Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the BJP headquarters in Delhi at 6 pm on Friday. He will join the celebrations of the NDA's victory in Bihar. The NDA government is certain to form in Bihar. The BJP-JDU alliance is projected to win more than two-thirds of the seats.
The total number of seats in the Bihar Assembly is 243. 122 seats are required to form a government. The BJP and JDU contested 101 seats each. The LJP was allotted 29 seats, and HAM and RLM six seats each. The BJP is leading in 90 seats, with the JDU leading in 80, the LJP in 29, HAM in 5, and RLM in 4.
On February 8th of this year, PM Modi visited the party headquarters after winning the Delhi Assembly elections. Prior to that, Modi visited the BJP office after winning the Haryana Assembly elections, Maharashtra Assembly elections, and the Lok Sabha elections.
With a landslide victory in Bihar, the NDA is forming a government. As of 1 pm, the NDA is leading in 206 seats. The BJP is leading in 95 seats, the JDU in 82, and its allies in 29. This is the first time the BJP has become the largest party in Bihar.
This is the third time in the last 25 years that the BJP has become the largest party in the NDA. Previously, the BJP was number one in 2000 and 2020.
Nitish Kumar has become the CM in each of the last four elections, but whenever the JDU has won fewer seats, the BJP's dominance in the government has increased.
2000 Assembly Election: BJP became the largest party, but Nitish was made the CM
In 2000, no alliance won a clear majority. The NDA had the support of 151 MLAs and the RJD 159, while the majority figure was 163.
The RJD became the largest party by winning 124 seats. The BJP came in second with 67 seats, and Nitish Kumar's Samata Party came in third with 34.
At that time, the BJP was in power at the center, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister. Despite lacking a majority, Governor Vinod Chandra Pandey invited the NDA to form the government.
At the behest of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Advani, Nitish Kumar took the oath of office as Chief Minister on March 3, 2000. However, he failed to secure a majority and resigned seven days later.
2005 Assembly Election: JDU the largest party, CM and Speaker also from the same party
No party secured a majority in February 2005. President's rule was imposed in the state. Elections were held again in October 2005.
The NDA secured a clear majority with 143 seats. JDU became the largest party by winning 88 seats. The BJP secured 55 seats.
JDU's Nitish Kumar became the Chief Minister. BJP's Sushil Kumar Modi became the Deputy CM. The Speaker's post also went to JDU.
JDU received key ministries such as Home, Energy, Education, and Building Construction. The BJP received the Finance, Industry, Health, and Road Construction departments.
2010 Assembly elections: JDU again the largest party, CM and Speaker also from the same party.
In 2010, the NDA won 206 out of 243 seats. The strike rate was 84%.
JDU contested 141 seats and won 115. The strike rate was 81%.
BJP contested 102 seats and won 91. The strike rate was 89%.
Nitish Kumar once again became the Chief Minister. The post of Speaker also went to JDU.
A total of 30 ministers were sworn in, 19 from JDU and 11 from BJP.
