Overview
- Election officials are set to submit the final tally to the Governor today as Nitish Kumar convenes a Monday cabinet meeting to dissolve the outgoing Assembly, after which he is expected to resign.
- NDA partners will then meet to elect their legislature leader and stake claim to form the government, with the oath likely on November 19 or 20 subject to the Prime Minister’s schedule.
- The NDA commands a comfortable majority with about 202 seats in the 243-member House (BJP 89, JD(U) 85, LJP[RV] 19, HAM 5, RLM 4), while the Mahagathbandhan holds roughly 35.
- Power-sharing talks are underway, with reports indicating a one-berth-per-six-MLAs formula that would give the BJP the most portfolios, as LJP(RV) presses for a larger role including a possible deputy chief minister post.
- Analysts project the NDA’s Assembly strength will allow it to capture Bihar’s Rajya Sabha seats in the 2026 and 2028 biennial polls, sharply reducing the RJD’s representation.