Bihar Assembly Election 2020 [Live Updates]
text_fieldsPatna: With exit polls having predicted clear victory for RJD-led Grand Alliance, the candidates across the divide are sitting either finger crossed or nail-biting.
It means fate of over 3,700 candidates in race to 243 seats of the state Assembly will be decided in a few hours from now.
Counting is underway amid tight security at 55 locations in 38 districts of the state. Alongside, precautions against covid situation are in place.
The polls saw over 7.30 crore electors voting to choose the next government in the state, in the first major polls following covid pandemic.
Exit polls project a sweeping victory for the Grand Alliance led by RJD, and its chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav coming to power.
Bihar voted for the 243-member Assembly in three phases -- October 28, November 3 and November 7.
The RJD had won 80 seats in the 2015 Assembly polls, while the JD(U) won 71 seats. The BJP had won 53 seats and the LJP managed two seats.
The Bihar election is being seen as a referendum on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose JD(U) is in alliance with the BJP-led NDA. Nitish Kumar has governed Bihar three times in a row since 2005.
Live Updates
- 10 Nov 2020 12:56 PM GMT
RJD's Bhola Yadav loses to BJP's Ram Chandra Prasad in Hayaghat Assembly Constituency
RJD's Bhola Yadav loses to BJP's Ram Chandra Prasad in Hayaghat Assembly Constituency, reports ANI
- 10 Nov 2020 12:14 PM GMT
Election Commission declares results for 9 out of the total 243 seats
Election Commission declares results for 9 out of the total 243 seats. BJP wins 3 while RJD and JD(U) 2 each. Congress & Vikassheel Insaan Party grabbed 1 each.
NDA is leading on 126 seats while Mahagathbandhan on 107 seats
AIMIM is leading on 5 seats and BSP on 2 seats while Independents on 3 seats
- 10 Nov 2020 11:56 AM GMT
RJD, BJP, and JD(U) win two seats each so far, Vikassheel Insaan Party wins one
RJD, BJP, and JD(U) win two seats each so far, Vikassheel Insaan Party wins one.
NDA leading on 124 seats while Mahagathbandhan leading on 109 seats
AIMIM leading on 4 seat while BSP is leading on 2 seats
LJP leading on 1 seat and Independents leading on 3 seats
- 10 Nov 2020 11:27 AM GMT
BJP's tact of using (Asaduddin) Owaisi Sahab's party in Bihar elections has succeeded to an extent,says
"BJP's tact of using (Asaduddin) Owaisi Sahab's party in Bihar elections has succeeded to an extent. All secular parties should be alert about vote cutter Owaisi Sahab". says Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
- 10 Nov 2020 11:17 AM GMT
No dispute regarding NDA leader in Bihar,says state BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal
Patna: With NDA leading in 129 of the 243 seats in Bihar assembly, BJP state chief Sanjay Jaiswal said there is no dispute regarding who will lead the government if the alliance returns to power in the state.
A party or a coalition requires 122 seats to form the government in Bihar.
- 10 Nov 2020 11:10 AM GMT
JD(U) wins two seats and leads on 42 seats as EC declares results of the assembly polls
JD(U) wins two seats and leads on 42 seats as EC declares results of the assembly polls.
NDA is leading on 129 seats while Mahagathbandhan on 103 seats
Other including BSP is leading 2 seats while AIMIM,gaining from its alliance is leading on 4 seats.
Though LJP contested independently it is leading on 2 seats only while Independents are leading on 3 seats
- 10 Nov 2020 10:13 AM GMT
EC declares first result of polls- RJD's Lalit Yadav wins Darbhanga Rural
EC declares first result of polls- RJD's Lalit Yadav wins Darbhanga Rural
NDA is now leading on 129 seats - BJP 73, JDU 49, VIP 5, HAM 2 While Mahagathbandhan is ahead on 103 - RJD 64 (1 seat won) Congress 20, Left 18
BSP is leading on 2 seats, AIMIM on 4, LJP on 1 & independents on 4 seats
- 10 Nov 2020 9:49 AM GMT
Left parties look to gain in Bihar, leading in 18 of 29 seats
According to EC website, the CPI(M) and the CPI are leading in three seats each while the CPI-ML (Liberation) leading in 12 at 2:55 pm.
"The leads so far are on the expected lines and we hope to catch up in three more seats. This was a different kind of election. This was more a people's movement. We banked on young candidates, student leaders, candidates who were part of farmer struggles, working class people. That seems to have worked,"said Dipankar Bhattacharya, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
- 10 Nov 2020 9:46 AM GMT
Left parties look to gain in Bihar, leading in 18 of 29 seats
The Left parties are leading in 18 of the 29 seats they contested in the Bihar Assembly election after the first few rounds of counting of votes, according to the Election Commission (EC) website.
In an alliance with the RJD, the three Left parties were given 29 seats by Tejashwi Yadav, despite reluctance from the members of the parties. While the CPI(M) was given four seats, the CPI got six and the CPI-ML (Liberation) 19.
- 10 Nov 2020 9:41 AM GMT
Election Commission trends for all 243 seats at 3 pm
Election Commission trends for all 243 seats at 3 pm:
NDA leading on 128 seats - BJP 73, JDU 49, VIP 5, HAM 1
Mahagathbandhan ahead on 105 seats - RJD 67, Congress 20, Left 18
BSP leading on two, AIMIM on two, LJP on two & independents on four.