In a notable update ahead of the Bihar Assembly Election 2025, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has unveiled its seat-sharing arrangement. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (United) or JDU will each contest 101 constituencies, maintaining balance within the alliance. Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will compete for 29 seats, while the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Hindustani Awam Party (Secular) or HAM(S) have been allocated six seats each. JDU’s national working president, Sanjay Kumar Jha, confirmed this decision on social media, calling the process “cordial and consensus-based.” He emphasized that all NDA partners were aligned in their goal to secure Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s return to power with a solid majority.
This new arrangement marks a change from the 2020 elections, where JDU contested 115 seats and BJP 110. The redistribution reflects the inclusion of Paswan’s party and the evolving political landscape following the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, during which both Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi joined the Modi cabinet. Bihar is scheduled to hold elections in two phases on November 6 and 11, with results to be announced on November 14. Meanwhile, the opposition INDIA bloc, led by RJD and Congress, has yet to reveal its seat-sharing plan.