Trends point to slim majority for NDA in Bihar

November 10, 2020 23:23

Nitish Kumar with Narendra Modi

The National Democratic Alliance appeared to be heading for a majority in Bihar elections as it continued its lead over the Mahagathbandhan as election results poured in on Tuesday evening.

According to trends from the Election Commission, at press time the ruling NDA was leading on 124 seats and Mahagathbandhan on 111 seats in the 243-member assembly.

While BJP leaders said that the NDA was coming back to power in the state due to "good governance" in Bihar, a delegation of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress went to meet officials in state electoral office in Patna late on Tuesday evening alleging "tempering" in counting on several seats.

BJP state president Sanjay Jaiswal thanked people for their support to the ruling alliance.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has worked for poor in the last 6 years. Due to the good governance in Bihar, the leadership of NDA is coming back in majority again and for this I am thankful to the public," he said.

The election results have been delayed as the number of polling stations were increased from 72,723 earlier to 1,06,515, an increase of 46.5 per cent over the previous election, to ensure adherence to social distancing measures in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

The polls were held in three phases.

-- ANI

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