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New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday announced its seat-sharing formula for next month’s Bihar Assembly elections, allocating 101 seats each to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) of the 243 seats, and the rest to smaller allies including LJP-Ram Vilas, HAM and RLM. Gone.
Under the agreement, Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas will contest on 29 seats, while Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Union minister and former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) will contest on 6 seats each.
According to reliable sources, LJP-Ram Vilas will field its candidates in constituencies like Gaya, Fatuha and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s birthplace Bakhtiyarpur.
Meanwhile, the BJP core committee is meeting to discuss and finalize the names of candidates for the two-phase Bihar elections. The NDA’s complete seat-sharing arrangement is expected to be formally announced soon after the meeting.
As per information shared by top sources privy to the seat-sharing deal, the LJP is likely to contest on 29 seats, including Bakhri, Sahibpur Kamal, Tarapur, Rosra, Raja Pakar, Lalganj, Hayaghat, Gaighat, Ekma, Marhaura, Agiaon, Obra, Arwal, Gaya, Hisua, Fatuha, Danapur, Brahmpur, Rajgir, Kadwa, Sonbarsa, Balrampur, Hisua, Govindpur, Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Makhdoom, Kasba, Sugauli, and Morwa.
The seats on which Manjhi’s ham is the same.
It is believed that Kushwaha’s RLM will contest elections on Sasaram, Dinara, Ujiarpur, Mahua, Bajpatti and Madhubani seats.
Elections for the 243-member Bihar Assembly will be held in two phases. In the first phase, voting for 121 seats will be held on November 6. Voting for the remaining 122 seats will be held in the second phase on November 11. Counting of votes will take place on November 14.
–IANS
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