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Bihar Election Results: NDA Takes Early Lead as Counting of Votes Begins

  • Counting started at 8 am on Friday, with early tallies showing the National Democratic Alliance leading 68 seats while the Mahagathbandhan led 41 as of 8:30 am, deciding the fate of the 243-member Bihar Assembly.
  • Earlier this month, the two-phase voting on November 6 and November 11 produced a voter turnout of 67.13 per cent and the Special Intensive Revision removed 6.5 million names, prompting opposition allegations.
  • The BJP and Janata Dal each fielded 101 candidates, and the NDA holds 131 seats while the Grand Alliance controls 111 in the outgoing assembly.
  • Counting is taking place across 46 centres in 38 districts under elaborate security, with 243 Returning Officers deployed, 4,372 counting tables set up, and more than 18,000 counting agents overseeing the process.
  • Poll projections diverge, with one survey giving the NDA 160 seats and another 121–141 seats, and the election saw participation by 7.43 crore voters including 14 lakh first-timers.
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Modi's coalition leads in a key Indian state election

Partial results from the Election Commission of India showed the BJP-led NDA, expected to take 200 seats of the 243-member legislature in the eastern state of Bihar.

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From Champaran to Bhojpur, Mithila, and Pataliputra, the Janata Dal (United) is seeing seat gains in several areas, while the BJP has suffered losses in some areas. The BJP lost five seats in Champaran and seven in Bhojpur. Meanwhile, the RJD lost eleven seats in Bhojpur and ten in Pataliputra and Magadh.

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The Wire broke the news in New Delhi, India on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
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