The BJP-led NDA appeared to register a landslide victory in Bihar Assembly elections 2025, opening up impressive leads in more than 200 of the state's 243 assembly seats, with latest trends also indicating that the saffron party was on track to post its biggest tally with an excellent strike rate. 
According to trends available on the Election Commission's website by noon, the BJP was set to emerge as the single-largest party with a lead in more than 90 assembly seats out of 101 it contested. Meanwhile, JD(U), which seems poised to drastically improve its tally since 2020, when it had won only 43 seats, but was now leading in more than 75. The RJD, which has been priding itself on being the "single largest party" despite being in the opposition, seems to be putting up a dismal show, with a lead in fewer than 30 seats. The Congress, which had contested 61 seats, has lived up to its reputation of being dead wood in Bihar, with a lead in less than five seats.