India, Nov. 16 -- The scale of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s sweep and the Mahagathbandhan (MGB)'s collapse comprehensively tells the story of the 2025 Bihar assembly polls: Every division that once mattered in the analysis of election results in the state has been flattened.

While the NDA's constituents lifted each other and breached the Opposition's strongholds, every MGB partner dragged the alliance down. The result? The Congress and Left together could not cross double-digits in terms of seats won. MGB deputy chief minister (CM) candidate Mukesh Sahani's Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) didn't win even one. Even Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)'s Tejashwi Yadav - the Opposition alliance's CM face - struggled to win his party's trad...