O Womaniya! Bihar’s 2025 verdict is written by women: How female voters and leaders rewrote every rule of the election

The 2025 Bihar elections delivered a strong mandate for the NDA. MLAs are wealthier and slightly older. A significant trend was the historic rise of women voters, who outnumbered men at the polls. Women-centric welfare schemes tilted the mandate in favour of the NDA, marking women as a decisive political force in the state's future.