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Patna, Nov 14 (IANS) The ruling NDA is headed towards a massive victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, with the alliance crossing the 200-seat mark as of 1.30 pm, latest trends show.
According to early trends from the Election Commission of India (ECI) at 1.30 pm, BJP is emerging as the largest party with a lead on 91 seats, while JDU is at second place with 81 seats.
Alliance partners – LJP (RV) is leading on 21 seats, Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) is leading on four seats and HAMS is also leading on four seats.
At present the grand alliance is at the figure of 36.
The counting process for all 243 assembly seats began at 8 am, starting with the verification of postal ballots. This was followed by counting of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes from 8.30 am, which took place under elaborate multi-layered security arrangements across the state.
The candidates of both the alliances expressed confidence in their performance. NDA leaders emphasized that the people of Bihar have reposed faith in the guarantees of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the work of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the development of the state.
The RJD-led grand alliance claimed that Bihar “voted for change” and expressed hope that Tejashwi Yadav would form the next government.
More than 70 crore voters participated in the elections, casting their votes to decide the fate of both the ruling NDA and the Grand Alliance. Voting was held in two phases on 6 and 11 November.
In the outgoing assembly, the NDA has 131 seats, including BJP’s 80, JD(U)’s 45, HAM(S)’s four and two independents. The opposition faction has 111 seats, of which RJD has 77, Congress has 19, CPI (ML) has 11, CPI (M) has two and CPI has two.
–IANS
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