As counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 began on Friday, November 14, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, the Mahagathbandhan’s Chief Ministerial candidate, said that the Opposition alliance is confident of forming the next government in the State.
“It will be a people’s victory. We are willing. Change will come. We are forming the government,” Tejashwi told reporters in Patna on Friday morning, hours after counting started with the scrutiny of postal ballots across all 243 Assembly constituencies.
The Election Commission of India earlier confirmed that Bihar recorded a historic voter turnout of 67.13%, the highest since 1951, across the two phases of polling held on November 6 and 11. Counting is underway at centres monitored by 243 Returning Officers and 243 Counting Observers, with no repolls recommended this time following ECI scrutiny.
Amid the early trends and political claims, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha launched a sharp attack on Tejashwi Yadav, saying that the people of Bihar will reject what he described as the “Zamindari bhav (culture of Zamindari)” and deliver a message to the “Yuvraaj of jungle raaj”.
“The public will decide who will win. ‘Parivarvaadi log’ consider politics their fiefdom, but the people of Bihar will give a strong message to the ‘Yuvraaj’ of ‘jungle raj’, born with a golden spoon. Bihar will end this Zamindari bhav,” Sinha, the BJP candidate from Lakhisarai, told ANI.
Early counting trends on Friday morning showed the NDA leading in 46 seats, with the BJP ahead in 29 and JD(U) in 15, while the Mahagathbandhan was ahead in 35 seats, driven by the RJD leading in 30 constituencies. Numbers are expected to fluctuate as counting progresses through multiple rounds.
The final results will decide the political future of Bihar’s 243-member Assembly, where both alliances have waged an intense, high-stakes campaign centred on employment, governance, law and order, welfare schemes and the leadership question.
