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Trends so far indicate that Congress’ vote chori campaign and SIR criticism failed to cut ice with voters, while RJD’s strike rate too has taken a bigger beating compared to 2020
LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. (PTI)
The Bihar assembly election results have once again brought cheer for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which has shored up nearly 200 leads on the state’s 243 assembly seats, indicating that it is on track to post its biggest tally with an excellent strike rate.
The trends, however, paint a stark picture for the opposition alliance, Mahagathbandhan, with both the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) being blamed for bringing down the coalition’s performance.
Of the 61 seats allotted to the Grand Old Party, it is leading in just six seats as of time, down significantly from its already weak showing in 2020. The numbers represent a miniscule percentage win of 9.8 per cent in 2025 [as per trends so far] versus 27.1 per cent in 2020—a massive drop in conversion rate per contested seat.
By contrast, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)—the main partner in the alliance—is leading on 27 seats, according to the latest count. It was allotted 143 seats to contest. The RJD’s performance so far shows a 19 per cent lead-to-contested-seat ratio, highlighting an advantage over the Congress.
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, the RJD emerged as the single-largest party with 75 seats; it contested 144 seats. Five years ago, their win percentage stood at 52 per cent. That time too, the Congress delivered a weak performance. Although the Congress had been allotted 70 seats, it managed to win only 19, with a win percentage of 27.1 per cent.
The Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance secured a majority in the 243-member Assembly, driven largely by the BJP’s 74 seats, while the JD(U) won 43.
The 2025 trends so far indicate that the perceived momentum generated by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s campaign against “vote-chori,” along with the party’s targeted criticism of the ECI’s voter roll revision SIR process, appears to have fallen short of establishing the Congress as a credible political force in Bihar. It is also not good news for the RJD, whose strike rate so far has taken a far bigger beating compared to the 2020 polls.
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November 14, 2025, 10:57 IST
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