad | 7930.41% |