Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar CM for a record 10th time after NDA wins 202 seats

Punjab First News · 20 November 2025, 2:00 PM

Nitish Kumar taking oath at a microphone during the swearing-in ceremony in Patna — Nitish Kumar takes oath as Chief Minister of Bihar in Patna on November 20 (Prime Minister's Office / Wikimedia Commons, GODL-India)

Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record 10th time on Thursday, November 20. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath at Patna's historic Gandhi Maidan.

A total of 27 ministers, including the Chief Minister and the BJP's Samrat Choudhary, took oath. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah attended the ceremony.

In results declared on November 14, the NDA won 202 of the 243 Assembly seats. The BJP emerged as the largest party with 89 seats, while the JD(U) won 85.

Among the allies, Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) won 19 seats, Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM (Secular) won five and Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Morcha won four.

The opposition Mahagathbandhan was reduced to 35 seats, with the RJD on 25 and the Congress on just six. Nitish Kumar first became Chief Minister in 2000.