Next Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Elections for the 18th Legislative assembly of Bihar

Next Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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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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Leader  | Tejashwi Yadav | Samrat Choudhary | Nitish Kumar
Party  | RJD | BJP | Janata Dal (United)
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

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party

Leader  | Ajit Sharma | Mahbub Alam
Party  | INC | CPI(ML)L
Alliance  | MGB | MGB
Leader since  | 2020  | 2020
Leader's seat  | Bhagalpur | Balrampur
Last election  | 9.48%, 19 seats  | 3.16%, 12 seats
Seats before  | 19  | 12

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Bihar Legislative Assembly seats

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| Chief Minister before election

Nitish Kumar
JD(U)

| Chief Minister after election

TBD

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Poll Event  | Schedule

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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[edit]

###  Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)[edit]

Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Contesting Seats

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| Rashtriya Janata Dal |  |  | Tejashwi Yadav | TBD
| 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[edit]

Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Contesting Seats

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| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | Samrat Choudhary | TBD
| Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party |  |  | Pashupati Kumar Paras | TBD
| Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) |  |  | Chirag Paswan | TBD
| Hindustani Awam Morcha |  |  | Jitan Ram Manjhi | TBD
| Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal[3] |  |  | Upendra Kushwaha | TBD

### Others[edit]

Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Contesting Seats

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| Aam Aadmi Party[4] |  |  |  | TBD
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen |  |  | Akhtarul Iman | TBD
| Vikassheel Insaan Party |  |  | Mukesh Sahani | TBD

## Surveys and polls[edit]

### Opinion polls[edit]

Vote Share Projections  Polling agency  | Date published  | Sample size  | Margin of Error  |  |  |  | Lead

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

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MGB | NDA | Others
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### Exit polls[edit]

Polling agency  | Date published  | Sample size  | Margin of Error  |  |  |  | Lead

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MGB | NDA | Others
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## See also[edit]

* Elections in Bihar
* Politics of Bihar

## References[edit]

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. ^ "Bihar NDA seat-sharing: BJP likely to keep lion's share of 30 Lok Sabha seats, spare 10 for its four allies". Times of India. 9 January 2024.
4. ^ "Another jolt to INDIA bloc? Arvind Kejriwal's AAP to contest Bihar Assembly polls". India Today. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

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