By fighting Bihar polls has the Opposition undermined its claims

Bihar’s main Opposition party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, is headed for its second-worst performance in the state Assembly elections, with trends as of 5.30 pm showing it leading in 26 seats.

In 2010, the party had won 22 seats.

The RJD is part of the Mahagathbandhan, which also comprises the Congress, the Vikassheel Insaan Party and three Left parties – the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) – along with the newly formed Indian Inclusive Party.

The RJD was the single-largest party in the state in 2020 with 75 seats and a 23.5% vote share.

According to the current trends in the 2025 elections, the Tejashwi Yadav-led party has received a higher vote share than its rivals: the Bharatiya Janata Party and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), both part of the National Democratic Alliance.

Read Scroll’s ground reports from Bihar here.

The RJD, which contested 143 seats in the 243-member Assembly, has so far secured a vote share of 22.81% which is 2.33% more than the BJP and 3.79% more than the JD(U).

The BJP and the JD(U) contested 101 seats each.

Yadav, the chief ministerial face of the Opposition Mahagathbandhan, is leading in his Raghopur seat. He has received 1,16,467 votes and is ahead of the BJP’s Satish Kumar by 13,880 votes.

Among the Mahagathbandhan parties, the Congress had won one seat and was ahead in four, the CPI(ML) Liberation in one, and the CPI in one.

Meanwhile, the ruling NDA is leading in 206 seats, with the BJP had won 19 seats and was ahead in 72, while the JD(U) had won 10 seats and was leading in 74. The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) had won one and was leading in 19, Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha clinched one and was ahead in four, and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha in four.

Follow the Bihar Assembly elections result here.

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