The Bihar legislative assembly elections in October–November 2015 as the tenure of the current Legislative Assembly of Bihar ends on November 29, 2015. Initially, the Janata Parivar group (a group of six parties- Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)), announced to fight the election jointly under Nitish Kumar's leadership which was joined by the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party. But later the group was left by all except JD(U), RJD and INC. On the other hand, Bharatiya Janata Party led NDA front is fighting election alongside the Lok Janshakti Party, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Hindustani Awam Morcha. All Left parties fight under the banner of Left Front.