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For the regional political alliance in <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, see <a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Jharkhand)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)">Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Indian political party</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;"><div style="padding-top:0.3em; padding-bottom:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #1E6914; border-bottom:2px solid #1E6914; line-height: 1;"><div class="fn org"><b>Mahagathbandhan</b></div> </div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height:1.3em;">MGB</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Party_leader" title="Party leader">Leader</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_the_opposition_in_the_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly">(Leader of opposition)</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Party_chair" title="Party chair">Chairman</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_the_opposition_in_the_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly">(Leader of opposition)</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Party_secretary" title="Party secretary">Secretary</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Md_Afaque_Alam" title="Md Afaque Alam">Md Afaque Alam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">2015<span class="noprint">; 9 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2015</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="nowrap"><b>Majority:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">Socialism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Socialism_in_India" title="Socialism in India">India</a>)<br /><b>Factions:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a><sup id="cite_ref-J.Soper_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-J.Soper-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialism" title="Democratic socialism">Democratic socialism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Leninism_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leninism-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Left-wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Left-wing">Left-wing</a><br /><b>Factions:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Centre-left" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre-left">Centre-left</a> to <a href="/wiki/Far-left" class="mw-redirect" title="Far-left">far-left</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Alliance</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">10 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #1E6914; width: 25%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> (Total-543, Bihar-40)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">7 / 16</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #1E6914; width: 44%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> (Total-245, Bihar-16)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bihar Legislative Assembly">Bihar Legislative Assembly</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">106 / 243</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #1E6914; width: 44%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Council" title="Bihar Legislative Council">Bihar Legislative Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">18 / 75</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #1E6914; width: 24%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Number of states and union territories in government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 31</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #1E6914; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #1E6914;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">Politics of India</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mahagathbandhan</b>, (<b>MGB</b>, <a href="/wiki/ISO_15919" title="ISO 15919">ISO</a>: <i>Mahāgaṭhabaṁdhana</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also known as <b>Grand Alliance</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition</a> of political parties in the Eastern state of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> in India, formed ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2015_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2015 Vidhan Sabha elections in Bihar</a>. The alliance consists of <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a> (RJD), <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC) and <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">Left</a> parties including <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (CPI), <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation</a>-CPIML (Liberation) and <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> (CPIM), with <a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a> as the chairperson. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creation_of_the_alliance_(2015-2020)"><span id="Creation_of_the_alliance_.282015-2020.29"></span>Creation of the alliance (2015-2020)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Creation of the alliance (2015-2020)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 7 June 2015, <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a> announced the RJD was joining in an alliance with the JD(U) for the election.<sup id="cite_ref-Firstpost_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Firstpost-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-economictimes.indiatimes.com_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economictimes.indiatimes.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 13 July 2015, he led a march demanding that the central government release its findings from the <a href="/wiki/Socio_Economic_Caste_Census_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Socio Economic Caste Census 2011">Socio Economic Caste Census 2011</a> (SECC) on caste.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Union Minister <a href="/wiki/Ram_Vilas_Paswan" title="Ram Vilas Paswan">Ram Vilas Paswan</a> supported a comprehensive classification of caste data of SECC 2011 before its release.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BJP Leader <a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Modi" title="Sushil Kumar Modi">Sushil Kumar Modi</a> called for a rectification of errors in the cases of 1.46 crore people in India, including 1.75 lakh in Bihar, before releasing the caste data.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 August, incumbent <a href="/wiki/Chief_minister" title="Chief minister">Chief Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a> declared that he would not stand in the election.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 August, he announced the seat-sharing formula, according to which JD(U) and RJD will contest 100 seats each, while Congress will contest 40 seats in Bihar.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NCP pulled out of this alliance later.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 September, Nitish Kumar announced the list of 242 candidates for the JDU-RJD-INC alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> OBCs were most favoured in the alliance ticket distribution plan.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 10% of tickets were allotted to women candidate by the alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nitish Kumar was the declared chief ministerial candidate for the <i>Mahagathbandhan</i> (Grand Alliance). Kumar started his <i>Har Ghar Dastak</i> (door-to-door) campaign on 2 July.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially there were definite political overtures when both <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a> shared stage together in a public<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> event commemorating former chief minister <a href="/wiki/Satyendra_Narayan_Sinha" title="Satyendra Narayan Sinha">Satyendra Narain Sinha</a>'s birth anniversary that witnessed veiled attacks on each other, the last time<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they did it in public. <a href="/wiki/Prashant_Kishor" title="Prashant Kishor">Prashant Kishor</a> was a key election strategist for the alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Mahagathbandhan contested in Bihar legislative assembly elections of 2015 against <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> and its key allies <a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Lok Janshakti Party">Lok Janshakti Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtriya Lok Samata Party">Rashtriya Lok Samata Party</a>. The Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies lost badly making the way for JD (U)+RJD+Congress to triumph with 178 out of 243 seats. The BJP and its allies managed to get only 58 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dissent_and_defection_(2020-2022)"><span id="Dissent_and_defection_.282020-2022.29"></span>Dissent and defection (2020-2022)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Dissent and defection (2020-2022)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After successfully winning the elections of 2015, the defection in Mahagathbandhan occurred with alleged attempt of <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a> leaders to break Janata Dal (United) elected legislators. <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a>, the then leader of JD(U) and the Chief Minister for fifth time<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was thus forced to join the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> and NDA once again to secure the interest of his parties.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the entry of JD (U) made other allies of Bhartiya Janata Party embarrassed . Thus the rival party of JD (U), <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtriya Lok Samata Party">Rashtriya Lok Samata Party</a> drifted away with its leader <a href="/wiki/Upendra_Kushwaha" title="Upendra Kushwaha">Upendra Kushwaha</a> from the hold of NDA. The drifting away of <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtriya Lok Samata Party">Rashtriya Lok Samata Party</a> created uncertainties in the camp of National Democratic Alliance over shifting of the support of <a href="/wiki/Koeri" title="Koeri">Koeri</a> caste on whom RLSP was thought to have strong hold.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But in 2019 <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">General Elections</a> the JD(U) balanced the loss incurred due to the defection of Upendra Kushwaha and Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United) secured victory over the putatively put alliance of <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rastriya Janata Dal">RJD</a>+<a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samta_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Samta Party">RLSP</a>+<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a>+<a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">HAM</a>+<a href="/wiki/Vikassheel_Insaan_Party" title="Vikassheel Insaan Party">VIP</a> parties. Subsequently, <a href="/wiki/Vikassheel_Insaan_Party" title="Vikassheel Insaan Party">VIP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">HAM</a> switched to the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samta_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Samta Party">RLSP</a> merged with <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_power_(2022-2023)"><span id="Return_to_power_.282022-2023.29"></span>Return to power (2022-2023)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Return to power (2022-2023)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2022, <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Awam_Morcha" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindustan Awam Morcha">Hindustan Awam Morcha</a> joined again to form <a href="/wiki/Majority" title="Majority">2/3rd Majority</a> <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Bihar" title="Government of Bihar">government</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bihar Legislative Assembly">Bihar Legislative Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-newindianexpress.com_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newindianexpress.com-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Departure_of_the_JD(U)_(2024)"><span id="Departure_of_the_JD.28U.29_.282024.29"></span>Departure of the JD(U) (2024)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Departure of the JD(U) (2024)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 28, 2024, <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> officially left the Mahagathbandhan to join the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a> for the third time, with the RJD's candidate and leader of the Mahagathbandhan, <a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a> was no longer the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. The political crisis was caused by Nitish Kumar feeling "insulted" by the Mahagathbandhan and the larger <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_members">Current members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Current members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Ideology </th> <th>Legislative Assembly </th> <th>Legislative Council </th> <th>Lok Sabha </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #056D05"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">Socialism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secularism" title="Secularism">Secularism</a> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">74 / 243</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #056D05; width: 30%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">14 / 75</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #056D05; width: 19%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #056D05; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #19AAED"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_liberalism" title="Social liberalism">Social liberalism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secularism" title="Secularism">Secularism</a>, <p><a href="/wiki/Civic_nationalism" title="Civic nationalism">Civic nationalism</a> </p> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">17 / 243</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #19AAED; width: 7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 75</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #19AAED; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #19AAED; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #C41301"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism" title="Marxism–Leninism">Marxism–Leninism</a> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">12 / 243</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #C41301; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 75</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #C41301; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #C41301; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism" title="Marxism–Leninism">Marxism–Leninism</a> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 243</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #f50222; width: 0.8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 75</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #f50222; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td rowspan="4"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marxism" title="Marxism">Marxism</a> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 243</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #cc0d0d; width: 0.8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0000ff"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vikassheel_Insaan_Party" title="Vikassheel Insaan Party">Vikassheel Insaan Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Social Democracy">Social Democracy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Progressivism" title="Progressivism">Progressivism</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 75</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Total</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">106 / 243</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #1E6914; width: 44%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">18 / 75</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #1E6914; width: 24%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">10 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #1E6914; width: 25%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_Performance">Electoral Performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Electoral Performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_General_Election_results_(In_Bihar_)"><span id="Indian_General_Election_results_.28In_Bihar_.29"></span>Indian General Election results (In Bihar )</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Indian General Election results (In Bihar )"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#1E6914;">Year </th> <th style="background-color:#1E6914">Seats won/<br /> Seats contested </th> <th style="background-color:#1E6914">Change in Seats </th> <th style="background-color:#1E6914">Voteshare (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#1E6914">+/- (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#1E6914">Popular vote </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Bihar" title="2024 Indian general election in Bihar">2024</a> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">10 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #1E6914; width: 25%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9 </td> <td>38% </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1,75,61,094 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Past_members">Past members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Past members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width:30px;">Party </th> <th style="width:80px;">Base State </th> <th style="width:60px;">Year of withdrawal </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#999966; text-align: center;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samta_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Samta Party">Rashtriya Lok Samta Party</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F5D62A; text-align: center;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">Hindustani Awam Morcha</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#003366; text-align: center;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">2024 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Jharkhand)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)">Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Vikas_Aghadi" title="Maha Vikas Aghadi">Maha Vikas Aghadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Democratic_Secular_Front" title="Grand Democratic Secular Front">Grand Democratic Secular Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democratic_Alliance_(Bihar)" title="Progressive Democratic Alliance (Bihar)">Progressive Democratic Alliance (Bihar)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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