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As early trends confirm a sweeping mandate for the NDA, celebrations broke out across Bihar with BJP and JD(U) supporters preparing for victory rallies. Party workers decorated offices, distributed sweets and organised lighting arrangements ahead of the final results.

Bihar Election Results 2025: NDA celebrations begin as BJP-JD(U) supporters prepare for historic victory

This year, after being expelled from RJD, Tej Pratap Yadav, the son of the RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, has established a party named Janshakti Janata Dal. In 2015, Tej Pratap was the MLA for Mahua, and in 2020, it was RJD's Mukesh Kumar Raushan who occupied the seat.

Mahua Election Results 2025: Tej Pratap loses by over 51,000 votes as LJP(RV)’s Sanjay Kumar Singh wins

NDA’s welfare-led campaign and Nitish Kumar’s ‘Sushasan’ pitch have delivered a decisive advantage in Bihar, overshadowing the Opposition’s focus on alleged electoral discrepancies. Rahul Gandhi’s mobilisation efforts failed to translate into votes as women and rural blocs consolidated behind the BJP–JD(U) alliance.

Bihar Election Results 2025: NDA's social engineering and welfare push trump Mahagathbandhan’s 'Vote Chori' narrative

Bihar Election 2025: In the early trends of the ECI, the BJP in the Bihar Assembly Elections is emerging as the largest party, leading in 87 seats out of 243, followed by JD(U) with 76 seats.

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Bihar Election Results 2025 Live News: Latest ECI trends at 1.20 pm show the NDA pulling further ahead, with the BJP leading in 90 seats and the JD(U) in 80. The Mahagathbandhan trails sharply, with the RJD ahead in 29 constituencies.

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The initial patterns suggest that the ruling NDA is significantly ahead of the Mahagathbandhan. The counting process for votes in all 243 constituencies of the Bihar Assembly election began on Friday, with heavy, multi-layered security measures in place. The counting started at 8 am with postal ballots being handled first, and then EVM vote counting commenced at 8.30 am.

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The counting of votes for all 243 constituencies started at 8 am today, under strict security measures. The officials started counting postal ballots simultaneously, while the counting of EVM votes started at 8:30.

Bihar Elections Result 2025: NDA takes lead in early trends, Mahagathbandhan trails

Bihar Election Results 2025 Live News:&nbsp;Latest ECI trends at 6 pm show the NDA maintaining a decisive lead, with the BJP winning 35 seats and leading in 55 more, while the JD(U) has won 24 and is leading in 59. The Mahagathbandhan lags far behind, with the RJD ahead in 26 seats and the Congress in six, as smaller parties make modest gains.

ECI Bihar Election Results 2025 Live: BJP+ @ 200+ | NDA holds ground, PM Modi says Ganga flows from Bihar to Bengal... 