Mahagathbandhan Decimated In Bihar, RJD Loses Two-Third Strength, Congress Reduced To 6 MLAs
In 2020, the RJD had emerged as the single-largest party, winning 75 out of 144 seats with a strike rate of 52%.
Mahagathbandhan's hopes of a comeback in Bihar took a nosedive, as the BJP-JD(U)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) retained power with a landslide mandate. The coalition has won 202 out of the 243 seats.
The Mahagathbandhan, on the other hand, has been restricted to only 35 seats. This marks a dramatic fall from the 2020 election, when the opposition alliance had won 114 seats.
The extent of the RJD’s setback is particularly stark. The party has won only 25 seats, which is only a third as compared to the 75 seats it won in 2020.
The Congress, too, has delivered one of its weakest performances in the state. Contesting 61 seats this time, the party won only six. Its performance had been poorer than 2020, when it won 19 of the 70 seats allotted to it.
Psephologist Amitabh Tiwari summed up the scale of the setback, pointing to an unusual surge in support from women voters for the NDA. “The margin seems to be 20-30% over the opposition. BJP and JDU each are more than the entire Mahagathbandhan's vote share. It shows the scale of the victory,” he said.
Meanwhile, the NDA’s strength outperforms its 2020 dominance, when the coalition secured a majority with the BJP winning 74 seats and the JD(U) 43.
