In Bihar Assembly Election Results 2020, the NDA was declared a winner. In about two decades to win the Bihar elections, the NDA edged past the Mahagathbandhan with the BJP and emerged as the dominant partner for the first time. The NDA pulled ahead with 125 seats against the Grand Alliance’s 110 within the 243-member Assembly.
According to the Constitution of India, the Governor is the de jure head of the state and therefore the Chief Minister is the de facto that’s the executive authority lies with the Chief Minister.
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The Chief Minister is appointed by the Governor whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Important is they have the confidence of the assembly. Usually, the term of the Chief Minister is of five years and there are no limits to the number of terms they can serve.
The first Chief Minister of Bihar was Sri Krishna Sinha and the shortest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar was Satish Prasad Singh.
Check out the whole list of the Chief Ministers of Bihar
| Name of the Chief Minister | From | To | Name of the Party |
| Nitish Kumar | 22 Feb 2015 | Incumbent | JD(U) |
| Jitan Ram Manjhi | 20 May 2014 | 22 Feb 2015 | JD(U) |
| Nitish Kumar | 24 Nov 2005 | 19 May 2014 | JD(U) |
| President’s rule | 7 Mar 2005 | 24 Nov 2005 | Â – |
| Rabri Devi | 11 Mar 2000 | 6 Mar 2005 | RJD |
| Nitish Kumar | 3 Mar 2000 | 10 Mar 2000 | JD(U) |
| Rabri Devi | 9 Mar 1999 | 2 Mar 2000 | RJD |
| President’s rule | 11 Feb 1999 | 9 Mar 1999 | Â – |
| Rabri Devi | 25 Jul 1997 | 11 Feb 1999 | RJD |
| Lalu Prasad Yadav | 4 Apr 1995 | 25 Jul 1997 | JD, RJD |
| President’s rule | 28 Mar 1995 | 4 Apr 1995 | Â – |
| Lalu Prasad Yadav | 10 Mar 1990 | 28 Mar 1995 | JD |
| Jagannath Mishra | 6 Dec 1989 | 10 Mar 1990 | INC (I) |
| Satyendra Narayan Sinha | 11 Mar 1989 | 6 Dec 1989 | INC (I) |
| Bhagwat Jha Azad | 14 Feb 1988 | 10 Mar 1989 | INC (I) |
| Bindeshwari Dubey | 12 Mar 1985 | 13 Feb 1988 | INC (I) |
| Chandrashekhar Singh | 14 Aug 1983 | 12 Mar 1985 | INC (I) |
| Jagannath Mishra | 8 Jun 1980 | 14 Aug 1983 | INC (I) |
| President’s rule | 17 Feb 1980 | 8 Jun 1980 | – |
| Ram Sundar Das | 21 Apr 1979 | 17 Feb 1980 | JNP |
| Karpoori Thakur | 24 Jun 1977 | 21 Apr 1979 | JNP |
| President’s rule | 30 Apr 1977 | 24 Jun 1977 | – |
| Jagannath Mishra | 11 Apr 1975 | 30 Apr 1977 | INC |
| Abdul Ghafoor | 2 Jul 1973 | 11 Apr 1975 | INC |
| Kedar Pandey | 19 Mar 1972 | 2 Jul 1973 | INC |
| President’s rule | 9 Jan 1972 | 19 Mar 1972 | – |
| Bhola Paswan Shastri | 2 Jun 1971 | 9 Jan 1972 | INC |
| Karpoori Thakur | 22 Dec 1970 | 2 Jun 1971 | Socialist Party |
| Daroga Prasad Rai | 16 Feb 1970 | 22 Dec 1970 | INC |
| President’s rule | 6 Jul 1969 | 16 Feb 1970 | – |
| Bhola Paswan Shastri | 22 Jun 1969 | 4 Jul 1969 | INC (O) |
| Harihar Singh | 26 Feb 1969 | 22 Jun 1969 | INC |
| President’s rule | 29 Jun 1968 | 26 Feb 1969 | – |
| Bhola Paswan Shastri | 22 Mar 1968 | 29 Jun 1968 | INC (O) |
| B. P. Mandal | 1 Feb 1968 | 2 Mar 1968 | INC |
| Satish Prasad Singh | 28 Jan 1968 | 1 Feb 1968 | INC |
| Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | 5 Mar 1967 | 28 Jan 1968 | JKD |
| K. B. Sahay | 2 Oct 1963 | 5 Mar 1967 | INC |
| Binodanand Jha | 18 Feb 1961 | 2 Oct 1963 | INC |
| Deep Narayan Singh | 1 Feb 1961 | 18 Feb 1961 | INC |
| Krishna Singh | 2 Apr 1946 | 31 Jan 1961 | INC |
About Nitish Kumar
He is the current Chief Minister of Bihar. He was elected as the first Chief Minister of the divided Bihar. He remained only for just 8 days as Chief Minister in his very first stint. After the 2005 assembly elections, he was elected as the Chief Minister of the state and again in 2010 elections. In 2014, he gave up his office due to his party Janata Dal United’s poor performance in the parliamentary elections that year and this made the way for Jitan Ram Manjhi. In February 2015, the JD(U) expelled Jitan Ram Manjhi from the primary membership of the party and Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar again.
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