Bihar Election Result 2025: It is about the 2015 assembly elections, when Nitish Kumar had made Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “DNA” statement a big issue. Calling it an insult to Biharis, he had said, “They said that my DNA is messed up. But who am I? I am your representative. When they are questioning my DNA, it is an insult to the entire Bihar.” Nitish had even appealed to the public to cut their hair and nails and collect samples for DNA testing. In that election, BJP had a direct fight with the RJD-JDU grand alliance and as a result, BJP got a crushing defeat.

But the picture has changed in the 2025 elections. This time Nitish Kumar and BJP were in the fray together. The opposition tried its best to question Nitish’s mental condition and his image. He was even called “Bhishma Pitamah of the corrupt”. Despite this, the trends and mandate clearly show that the people of the state have expressed confidence in the NDA. However, this mandate has also given another big message to Nitish—one that shatters his old “DNA” arrogance.

Mention of 2015 is necessary because at that time RJD, JDU, Congress, SP, NCP, INLD and other parties had formed a grand alliance. RJD and JDU had contested elections on 101-101 seats, while Congress had contested 41 seats and BJP had contested 157 seats. When the results came, RJD became the largest party with 80 seats, JDU got 71 seats and BJP was reduced to 53. After this result, Nitish again became the Chief Minister, but in 2017 he suddenly left the Grand Alliance and formed the government with BJP.

Now the election data of 2025 is presenting an interesting picture. In 2015, Nitish had described his DNA as the DNA of Bihar, but the current mandate shows that not only Nitish but also BJP is deeply present in the DNA of Bihar. NDA’s massive victory indicates that Nitish’s old DNA “arrogance” has now been completely broken.

If we look at the performance of JDU and BJP fighting on 101-101 seats, BJP seems to be overpowering JDU this time. As a result, the result of this election has sent the message far and wide across Bihar that the balance of power is no longer the same as before and the preferences of the people have also changed.

Bihar Elections Results 2025: In the initial trends of Bihar Assembly elections, NDA alliance seems to be far ahead of the Grand Alliance. Earlier exit polls had also predicted the return of NDA to power. Such trends are not only showing the electoral direction but are also giving an important indication for the future of the Grand Alliance and especially Tejashwi Yadav.

Tejashwi Yadav: Established face of Bihar politics

According to election analyst and political expert Rakesh Shukla, even though the trends are not the final results, it clearly shows that Tejashwi Yadav has now become the central face of Bihar politics.

Some major reasons behind this:

Tejashwi’s influence in 2020 elections- Tejashwi Yadav on his own had given 75 seats to RJD, which was the highest number of seats won by any party in that election. This time also RJD is at the forefront in the trends- The Grand Alliance may be behind, but Tejashwi’s party RJD is far ahead of the opposition parties – a clear indication that his support base is still strong.

Strong performance in the elections of 2015 and 2024 also- Tejashwi has been continuously leaving his mark in electoral politics and proving that he is an acceptable leader on the political ground of Bihar.

Why couldn’t Tejashwi walk this time?

Senior journalist Rohit says that this time the public showed hesitation in accepting Tejashwi as CM. He believes that the public mood was different from what was expected for the Yadav-Muslim vote bank to unite.

The grand alliance had made Tejashwi the chief ministerial face and Mukesh Sahni as the deputy CM candidate so that the Mallah votes along with Yadav-Muslims could be attracted. But the strategy could not give the expected results.

Did the public reject Tejashwi?

It is clear from the trends that Grand alliance could not succeed based on its alliances and equations But the public has not completely rejected Tejashwi Yadav. The strong position of RJD shows that Tejashwi has now become a permanent and strong player in the politics of Bihar.

Although NDA is in a strong position in the initial trends, but Tejashwi Yadav’s political status and support base remains safe and strong. This election is not a defeat for them but is indicating that they will emerge stronger in the times to come.

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