Purnia Assembly Election Results LIVE Updates: BJP's Vijay Kumar Khemka Leads With Wide Margin

The NDA has gone past the 150 mark, significantly crossing its 2020 tally of 125.

Vijay Kumar Khemka of the BJP is leading in the Purnia Assembly seat with 4,638 votes, giving him 66.78% of the counted votes. The early tally places Congress candidate Jitendra Kumar in second place with 2,034 votes, or 29.29%.

The JSP’s Santosh Kumar Singh has 161 votes, while BSP candidate Rajiv Kumar Roy has 28. Independent candidates Adam Azad and Lakhendar Sah have 26 and 18 votes respectively.

AAP candidate Aditya Lal has 16 votes, and independent candidates Kaneez Fatma and Ajay Swarn have 13 and 11 votes.

Exit polls for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections project a strong NDA victory with 133-167 seats (e.g., Axis My India: NDA 121-141, MGB 98-118; Today's Chanakya: NDA ~160), attributing gains to high female turnout (71.6%) and welfare schemes, while MGB trails at 70-118 seats and Jan Suraaj at 0-5, with Purnia likely staying NDA-held.

"The Purnia Lok Sabha constituency, encompassing Purnia assembly, has been an NDA bastion: Santosh Kumar (JD(U)) won in 2014 with 418,826 votes and in 2019 with 632,924 votes, while Independent Pappu Yadav triumphed in 2024 by 23,847 votes over JD(U)'s Santosh Kumar.

Hello and welcome to our live blog coverage on Bihar Assembly Elections 2025.

Polling for the Bihar Assembly election took place in two phases, with 121 constituencies voting on Nov. 6, and 122 constituencies voting on Nov. 11, 2025. Munger voted on Nov. 6.

Bihar went to the polls as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sought another term with the Janata Dal (United) as part of the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party. The INDIA alliance, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, which includes the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress, contested against the NDA across the state.