
The Bharatiya Janata Party announced its first list of 71 candidates for the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 on Tuesday, October 14.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) finalised its seat-sharing formula for the Bihar assembly elections on Sunday, the BJP and the Janata Dal-United (JDU) contesting 101 seats each, and the Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) contesting 29 seats.
In the 2020 Bihar assembly election, the BJP had contested 110 seats, while the JD(U) had fought on 115 seats. Meanwhile, the HAM(S) fielded candidates for seven constituencies and the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), then part of the NDA, contested 11 seats.
The Bihar Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be conducted in November 2025 to fill all 243 seats. Voting will take place in two phases, on November 6 and 11 with the counting scheduled for November 16.
The initial phase of polling will take place in 121 Assembly constituencies in central Bihar on 6 November. The second phase will include 122 seats across the north, east, and south on 11 November, according to the election schedule.
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