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Raipur, October 12, 2025: Ruling BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led Janata Dal (United) will contest 101 seats each in the Bihar assembly elections, while Lok Janshakti Party led by Union minister Chirag Paswan will contest on 29 seats.
In the meeting of the BJP’s Central Election Committee, which includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders, agreed that Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Morcha have been allotted six seats each, reports said today.
This is the first assembly poll in 15-years that the JD (U) will not be contesting more seats than the BJP in alliance, reflecting the decline of the regional party.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, also a first, BJP had contested one more seat in the state than the JD (U).
BJP said all National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners have completed the seat-sharing exercise in a cordial manner.
The 243-member Bihar assembly will go to the polls in two phases on November 6 and 11.
In 2020, Nitish Kumar-led JD (U) had contested on 115 seats and the BJP on 110 seats, while Paswan’s party had fought independently due to his differences with Kumar.
The NDA had won 125 seats while Mahagathbandhan secured 110 seats in the closely contested election. The Congress contested on 70 assembly seats in the last Bihar polls and won 19, while the RJD contested on 144 seats and bagged 75 in the 243-member Assembly.
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