Bihar Meeting Elections 2025: The Election Fee has introduced that Bihar’s 243 Meeting seats will go to polls in two phases, November 6 and November 11, with counting set for November 14.
As Bihar gears up for the upcoming Meeting elections, Jan Suraaj Occasion founder Prashant Kishor has introduced that his occasion will contest all 243 seats by itself, ruling out any alliance with different political formations. Talking in Patna, Kishor stated the record of candidates shall be launched on October 9. “Jan Suraaj has at all times stated that we’re not getting into into any alliance. We are going to combat on all seats, and if the folks bless us, we’ll work to remodel Bihar,” he said confidently.
Kishor additionally took a dig on the ruling coalition, declaring that “one factor is certain- the NDA authorities shall be gone on November 14,” the day when votes are scheduled to be counted.
‘Vote for Bihar’s future, not leaders’
Emphasizing the occasion’s long-term imaginative and prescient, Kishor stated the Bihar elections shouldn’t be seen as a contest between leaders however as a choice concerning the state’s youth and their future. “Voting won’t be for Lalu or for Prashant Kishor. Folks will vote for his or her kids, for higher schooling, jobs, and a brand new Bihar. Our imaginative and prescient is that within the subsequent 10 years, Bihar must be among the many 10 main states of the nation,” he stated.
Kishor framed the upcoming elections as a generational alternative to maneuver past outdated political loyalties and give attention to progress, schooling, and employment as pillars of progress.
Election schedule and political panorama
The Election Fee has introduced that Bihar’s 243 Meeting seats will go to polls in two phases, November 6 and November 11, with counting set for November 14. The state’s political panorama stays fluid, as shifting alliances and inside frictions proceed to form each main coalitions.
At present, the NDA holds 131 seats- comprising BJP (80), JD(U) (45), Hindustan Awami Morcha (4), and two Independents. The opposition Mahagathbandhan controls 111 seats- RJD (77), Congress (19), CPI(ML) (11), CPI(M) (2), and CPI (2).
A 3-cornered contest
This 12 months’s Bihar polls are anticipated to witness a triangular contest among the many NDA, the INDIA bloc, and Prashant Kishor’s newly rising Jan Suraaj Occasion. Political observers imagine Jan Suraaj may turn out to be a key think about figuring out the result, significantly in constituencies the place conventional alliances are dealing with voter fatigue.
Within the 2020 Meeting elections, RJD emerged as the one largest occasion with 75 seats, adopted carefully by the BJP with 74- each sustaining robust voter bases. The entry of Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj provides a contemporary dimension to Bihar’s political area, fueling anticipation of a tightly fought race the place smaller events and new gamers may considerably affect authorities formation.