Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday expressed gratitude to alliance partners, emphasising that the NDA’s “massive majority” in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections reflects the “unity” within the coalition.
“In the Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2025, the people of the state have expressed their confidence in our government by giving us a massive majority. For this, I bow to all the esteemed voters of the state and express my heartfelt gratitude and thanks. I also express my heartfelt gratitude to the Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji for the support received from him, while bowing to him,” Kumar said in a post on X.
“The NDA alliance has achieved a massive majority in this election by demonstrating complete unity. For this massive victory, thanks and gratitude are also due to all the partners of the NDA alliance — Shri Chirag Paswan Ji, Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi Ji and Shri Upendra Kushwaha Ji,” he added.
“With the support of all of you, Bihar will progress even further and will be included in the category of the most developed states in the country,” he further said.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the NDA’s impressive performance in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections as a “victory of good governance, development, public welfare and social justice,” and vowed to work with renewed vigour for the state’s progress.
According to the Election Commission, as of 7 p.m, the BJP has won 55 seats and is leading in 35. The JD(U) has won 33, the LJP (RV) has won 7, and HAM has won 1.
The RJD has won 8 seats and is leading in 17 others. The Congress has won 1, AIMIM 4, CPI(ML)(L) 1 and CPI(M) 1.
The NDA has crossed the majority mark and is currently leading in 197 of the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly.
Notably, Bihar recorded a historic 67.13% voter turnout — the highest since 1951 — with women voters outnumbering men (71.6% vs 62.8%).
(ANI)
