How Women Voters Powered Nitish Kumar and the NDA’s 2025 Bihar Win

How Women Voters Powered Nitish Kumar and the NDA’s 2025 Bihar Win

Women voters reshaped the 2025 Bihar election, driving a sweeping NDA victory. An in-depth analysis of Nitish Kumar’s policies, turnout surge, and regional shifts.

Nitish Kumar’s electoral lesson: Ignore the woman voter at your peril

By Namita Bhandare Chief Minister Nitish Kumar interacting with women at the inauguration of development projects in Sakra Wajid, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar in October 2025. Many women are part of the rural livelihoods programme, Jeevika. Photo courtesy: Nitish Kumar/ Facebook Since he first took office in 2005, Nitish Kumar has designed programmes to meet the needs of women and girls and built himself a loyal vote base What accounts for the un…