Overview
- Election Commission officials are set to submit the final results to the governor today, triggering the new Assembly’s notification and preparations for a swearing‑in likely on November 19 or 20 at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, subject to the prime minister’s schedule.
- The NDA secured 202 of 243 seats, with the BJP at 89 and JD(U) at 85, while allies LJP (Ram Vilas), HAM(S), and RLM won 19, 5, and 4 seats respectively.
- The BJP is expected to issue a formal statement on government formation by Sunday or Monday, to be followed by JD(U) and NDA legislature party meetings to choose the alliance leader for staking claim.
- Senior JD(U) leaders met Home Minister Amit Shah as portfolio‑sharing and the structure of the new cabinet were discussed; a deputy chief minister role for LJP(RV) is under consideration according to party interlocutors.
- The opposition suffered steep losses with the Mahagathbandhan reduced to 35 seats and RJD at 25, as the prime minister hailed the verdict and framed it as a rejection of the rival bloc’s politics.