Published on : 14 Nov 2025, 10:11 am

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has won the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections and a large part of the credit, according to observers, goes to women voters who opted for the Alliance. A slew of political initiatives by incumbent chief minister Nitish Kumar has made Bihar’s women his loyal vote bank.

Topping the list is, of course, the popular Dus Hazari (‘Ten Thousand’) cash benefit scheme specifically aimed towards the state’s women. But that is not all.

With 35 million voters, half of Bihar’s electorate, women play a decisive role in elections. Women in Bihar outvoted men by 8.8 per cent in the 2025 assembly polls. There were 4.4 million more women voters this time, than the last polls in 2020, according to Election Commission data.

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