The Left parties of the Mahagathbandhan – CPI, CPI(ML) Liberation and CPI(M) – seem to be facing a setback when compared to their performance in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections.
Though the counting of votes is still on and the official results of the Bihar Assembly elections 2025 are yet to come in, the NDA is all set for a thumping win, with close to 200 seats in the 243-member assembly. The BJP looks likely to emerge as the single largest party in the state as it is leading in around 90 seats, with ally JD(U) coming a close second at around 80. The NDA had won 125 seats in the last assembly polls.
The Mahagathbandhan, on the other hand, stands decimated, leading in only around 35 seats – a steep fall from the 110 seats it won in 2020.
It reflected in the performance of the Left parties, too, which contested 33 seats this time in Bihar.
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In the last assembly polls, the Left parties contested 29 seats and won 16 – arguably their best performance in over two decades. While the CPI (ML) Liberation won 12 of the 19 seats it contested, the CPI(M) won two of the four and CPI won two of six. Overall, the parties got a vote share of around 4.7 per cent.
So, expectations were high this time, particularly since the RJD and Congress were under pressure. While the CPI (ML) Liberation contested six seats, CPI and CPI(M) fought one each.
However, the Left parties were leading in only three assembly seats, according to the Election Commission. CPI (ML) Liberation is leading in Paliganj (Sandeep Saurav) and Ghosi (Rambali Singh Yadav), while the CPI(M) is leading in Bibhutipur (Ajay Kumar). The vote share is hovering around the four percentage mark.
