Overview
- PTI-reported counting showed the NDA leading in 204 of Bihar’s 243 assembly seats.
- The opposition grand alliance of the RJD, Congress and Left parties led in 33 seats, 81 fewer than in 2020.
- In posts on X, Modi congratulated allies Nitish Kumar, Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha.
- Modi thanked NDA workers and credited the result to governance, development and the spirit of public welfare and social justice.
- The BJP- and JD(U)-anchored coalition projected a consolidated front as media described the result as a landslide in the making.