Bihar Assembly Election 2020 [Live Updates]

NDA supporters confident of forming government under Nitish

 With every passing minute, JDU and BJP supporters are making claims of being confident of forming a new government in Bihar under the leadership of Nitish Kumar.

"We are a disciplined party that works well under the leadership of Nitish Kumar. He has taken Bihar on the path of progress. We knew that the results will come in our favour and the trend so far has been according to our expectations.",said Sanjay Singh, spokesperson of the JDU

With trends looking positive for the NDA in Bihar for the past couple of hours at 2 pm, both the JDU and the BJP supporters are preparing to celebrate the occasion at their respective offices.

Close fight on 38 seats with less than 1K vote difference

RJD candidate Ajay Yadav leads in the Atri Assembly seat by just 848 votes.

While the JD(U) candidate from Bajpatti Assembly seat is trailing by 380 votes from the RJD candidate.

Close fight on 38 seats with less than 1K vote difference

In the Bihariganj Assembly seat, the Congress candidate is leading over the JD(U) candidate by just eight votes.

Similarly, BJP's Mithilesh Tiwari was ahead by just 22 votes at the Baikunthpur Assembly seat.

Close fight on 38 seats with less than 1K vote difference

After four rounds of counting for the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly elections on Tuesday, 38 constituencies are witnessing a very close fight between the NDA and the Grand Alliance.

There is a gap of less than 1,000 votes between the leading and the first trailing candidate in these seats.

In some seats, the difference is less than 50 votes.

"EVMs should go even if Congress wins,I'm saying it for all polls, not just Bihar", demands Congress leader Udit Raj

"EVMs should go even if Congress wins",demands Congress leader Udit Raj

"If one can control satellite on Moon & Mars from ground,then what is EVM in front of them", Raj added

"During recent Haryana polls, few boys were caught hacking EVMs through bluetooth. I'm saying it for all polls, not just Bihar". he further added

"We will see you in a few hours and will prove that we did what we had said", says RJD MP Manoj Jha

"We will see you in a few hours and will prove that we did what we had said, says RJD MP Manoj Jha.

The RJD-led Mahagathbandhan is ahead on 103 seats, behind NDA which is leading on over 125 seats.

Counting will continue till late evening, says HR Srinivas,Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar

"Around 4.10 crore votes were cast, 92 lakh votes counted so far. Earlier there used to be 25-26 rounds of counting, this time it went up to around 35 rounds. So the counting will continue till late evening",says Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar, HR Srinivas

If the problem between Chirag and Nitish,NDA would have done much better,says BJP Leader

"The problem is between Chirag and Nitish ji, and the NDA would have done much better if this problem was sorted" says Ravindra Kishore Sinha, Leader, BJP

Election Commission trends for all 243 seats:NDA leading on 127 seats

Election Commission trends for all 243 seats: NDA leading on 127 seats - BJP 73, JDU 47, Vikassheel Insaan Party 7

Mahagathbandhan ahead on 100 seats - RJD 61, Congress 20, Left 19

BSP leading on one, AIMIM on three, LJP on five & independents on seven

(From ANI)

Congress misses mark as BJP gains in Bihar polls

As the trends are coming in from polling centres, the BJP is emerging as the single-largest party in the state but the Congress is not able to repeat its 2015 performance of 27 seats and the Mahagathbandhan is behind the NDA.

As per trends, at 12 noon the BJP is emerging as the single-largest party with 73 seats. While the RJD is leading at 57 seats, the JDU at 51 and the Congress at 21 seats.