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The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spectacularly swept the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections by winning 202 out of the total 243 constituency seats — well above the majority mark of 122. The BJP won 89 seats and their alliance partners Janata Dal (United) won 85.
The other parties in the NDA - Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (19 seats), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (five seats), and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (four seats) - rounded up an incredible total which dwarfed all their opponents.
The main alliance among them - the Mahagathbandhan, mainly involving the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress, were reduced to a paltry

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