Bihar 2025: NDA Wins 202 Seats in a Landslide Victory, Dharmendra Pradhan Emerges as Key Architect

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has achieved a landslide victory in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, securing 202 out of 243 seats, a powerful mandate that media outlets and political analysts describe as historic and deeply significant for both the state and the national political landscape. This remarkable win builds on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development-driven narrative and strong outreach to women and youth, whom he credited in his victory speech, while Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s steady governance and credibility at the local level emerged as a major factor in consolidating voter trust.

Central to this success was the strategic leadership of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who was the architect of the NDA’s campaign. He not only oversaw a smooth and balanced seat-sharing formula—where both BJP and JD(U) contested 101 seats each, and smaller allies like LJP (Ram Vilas), HAM and RLM were accommodated in a formula linked to their Lok Sabha strength —but was also instrumental in designing the alliance’s micro-level electoral machinery. His strategy emphasized grassroots mobilisation, data-backed voter targeting, and disciplined alliance management, contributing decisively to the NDA’s dominance across Bihar’s diverse constituencies. Observers note that Pradhan’s political engineering marshalled caste coalitions, mobilised women voters through welfare outreach, and reclaimed narratives around “law and order” rooted in voters’ memories of earlier political volatility.

Moreover, the NDA’s campaign capitalized on a narrative of continuity and stability: welfare schemes, especially those benefiting women, were front and center, while fears of “jungle-raj” under opposition rule were revived to galvanize support across caste and demographic lines. The “one MP, six MLAs” seat allocation model—benefitting Chirag Paswan’s LJP in particular—demonstrated a savvy internal bargain that kept the alliance cohesive.

The opposition, primarily the Mahagathbandhan, struggled to mount a counter-narrative; competing factions failed to break through, and key challengers like Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj saw limited traction. Ultimately, the NDA’s sweeping win confirms a clear message from Bihar’s electorate: a mandate for governance continuity, economic development, and a politics centred around social coalition-building — all orchestrated by a disciplined strategizing team led by Modi, Nitish, and Pradhan.