Bihar elections: NDA announces seat sharing, BJP and JDU to contest on 101 seats each

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NDA on Sunday announced seat sharing for Bihar Elections 2025. BJP and JDU to contest on 101 seats each. Meanwhile, LJP (Ram Vilas) will contest on 29 seats, Rashtriya Lok Morcha on six seats and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) on six seats.

On Saturday, Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal said, "Everything is fine in the NDA... seat-sharing arrangements and the list of candidates will soon be decided by the party's central leadership, which will make important announcements related to seat sharing and tickets at 11 am on Sunday."

LJP (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan took to X to say that Bihar is ready. "Bihar is ready. Once again an NDA government. This time with full strength alongside #BiharFirstBihariFirst!" Paswan's X post read.

हम एनडीए (NDA) परिवार ने सौहार्दपूर्ण वातावरण में बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव 2025 के लिए सीटों का बंटवारा पूरा किया है।

🔹 BJP : 101
🔹 JDU : 101
🔹 LJP (R) : 29
🔹 RLM : 06
🔹 HAM : 06

बिहार है तैयार —
फिर से NDA सरकार,
इस बार पूरे दम के साथ #BiharFirstBihariFirst के साथ!#NDA…

— युवा बिहारी चिराग पासवान (@iChiragPaswan) October 12, 2025

HAM President Jitan Ram Manjhi says, "In Parliament, we were given one seat, still we were happy. Here, we have been given six seats, and we respect the decision of the leadership."

When asked about 29 seats given to LJP (Ram Vilas), he added, "Others can understand what they received, but we are satisfied with what we have been allotted and we have no complaints."

The Bihar assembly elections are scheduled to be held in November 2025 on all 243 seats. Voting will be held in two phases – November 6 and 11 – while the counting will be held on November 14.