Bihar Assembly Elections | NDA has clear edge in tough fight

Bihar’s voters saved the National Democratic Alliance and Mahagathbandhan events on tenterhooks for many of Tuesday, however counting traits late at night time pointed to a slim however clear edge for the NDA.

Till 1.24 a.m. IST on November 11, outcomes for 231 of the 243 seats had been declared on the EC web site. Votes continued to be counted, with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) gained/main in 75 seats and the BJP operating shut at 74. The Janata Dal (United) was forward in 43 seats, whereas the Congress (19 leads) and the Left events with 16 seats made the competitors stiffer.

Overall, the NDA was forward with 125 wins/leads, whereas the Mahagathbandhan has gained or main in 110 seats in a tantalisingly shut election. The magic majority quantity is 122.

The All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has gained 5 seats and the BSP and an Independent one seat every. According to the Election Commission, a complete of 4.11 crore votes have been solid in the Assembly ballot.

At least three Ministers in the Nitish Kumar authorities have been dealing with defeat whereas the CPI-ML (Liberation), a first-time RJD ally, put in a creditable efficiency, successful in 12 of the 19 seats that have been allotted to it.

In districts of central and western Bihar resembling Bhojpur, Jehanabad, Aurangabad and Rohtas, the RJD gave the impression to be doing effectively, whereas in Mithilanchal and south-eastern areas resembling Darbhanga, Madhubani, Champaran, Jamui and Munger districts, BJP candidates have been forward.

BJP assured

“People of Bihar have blessed us again and we’re thankful to them for this… NDA under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done well and we will form the government again in the State,” State BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal instructed reporters.

Later, after a gathering of prime Bihar BJP leaders convened at senior State social gathering chief Sushil Kumar Modi’s residence, each Mr. Modi and social gathering’s State in-charge Bhupendra Yadav left to satisfy Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at his official residence.

At the RJD headquarters, social gathering staff remained glued to televisions screens hoping that the quantity would flip in their favour when the ultimate outcomes on all 243 seats would come.

“According to our real-time data, we are ahead on 84 seats. At many places, even postal votes have not been counted. Please don’t lose heart till the last minute,” the official RJD deal with tweeted.

Late in the night, the RJD alleged that the Chief Minister and others have been placing stress on district officers to comprise the Mahagatbandhan at “105-110 seats”.

“A change of government is certain. I am convinced that you will see [a] change of government [in Bihar],” RJD chief and spokesperson Manoj Jha instructed reporters in Patna.

Political fortunes see-sawed via the day. BJP chief and minister in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet, Suresh Kumar Sharma, misplaced the ballot from Muzaffarpur. JD(U) chief Chandrika Rai, who’s the estranged father-in-law of Tej Pratap Yadav, elder son of Lalu Prasad, misplaced from Parsa in Saran district whereas Tej Pratap Yadav gained from Hasanpur in Samastipur district defeating his nearest rival of the JD(U) Rajkumar Rai by over 20,000 votes.

Senior RJD chief Abdul Bari Siddiqui, nevertheless, couldn’t win his seat from Keoti. Former MP and Jan Adhikar Party chief Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, too, misplaced the ballot from Madhepura. Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) president Jitan Ram Manjhi, an NDA ally, defeated his rival and former State Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhury from Imamganj in Gaya district.

Imprisoned bahubali (strongman), Anant Singh, who contested on an RJD ticket this time, gained from the Mokama.

Among different smaller events who had fought the polls, the AIMIM was main in 5 seats in the seemanchal, or border, constituencies in Kishanganj, Purnia, Araria and Katihar districts. The Plurals Party chief Pushpam Priya misplaced from Bankipore which was retained by sitting BJP MLA Nitin Navin. Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), and one other 11 political events, who had made their debut in the State Assembly polls, didn’t win even a single seat.