Bihar Assembly Election 2020

Elections for the 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly are scheduled to be held later this year. Although the Election Commission is yet to announce the schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections 2020, it is expected the polls will be held in October-November this year. Currently, the state is ruled by Nitish Kumar-led JDU-BJP coalition. The state has four major players - two regional parties and two national parties. Nitish Kumar's JDU and Lalu Yadav's RJD are the prominent regional parties, while BJP and Congress are the other two national parties with a significant, yet not enough, voter base. The BJP has already announced to contest the elections together with NDA constituents JDU and Ramvilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party. Nitish Kumar will be their chief ministerial candidate. On the other hand, the Congress party is likely to fight the elections in alliance with Lalu Prasad's RJD. Lalu's son Tejashwi Yadav is their probable face for CM.