The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday, October 12, announced the final seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly elections.

As per the formula, BJP and JD(U) will contest 101 seats each, while Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas) gets 29 seats. Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) will contest six seats each. This marks the first time in Bihar polls history that the BJP and JD(U) are contesting the same number of seats in an alliance.

The seat-sharing deal follows extensive deliberations in Delhi and Patna involving senior NDA leaders, including BJP election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan, Vinod Tawde, and Nityanand Rai, as well as interactions with LJP, RLM, and HAM leadership. LJP chief Chirag Paswan, who had initially dema

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