PATNA, Nov 14: The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has taken a commanding lead in the early trends of the Bihar Assembly election counting, currently leading in 166 seats, surpassing the majority mark of 122, according to the Election Commission.
The INDIA bloc, consisting of various opposition parties, lags significantly, showing leads in only 59 of the 243 seats. Officials noted that these figures may fluctuate as additional rounds of counting remain pending.
In the NDA’s strong performance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leads in 72 seats, followed closely by Janata Dal (United) in 71 seats, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) with 18 seats, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) in four, and Rashtriya Loktantrik Morcha in one seat.
The performance of the INDIA bloc reveals the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ahead in 43 seats, while the Congress party leads in eight, CPI(ML)-Liberation in six, and both CPI and CPI(M) in one seat each.
The Jan Suraaj Party, founded by political strategist Prashant Kishor, and Mukesh Sahani’s Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) are trailing in all contests they entered.
Among prominent candidates, RJD’s Khesari Lal Yadav finds himself trailing in Chhapra, while the BJP’s Maithili Thakur has claimed the lead in Alinagar. Furthermore, RJD’s Osama Shahab leads in Ragunathpur, while the JD(U) minister Leshi Singh advances in Dhamdaha.
Tejashwi Yadav, the Chief Ministerial candidate for the INDIA bloc, holds a significant lead in Raghopur. Other noteworthy leads include Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary in Tarapur and Vijay Kumar Sinha in Lakhisarai.
In Mahua, however, Tej Pratap Yadav finds himself in fourth position, with LJP(RV)’s Sanjay Kumar Singh currently leading.
