Assembly Election

Bihar verdict: NDA turns vote share into seats, MGB falters in direct fights

The NDA displayed an exceptionally high strike rate in direct contests with the Mahagathbandhan.

Lalu's daughter Rohini Acharya quits politics: 'Asked me to'

I’m quitting politics and I’m disowning my family. This is what Sanjay Yadav and Rameez had asked me to do. I’m taking all the blame, says Rohini

Tejashwi's toughest test: RJD confronts shrinking base after Bihar debacle

With the RJD's tally collapsing to just 25 seats and its core M-Y base visibly fractured, the party's young face now confronts uncomfortable questions about his future and that of the alliance itself.

Where is Nitish Kumar? Silence, suspense and a Bihar power puzzle

For a politician known to move decisively after verdicts, the JD(U) chief's public vacuum is now the story.

Owaisi gains, Mahagathbandhan falters: How Seemanchal defied the 'M-Y' script in Bihar

A fractured Muslim vote and the Mahagathbandhan’s inability to hold its core base turned Seemanchal into the clearest evidence of how the alliance tried and tested formula collapsed.

Bahubalis assert dominance in Bihar election, keep their traditional fiefdoms intact

Anant Kumar Singh -- the jailed gangster-turned-politician arrested in connection with the murder of Jan Suraaj supporter Dular Chand Yadav -- won the Mokama constituency on Friday

27 to 73,000: Smallest and biggest victory margins in Bihar polls

While several candidates surged ahead comfortably with sizeable margins, others navigated far more precarious contests, with only a few dozen votes determining the outcome.

Why Bihar election results spell doom for RJD's Rajya Sabha math

The RJD may retain one of its seats if it gets the support of Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM. However, one can never say if the AIMIM would support Tejaswhi Yadav’s party in 2030.

Bihar election result: RJD tops vote share even as alliance faces major electoral blow

Election Commission figures show that Tejashwi Yadav’s party captured a 23 per cent vote share, outperforming the BJP by 2.92 percentage points and Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) by 3.75 points

'Sincerely apologise for upsetting national child': BJP's Vinod Tawde mocks Rahul Gandhi after Bihar results

Tawde also rubbished Rahul Gandhi's claims of vote theft. He also criticised Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav for mobilising people based on casteism

Bihar polls verdict: How Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM emerged as the dark horse

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday thanked the people of Bihar for ensuring the success of party’s candidates in five assembly constituencies and urged non-NDA parties to introspect.

Bihar Election Results 2025: ‘BJP will uproot jungle raj from West Bengal as well’ — PM Modi’s top quotes after Bihar victory

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the NDA’s record Bihar victory, attacking the RJD-Congress alliance, vowing that “jungle raj” will never return, and asserting the BJP will “uproot jungle raj” in West Bengal next.

Jeevika, women, poverty reduction belts powered NDA’s Bihar surge in 2025

Across the 100 constituencies where SHG members account for the largest share of the population, the NDA secured 58 percent of seats in 2025, up from just 23 percent in 2020

Bihar mandate: The Rs 10,000 scheme for women that shifted the tide

At the centre of the sweeping mandate appears to be ‘M’ or the mahila factor, with women voters outnumbering men in the recent Bihar Assembly elections

Mandate 2025: How Mahila Shakti powered NDA to historic mandate in Bihar

The trust of Bihar's women has triumphed.. The NDA has triumphed, Bihar has triumphed..(Jeeta hai Bihar ki mahilao ka vishwaas... jeeta hai NDA, jeeta hai Bihar), says JD(U) on X.

OPINION | Nitish Kumar didn’t just demolish the opposition, he’s also changed intra-NDA dynamics

His ability to defy incumbency fatigue, a feature in Indian politics, is remarkable. But the potential scale of this victory, and the visible support from women, mean that within his coalition, Nitish has strengthened his position

OPINION | ‘Sushasan Babu’ has the last laugh as Bihar’s women voters show who calls the shots

It’s lazy analysis to say cash transfers clinched NDA victory helmed by Nitish Kumar. It was also his record in ensuring safety and women’s empowerment that helped. Critically for Bihar, caste moulds in electoral politics have been shattered this time

BJP decimates Congress in 27 seats they fought head-on

Take a look at these seats that are witnessing close contest between the BJP and Congress.

Bihar results: Victory of development and good governance, says PM Modi as NDA heads for landslide win

The NDA is set to sweep the Bihar assembly election, surging ahead in over 200 out of 243 seats with the BJP emerging as single largest party.

Big winners and losers of Bihar elections: Nitish Kumar, 'Vote chori', MY maths

The biggest winner of the election was clearly the NDA, which has delivered a crushing blow to the Mahagathbandhan and is on its way to win over 200 seats

Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Exit polls right about NDA victory, miss the scale of sweep

Surveys by Dainik Bhaskar, People’s Pulse, Matrize‑IANS, Axis My India, News18 Mega Exit Poll, and Today’s Chanakya had projected the NDA to win between 121 and 178 seats.

Bihar Verdict 2025: How the new M-Y axis checkmated Mahagathbandhan's Muslim-Yadav calculus

As women and first-time voters turned out in record numbers, the NDA gained in constituencies long considered safe for the Mahagathbandhan, revealing how the new M-Y factor had eclipsed RJD's old Muslim-Yadav arithmetic.

Mandate Bihar: How JD(U) is poised for victory in 23 out of 33 closely fought seats against RJD

As the leads indicating a massive victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) , thereby relegating the Mahagathbandhan to just 33 seats, the direct contest between the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal United (JD(U) on as many as 33 seats throw up important points of analysis.