Bihar Election 2025
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Rohini rebels, Lalu Yadav family implodes… How RJD’s defeat in Bihar elections led to a pari-war
Fp Explainers •The RJD’s drubbing in the Bihar Assembly elections has left the party and the Lalu Prasad Yadav family in disarray. A day after the loss, the former CM’s daughter, Rohini Acharya, announced her exit from politics and the family. She added that she had been ‘cursed at’ and accused of donating a ‘dirty kidney’. But what exactly led to a rift in Bihar’s most powerful family?
This Week in Explainers: How NDA pulled off ‘is baar 200 paar’ in Bihar
Fp Explainers •The NDA stormed past the 200-seat mark in a 243-member Assembly, scripting a sweeping mandate that effectively wiped out the Mahagathbandhan in the Bihar elections. We discuss the reasons for this surge, the Delhi blast probe and more in our weekly wrap
RJD won the most votes in Bihar. So why did it lose the election?
Fp Explainers •The Bihar election produced a striking outcome; the RJD secured the highest vote share at 23 per cent but won only 25 seats, while the NDA swept 202 seats. The result exposed gaps in seat distribution, alliance disunity and caste-based miscalculations that prevented the Mahagathbandhan from converting statewide support into victories
Bihar Election Results 2025 Live Updates: PM Modi hails NDA landslide, says people have voted for a developed and prosperous state
Fp Staff •Bihar Election Result 2025 Live Updates: Bihar election results 2025 will determine if Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U)-BJP-led NDA retains power or if Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD-led INDIA alliance topples the nine-time CM
NDA win gave new ‘MY – mahila and youth’ formula, destroyed ‘communal MY’ of ‘jungle raj people’: PM Modi
Fp Staff •PM Modi on Friday hailed Bihar Assembly poll victory, crediting women and youth for shaping new ‘MY’ formula, and praised record voter turnout
Tejashwi Yadav, Maithili Thakur and more... The big winners and losers in Bihar
Fp Explainers •Tejashwi Yadav prevailed in his family stronghold of Raghopur over the BJP's Satish Kumar Yadav after a day of many twists and turns. However, Tej Pratap Yadav, who is the elder son of RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav, placed third in Mahua. Let's take a closer look at which big names won and those that lost
Nitish & Modi magic reigns, RJD's poor show and more... Big takeaways from the Bihar election results
Fp Explainers •Voters have given a resounding vote of confidence to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar led by the Janata Dal (United) of Nitish Kumar. While the BJP has emerged as the single-largest party, the opposition, named the Mahagathbandhan, is in tatters
Why Nitish Kumar wins Bihar every time: It’s not just women voters
Prabhash Dutta •Bihar Assembly election 2025 has given the NDA its biggest mandate till date, extending its 20-year dominance here. The only loss the NDA suffered during these decades was when Nitish Kumar parted ways. What makes Nitish Kumar indispensable in Bihar’s power game?
‘Good governance has won’: PM Modi hails Bihar victory NDA wins two-thirds majority
Fp Staff •Hailing the victory in the 2025 Bihar assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that good governance has won in the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has won more than two-thirds majority.
Why the NDA’s win in Bihar elections matter beyond Patna
Fp Explainers •The BJP-JD(U) led by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set to return to power in Bihar, with a thumping mandate. The RJD-Congress-led Mahagathbandhan has failed poorly, with the results likely to impact the future of the opposition India Alliance. The Bihar election results could also guide the template for the upcoming polls in other states, such as West Bengal and Assam. Here’s how