Next Bihar Legislative Assembly election
By October–November 2025
All 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
118 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
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Samrat_Choudhary.jpg
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Leader Tejashwi Yadav Samrat Choudhary Nitish Kumar
Party RJD BJP JD(U)
Alliance MGB NDA MGB
Leader since 2017 2022 2005
Leader's seat Raghopur MLC MLC
Last election 23.11%, 75 seats 19.46%, 74 seats 15.39%, 43 seats
Seats before 79 78 45
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Ajit Sharma Mahbub Alam Santosh Kumar Suman
Party INC CPI(ML)L HAM(S)
Alliance MGB MGB NDA
Leader since 2020 2020 2015
Leader's seat Bhagalpur Balrampur MLC
Last election 9.48%, 19 seats 3.16%, 12 seats 1.24%, 5 seats
Seats before 19 12 4
Bihar Legislative Assembly seats
Chief Minister before election

Nitish Kumar
JD(U)

 Chief Minister after election

TBD

The Next Bihar Legislative Assembly election is speculated to be held on or before October–November 2025 to elect all 243 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.[1][2]

Background

The previous assembly elections were held in October–November 2020. After the election, National Democratic Alliance formed the state government, with Nitish Kumar becoming Chief Minister.Later, In August 2022 Nitish Kumar led JD(U) snap ties with NDA and formed government with RJD led Mahagathbandhan.

Schedule

Poll Event Schedule
Notification Date TBD
Last Date for filing nomination TBD
Scrutiny of nomination TBD
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination TBD
Date of Poll TBD
Date of Counting of Votes TBD

Parties and alliances

Party/Alliance Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
Maha Gathbandhan Rashtriya Janata Dal
Tejashwi Yadav TBD 243
Janata Dal (United)
Nitish Kumar TBD
Indian National Congress
Akhilesh Prasad Singh TBD
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
Mahbub Alam TBD
Communist Party of India
Ram Naresh Pandey TBD
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ajay Kumar TBD
National Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party
Samrat Chaudhary TBD 243
Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party Pashupati Kumar Paras TBD
Hindustani Awam Morcha
Jitan Ram Manjhi TBD
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
Chirag Paswan TBD
Aam Aadmi Party[3] TBD
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Akhtarul Iman TBD
Bahujan Samaj Party
Ramji Gautam TBD
Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar TBD
Vikassheel Insaan Party Mukesh Sahani TBD
Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal Upendra Kushwaha TBD
National People's Party Conrad Sangma TBD

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Vote Share Projections
Polling agency Date published Sample size Margin of Error Lead
MGB NDA Others
Seat Projections
Polling agency Date published Sample size Margin of Error Lead
MGB NDA Others

Exit polls

Polling agency Date published Sample size Margin of Error Lead
MGB NDA Others

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Solo 'Chalo' In 2025?, Outlook". Outlook (India). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Piyush Tripathi (28 November 2020). "Bihar elections can happen before 2025; LJP to be prepared on all 243 seats: Chirag Paswan". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Another jolt to INDIA bloc? Arvind Kejriwal's AAP to contest Bihar Assembly polls". India Today. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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