The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has secured a thumping majority in the Bihar Assembly elections, winning 202 seats in the 243-member House. The results for all the constituencies were declared by the Election Commission last night. A party or an alliance needs 122 seats to form the government in the state.
The BJP emerged as the largest party, winning 89 seats. Its ally, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United), won 85 seats, while Union Minister Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) bagged 19 seats. Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), headed by former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, won five seats, while Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Morcha bagged four seats.
Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, and state ministers Prem Kumar, Maheshwar Hazari and Sanjay Saraogi, and BJP’s Maithili Thakur were among prominent winners from the NDA camp.
The RJD-led Mahagathbandhan managed to win only 35 seats.The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) bagged 25 seats, while the Congress won six seats, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation two seats and the CPI(M) and Indian Inclusive Party bagged one seat each. Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM won five seats, while the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) got one seat.
RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan’s Chief Ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav and CPI(ML) Liberation’s Sandeep Saurav were among prominent winners from the opposition camp. Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj party failed to secure any seats in the Bihar elections. The state registered a historic voter turnout of 67.13 per cent in the two-phase elections held on 6th and 11th of this month.
