Bihar election key candidates results highlights: Maithili Thakur scripts history; Tejashwi Yadav wins Raghopur

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: Union Home Minister Amit Shah left the BJP headquarters after holding discussions with party workers and senior leaders. The NDA has registered a historic landslide victory in the 2025 Bihar assembly elections.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: The Congress party faced a severe blow in the 2025 Bihar assembly elections, managing to win only six seats despite contesting in 61 constituencies.

Reacting to the results, Congress MP and Mahagathbandhan leader Rahul Gandhi said he found the outcome “truly surprising”. In a post on X, he thanked voters and said the party would undertake a deep review of its performance.

Gandhi added that the Mahagathbandhan could not achieve victory in an election that was "not fair from the very beginning". He said the fight to protect the Constitution and democracy would continue and that the INDIA bloc would work to make its efforts “even more effective” going forward.

"This fight is for the protection of the Constitution and democracy. The Congress Party and the INDIA alliance will deeply review this result and make their efforts to save democracy even more effective," he said.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: As counting continues for the 2025 Bihar assembly elections, the BJP–JD(U)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has so far won 185 seats, according to official data released by the Election Commission of India.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi thanked Bihar’s voters for helping his party secure wins in five assembly seats and urged non-NDA parties to reflect on their performance. “I am grateful to the people of Bihar. Especially, I have been saying from the beginning that RJD would not be able to stop BJP. You can check my speeches. I had said that. Today also, I am appealing to those people in Bihar who have misconception about the 'MY' (Muslim and Yadav) combination," Owaisi said.

Bihar elections key candidates results LIVE: As of 8 pm, the Election Commission has declared the following results of 183 of the 243 seats in the 2025 Bihar assembly elections.

Here's how many seats each party has won so far:

BJP: 76

JD(U): 61

RJD: 17

LJP(RV): 17

Congress: 3

AIMIM: 5

HAM(S): 3

RLM: 2

CPI(ML)-L: 1

CPI(M): 1

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: The Indian National Congress faced a major loss in the Bihar election results 2025. As per ECI data, the INC has won from Forbesganj, Kishanganj and Manihari.

The party is also currently leading from Valmiki Nagar, Chanpatia and Araria.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: After announcing its solo run for the Bihar polls, AIMIM named 25 candidates for the 243-seat Bihar assembly. With the results coming in, AIMIM has won a total of five seats, retaining the number they secured in 2020.

As per ECI, the Owaisi-led party has won in Jokihat, Bahadurganj, Kochadhaman, Amour and Baisi

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: Speaking at the BJP HQ in Delhi. PM Modi hailed the result for the NDA alliance, stated that the 2025 polls is the biggest mandate for the alliance since 2010.

As per the latest NDA data, the NDA alliance has crossed the majority mark of 122. ECI data reveals that the NDA alliance members have secured at least 128 wins.

Here is where the numbers stand -

BJP - 56 wins, 25 leads

JD(U) - 48 wins, 36 leads

LJPRV - 12 wins, 7 leads,

HAMS - 2 wins, 3 leads

RSHTLKM - 1 win, 3 leads

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: BJP candidate Samrat Choudhary won the seat of Tarapur with a total of 1,22,480 votes.

He defeated RJD candidate Arun Kumar by a margin of 45,843 votes.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the NDA alliance's victory in the Bihar assembly election results. The prime minister also addressed supporters at the BJP HQ in New Delhi.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav has retained and won the Raghopur seat.

As per ECI data, the RJD leader won with a total of 1,18,597, defeating BJP's Satish Kumar by a margin of 14,532 votes.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: Bhojpuri singer and first time candidate Maithili Thakur has won from the Alinagar seat, making her the youngest MLA to be elected.

The 25-year-old debutant won with a total of 84,915 votes and a margin of 11,730.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen, led by Asaduddin Owaisi has secured four wins in the Bihar elections and is currently leading in one seat.

As per ECI data, AIMIM has won the seats of Jokihat, Bahardurganj, Kuchadhaman and Amour.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: JJD chief Tej Pratap Yadav fought the 2025 Bihar elections on a new ticket against his father's party RJD and lost.

As per ECI data, LJP Ram Vilas candidate Sanjay Kumar Singh has won the Mahua seat with a total of 87,641 votes and a margin of 44,997.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: As NDA prepares for a sweeping political win in Bihar, one of the Bharatiya Janata Party's standout candidates, Chhoti Kumari, is making headlines after emerging ahead of Bhojpuri singer-turned-politician Khesari Lal Yadav of the RJD in the Assembly polls.

According to Election Commission trends, as of around 5:30 pm, Kumari holds a lead of over 6,100 votes, indicating a strong hold for the BJP in the Chapra constituency. Read more here

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: After a turbulent counting, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav is inching closer to the victory in his home seat of Raghopur. As per the latest ECI data, after 29 rounds of counting, the MGB CM face has secured a total of 1,16,467 votes and is leading over BJP's Satish Kumar by a margin of 13,880 votes.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: As per the latest ECI trends, key NDA alliance parties have secured wins. Here's where the numbers stand -

BJP - 28 wins, 64 leads

JD(U) - 15 wins, 68 leads

RJD - 5 wins, 20 leads

LJP (RV) - 2 wins, 17 leads

Congress - 1 win, 4 leads

AIMIM - 3 wins, 2 leads

HAM - 1 win, 4 leads

CPI (ML)(L) - 1 win, 2 leads

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: Bhojpuri singer and actor Khesari Lal Yadav continues to trail in the Chapra seat.

Currently, BJP candidate Chhoti Kumari is in the lead with a margin of 7,739 votes.

Fighting on a RJD ticket, Shatrughan Yadav continues to trail in the seat.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: BJP candidate Maithili Thakur has claimed victory as the Election Commission continues to count votes for the seat of Alinagar.

Thakur is currently leading with 79,472 votes and a margin 9,874 votes. The Bhojpuri singer took to X to thank voters for trusting her and electing her as a first time MLA.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: Owaisi's AIMIM was won its first seat in the Bihar election results 2025. As per ECI, Md, Sarwar Alam was won in Kochadhaman by a margin of 23,021

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: The aggressive campaign of the INDIA bloc - known as the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, was centered around Congress leader's ‘vote chori’ (vote theft) allegations but appears to have not fallen flat with voters, as trends indicated a record National Democratic Alliance (NDA) victory in the state assembly elections 2025.

As NDA rages towards 200 seats, for the Congress, the trends are particularly sobering.

The party not only underperformed in seats it contested but also failed to emerge as a meaningful contributor to the alliance tally, with leads in just one of the 61 seats it was fighting in. Read more here

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: In the Karakat seat, independent candidate Jyoti Singh is currently trailing by a margin of over 42,000 votes.

Arun Singh from Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation is in the lead with 60,004 votes.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav has recovered massively in the counting for the Raghopur seat. As per the latest ECI data, Yadav is in the lead with 94,458 and a margin of 11,481.

Bihar election key candidates results LIVE: NDA alliance leaders BJP and the JD(U) have secured seven wins so far.

As per ECI, the BJP has won the seats of Madhuban and Sahebganj. Meanwhile, the JD(U) has won Kalyanpur, Alauli, Harnaut, Mokama and Belaganj.