Bihar election 2025 live: Government formation process to begin ‘in two-three days’

BIhar election 2025 unrecorded updates: Talks on shaping of the next NDA regime in Bihar feature started with all the allies calling divide meetings of their victorious legislators in Patna. NDA leaders familiar with the matter told HT that the government formation process will begin “in two-three days”, once all MLAs reach Patna.The term of the current assembly is till November 22. The 18th assembly will be constituted on or before that day. As a first step, Nitish Kumar would meet the Governor and submit his resignation to end his current term; and discuss fixing the date of the swearing-in ceremony for the next term.LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan met Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday, even as the NDA is yet to officially announce its chief minister pick after registering a victory in the state assembly elections.After the meeting, Paswan said he was “pleased” that the Bihar CM had “appreciated” the role played by all NDA allies. He further said that “false narrative” was created about the LJP(RV) and JD(U) during the Assembly polls in Bihar.In an after-poll shocker for RJD supremo Lalu Yadav’s family following the Bihar assembly poll rout, his daughter, who once donated a kidney to save his life, has announced that she is quitting politics and ‘disowning’ the family.The National Democratic Alliance swept the much-anticipated Bihar assembly polls on Friday, bagging 202 seats in the 243-seat state assembly.While Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the biggest party with 89 seats in its kitty out of the 101 it contested, closely following was its biggest NDA ally, Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United), which won 85 seats. Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) party also put up a stunning show, winning 19 out of the 29 seats that it contested.Meanwhile, Tejashwi Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal fell from grace having won just 25 seats, as compared to 75 seats in 2020 Bihar assembly polls. Its Mahagathbandhan ally Congress also showed poor performance, with just six seats to its name.Bihar assembly polls | Key Points2025 Bihar assembly polls were held in two phases — on November 6 and November 11. The counting of votes was done on Friday, November 14.Two of the biggest NDA allies — BJP and JD(U) — fought on 101 seats each and won 89 and 85 seats respectively.While BJP increased its seat share from 74 in 2020 to 89 in 2025, it is JD(U) which has made the biggest jump this time, from 45 seats in 2020 to 85 this time.While Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav retained his bastion Raghopur by defeating BJP's Satish Kumar for the third consecutive term, his party failed to maintain its 2020 performace, and fell from 75 seats to just 25 this year.Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party, which fielded candidates in most of the assembly constituencies across the state, failed to open its account in 2025 assembly polls despite having portrayed itself as the third alternative.