Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 | NDA to form govt? Key takeaways from exit poll predictions

The exit Polls on Tuesday predicted a return of the NDA government in Bihar with a big victory over the Mahagathbandhan, and a disappointing show by Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj in its debut outing.

The Bihar polls were conducted in two phases on November 6 and 11, and the results will be announced on November 14.

Here are the Key takeaways from the exit poll results from Bihar:

1. Most exit polls including Matrize, Dainik Bhaskar predicted NDA will likely get between 147-160 seats.

2. The Mahagathbandhan is predicted to get between 60-80 seats by most pollsters.

3. Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj in its debut outing is likely to come up with a disappointing show, with most pollsters predicting between 0-5 seats for them

4. The majority mark in the 243-member Assembly is 122.

5. While the NDA, comprising the BJP, JD(U) and LJP (Ram Vilas) as the major alliance partners, is looking to return to power in Bihar, the opposition INDIA bloc, which has the RJD, the Congress and the Left parties as the main constituents, is looking to form the government with RJD's Tejashwi Yadav its chief ministerial face.

A record voter turnout of 68.79 per cent was registered provisionally at close of polling in 122 seats in the second and final phase of assembly elections in Bihar on Tuesday, Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjiyal said.

In the first phase of voting on November 6, 65.08 per cent of the electorate had exercised their franchise.