Bihar Assembly polls: NDA seals seat-sharing deal, BJP and JD(U) to contest 101 seats each

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday announced its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, with the BJP and JD(U) contesting on 101 seats each, while the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has been allotted 29, and both Rashtriya Lok Morcha and Hindustani Awam Morcha six seats each, ANI reported.

JD(U) National Working President Sanjay Kumar Jha confirmed the distribution, describing the process as smooth and collaborative.

“We NDA allies have completed the distribution of seats in a cordial atmosphere,” he said. “All workers and leaders of NDA parties warmly welcome this. Bihar is ready, once again NDA government," Jha wrote on X.

Chirag Paswan's party gets 29, six each for Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha," he added.

हम NDA के साथियों ने सौहार्दपूर्ण वातावरण में सीटों का वितरण पूर्ण किया है।

JDU - 101
BJP - 101
LJP(R)- 29
RLM - 06
HAM - 06

एनडीए के सभी दलों के नेता और कार्यकर्ता साथी इसका हर्ष के साथ स्वागत करते हैं और मुख्यमंत्री @NitishKumar जी को प्रचंड बहुमत के साथ फिर से…

— Sanjay Kumar Jha (@SanjayJhaBihar) October 12, 2025

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan echoed the sentiment on X, writing: “We NDA allies have completed the distribution of seats in a cordial atmosphere… All workers and leaders of NDA parties warmly welcome this. Bihar is ready, once again NDA government.”

हम एनडीए के साथियों ने सौहार्दपूर्ण वातावरण में सीटों का वितरण पूर्ण किया।

BJP – 101
JDU – 101
LJP (R) – 29
RLM – 06
HAM – 06

एनडीए के सभी दलों के कार्यकर्ता और नेता इसका हर्षपूर्वक स्वागत करते हैं।

बिहार है तैयार,
फिर से एनडीए सरकार।#NDA4Bihar ✌️

— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) October 12, 2025

Battle for Bihar: NDA's matrix
The announcement marks the formal beginning of the NDA’s campaign strategy in Bihar, with the alliance aiming to consolidate its support base and reclaim power in the state.

The announcement comes a day after senior BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda, met with state and ally leaders on Saturday to discuss the Bihar polls. BJP state unit chief Dilip Jaiswal had indicated then that the seat-sharing formula with NDA partners would be announced by Sunday.

“All is well in the NDA and the seat share of the allies will be announced today or by tomorrow at 11 am,” Jaiswal told reporters on Saturday. “Everything has been decided in the NDA. The NDA is moving forward with firm unity. All is well. I think the central leadership will make an announcement this evening or by 11 am tomorrow.”

Ahead of the final announcement, discussions were reportedly on with Hindustan Awam Morcha (Secular) supremo Jitan Ram Manjhi and Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha, while the seat-sharing formula with JD(U) and LJP (Ram Vilas) was nearly finalised. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said all allies had expressed their views and were “happy,” with “nobody having any kind of resentment.”

HAM(S)’s national general secretary Rajesh Pandey added, “We have expressed our views before the senior leadership of the BJP… We have all the options open. There is an old saying that no one is anyone's friend in politics, no one is anyone's enemy.” Meanwhile, the central parliamentary board of the LJP (RV) authorised party chief Chirag Paswan to take all decisions on the party’s seat allocation.