Bihar Assembly election results 2025
Patna: For the Bihar Assembly election results 2025, the counting of votes polled in the state began at 8 am on Friday, November 14. In the trends, NDA led by BJP is leading in over 202 seats and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is ahead in Bahadurganj, Baisi, Jokihat, Thakurganj, Kochadhaman and Amour.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and Mahagathbandhan’s Chief Ministerial face, is trailing in the Lalu family’s stronghold, Raghopur Assembly constituency, as BJP’s Satish Kumar was seen leading.
Sitting RJD MLA Tejashwi Yadav, who secured victories in both 2015 and 2020, is aiming to maintain his stronghold amidst tough competition from BJP’s Satish Kumar Yadav and JanSuraj’s Chanchal Kumar.
Raghopur is a bastion for the RJD. Historically, Tejashwi Yadav’s father, Lalu Prasad Yadav, the founder of the RJD, along with his mother, Rabri Devi, have both represented this seat. Tejashwi has been the representative for this constituency since 2015. He won the seat in the 2020 elections with a lead of over 38,000 votes.
| Alliance | Leading |
| NDA | 202 |
| MGB | 34 |
| Others | 7 |
“Adequate number of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and personnel of the Bihar Police have been deployed across the state to ensure smooth counting, and prevent any untoward incident,” a senior officer said.
In the elections to the 243-member assembly in two phases on November 6 and November 11, Bihar had registered a historic voter turnout of 67.13 per cent. A total of 7.45 crore voters were eligible to decide the electoral fate of 2,616 candidates.
The officer said 106 companies of security personnel from outside the state have also been deployed.
Before the results, a poll official said EVMs and VVPATs used in the Bihar Assembly elections 2025 have been sealed inside strong rooms under a double-lock system.
“A two-tier security has been ensured at the counting centres. While the inner tier has been assigned to the CAPF, state police have been deployed at the outer rung. Besides, 24/7 CCTV surveillance and other security provisions are in place,” he added.
With inputs from PTI
This post was last modified on November 14, 2025 4:38 pm