Next Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Next Bihar Legislative Assembly election

By October–November 2025
All 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 118 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Dr. Dilip Jaiswal Tejashwi Yadav Nitish Kumar Party BJP RJD JD(U) Alliance NDA MGB NDA Leader since 2024 2017 2005 Leader's seat MLC Raghopur MLC Last election 19.46%, 74 seats 23.11%, 75 seats 15.39%, 43 seats Current seats 85 74 45 Seats needed 38 49 78   Leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan Mahbub Alam Akhtarul Iman Party INC CPI(ML)L AIMIM Alliance MGB MGB Leader since 2023 2020 2015 Leader's seat Kadwa Balrampur Amour Last election 9.48%, 19 seats 3.16%, 12 seats 1.24%, 5 seats Current seats 19 12 1 Seats needed 103 110 117
Bihar Legislative Assembly seats
Incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar JD(U)

Background

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. Later, In January 2024 Nitish Kumar led JD(U) snap ties with RJD led Mahagathbandhan and again formed government with BJP led NDA. Prashant Kishor, a political strategist, claimed his prediction scared them, leading to their exit from Mahagathbandhan. His next forecast is that JD(U) won't secure over 20 seats in the state election. He declared retirement if Janata Dal (United) exceeds 20 seats.

Schedule

Poll Event	Schedule
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

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party				Dilip Kumar Jaiswal	TBD
	Janata Dal (United)				Nitish Kumar	TBD
	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)				Chirag Paswan	TBD
	Hindustani Awam Morcha				Jitan Ram Manjhi	TBD
	Rashtriya Lok Morcha				Upendra Kushwaha	TBD

  Mahagathbandhan

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
	Rashtriya Janata Dal				Tejashwi Yadav	TBD
	Indian National Congress				Akhilesh Prasad Singh	TBD
	Vikassheel Insaan Party				Mukesh Sahani	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

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
	Jan Suraaj				Prashant Kishore	243
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen				Akhtarul Iman	TBD
	Samata Party				Uday Mandal	TBD
	Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party				Pashupati Kumar Paras	TBD
	Aam Aadmi Party				Sushil Kumar	TBD

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Vote Share Projections

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

Seat Projections

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

Exit polls

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

See also

• Elections in Bihar
• Politics of Bihar