Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record 10th time on 20 November 2025 at Gandhi Maidan, Patna.
The ceremony was attended by PM Narendra Modi, Union ministers, and several NDA Chief Ministers. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oath.
A total of 26 NDA ministers were sworn in — 14 BJP, 8 JD(U), 2 LJP (Ram Vilas), and 1 each from HAM(S) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
Kumar was unanimously chosen as leader of both the JD(U) Legislature Party and the NDA Legislature Party. The BJP named Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha as its Legislature Party leader and deputy leader.
The 2025 Assembly elections saw the NDA win 202 of 243 seats, its second time crossing 200 seats. Among them, BJP won 89, JD(U) 85, LJP(R) 19, HAM(S) 5, and RLM 4. The opposition secured far fewer seats: RJD 25, Congress 6, CPI(ML)L 2, CPI(M) 1, and AIMIM 5, BSP 1, IIP 1.
Voting took place in two phases (6 & 11 November) and recorded a historic 67.13% turnout, with women voting more (71.6%) than men (62.8%).
