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Patna: The Bihar Assembly Election 2025 has delivered a resounding mandate in favour of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which secured 202 seats, its most emphatic victory in the state in 15 years. The opposition Mahagathbandhan (MGB) was reduced to just 35 seats, underscoring the scale of the NDA’s dominance.
Here are the 20 big takeaways from the results:
The NDA’s landslide marks its strongest showing in Bihar in over a decade.
The BJP registered its best-ever assembly performance since 2010, winning 89 seats.
For the second straight election, the BJP emerged as the senior partner within the NDA alliance.
The party has consistently added 15–20 seats in each of the last two assembly contests.
The JD(U) nearly doubl

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