{"id":15100,"date":"2025-09-24T08:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T08:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/bihar-polls-jdu-bags-102-bjp-gets-101-as-ndas-seat-sharing-talks-near-final-stage-exclusive-elections-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T08:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T08:11:56","slug":"bihar-polls-jdu-bags-102-bjp-gets-101-as-ndas-seat-sharing-talks-near-final-stage-exclusive-elections-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/bihar-polls-jdu-bags-102-bjp-gets-101-as-ndas-seat-sharing-talks-near-final-stage-exclusive-elections-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bihar Polls: JD(U) Bags 102, BJP Gets 101 As NDA&#8217;s Seat-Sharing Talks Near Final Stage | Exclusive | Elections News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9593118\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">September 24, 2025, 17:25 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9593118\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3068617712 asubttl-schema\">Sources in BJP suggest Chirag Paswan wants 40 seats but the alliance may not be in a position to part with more than 20 seats<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artsharwrp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"jsx-91f4da8d48c13a79 gglebtn bggrn\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" title=\"font\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3068617712 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The arithmetic has been reached keeping in mind Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar\u2019s insistence of \u201cat least one more seat than BJP\u201d. (PTI)\" title=\"The arithmetic has been reached keeping in mind Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar\u2019s insistence of \u201cat least one more seat than BJP\u201d. (PTI)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3068617712\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The arithmetic has been reached keeping in mind Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar\u2019s insistence of \u201cat least one more seat than BJP\u201d. (PTI)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">As Bihar heads toward its high-stakes assembly polls in a few months, the contours of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seat-sharing formula are almost settled. Sources suggest that the BJP and Janata Dal (United) have reached a consensus, with a formal announcement expected soon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">According to the emerging formula, JD(U) is likely to contest on 102 seats, while the BJP will get 101. The arithmetic has been reached keeping in mind Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar\u2019s insistence of \u201cat least one more seat than BJP&#8221;. Meanwhile, Chirag Paswan\u2019s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is expected to be allotted 20 seats, say sources. The distribution marks a slight recalibration from the 2020 assembly elections, when JD(U) had fielded candidates on 115 seats and BJP on 110. Smaller allies then\u2014Jitan Ram Manjhi\u2019s HAM and Mukesh Sahni\u2019s VIP\u2014were given seven and 11 seats, respectively.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">Chirag Paswan on Monday asserted that his party would not accept anything less than a respectable number of seats, without making it clear what number his party would consider \u201crespectable&#8221;. \u201cWe will not compromise on a respectable number of seats allocated to our party,&#8221; he said. Sources in BJP suggest Paswan wants 40 seats but the alliance may not be in a position to part with more than 20 seats.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">The current arrangement underscores the continuing centrality of the JD(U)-BJP axis in the NDA\u2019s Bihar strategy, even as the alliance\u2019s composition evolves. Political observers note that despite occasional strains, JD(U) and the BJP remain indispensable to each other in the state\u2019s electoral arithmetic.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to hold meetings with key leaders from all districts of Bihar on September 24 and 25 for candidate selection. During the two-day meeting, state president Dilip Jaiswal will get an overall sense of the organisation as well as which seats allies are not ready to part with, come what may. Official seat-sharing talks among NDA partners will take place only after October 3. Sources say, once the bigger parties are finalised, seat allocations for smaller allies will take place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anindya Banerjee\" title=\"Anindya Banerjee\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/11\/anindya-banerjee-2023-11-d7d7a3f5495bf7808f56d527d20041ea.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/anindya-banerjee-27073.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Anindya Banerjee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anindya Banerjee, Associate Editor brings over fifteen years of journalistic courage to the forefront. 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