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Bihar Elections: NDA Confirms Seat-Sharing, BJP & JD(U) Get 101 Seats Each
The NDA has finalised its seat-sharing arrangement for next month’s Assembly elections. Under the formula, the BJP and Janata Dal (United) will each contest 101 seats in the 243-member Assembly, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Sunday. As part of the agreement, Union Minister Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will contest 29 seats, while the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) will field candidates in six seats each.
Pradhan, the Bihar election in-charge who helped secure the BJP’s third consecutive victory in Haryana last year, said the NDA allies in Bihar welcomed the seat-sharing arrangement and that discussions were conducted in a cordial atmosphere.
हम एनडीए के साथियों ने सौहार्दपूर्ण वातावरण में सीटों का वितरण पूर्ण किया।
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) October 12, 2025
BJP – 101
JDU – 101
LJP (R) – 29
RLM – 06
HAM – 06
एनडीए के सभी दलों के कार्यकर्ता और नेता इसका हर्षपूर्वक स्वागत करते हैं।
बिहार है तैयार,
फिर से एनडीए सरकार।#NDA4Bihar ✌️
“The NDA allies have finalised the seat-sharing arrangement in a cordial atmosphere. Party workers and leaders have warmly welcomed the decision. Bihar is ready, and an NDA government will be formed again,” Pradhan tweeted.
For the first time, JD(U) will not be contesting more seats than the BJP in an Assembly election, signaling a shift in the balance of power within the ruling alliance.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s announcement has settled the seat-sharing dispute among NDA constituents, particularly the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), led by Union Minister and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, and the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM), which had threatened to go solo in the two-phase Bihar Assembly elections on November 6 and 11.
In 2020, JD(U) had contested 115 seats and the BJP 110, while Chirag Paswan’s party had contested separately.
Sources had earlier indicated that Manjhi was dissatisfied with the recent seat-sharing talks, having initially rejected the formula proposed to him. HAM had demanded at least 15 seats but was reportedly offered only seven to eight.
Following discussions with top BJP leaders in Delhi, Manjhi reached an agreement on the NDA seat-sharing formula. Pradhan confirmed via X that HAM will contest six seats. Sources also said HAM may contest one MLC seat in the future.
Manjhi had indicated that his party might stay out of the polls if not allotted a “respectable number” of seats, emphasising that he was “requesting, not demanding.” After the agreement, he left for Patna, ending the uncertainty over HAM’s participation in the upcoming polls.
India Bloc Rejects Claims of Discord in Seat-Sharing Talks
Meanwhile, the opposition INDIA bloc, which is aiming to end Nitish Kumar’s tenure, has dismissed reports of any internal rift and said that seat allocations for each party would be announced shortly.
“Everything is in order and all decisions have been finalised. A press conference will be held tomorrow where all details will be revealed,” RJD MLA Bhai Virendra stated.
Amid ongoing speculation over tensions between the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), a photograph of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav chatting with Congress’s Akhilesh Prasad Singh on a plane went viral. Singh was travelling on the same flight from Patna to Delhi as Lalu Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav.
The Bihar Assembly election results are scheduled to be announced on November 14.
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