NDA Secures Comfortable Majority at 166 Seats as INDIA Bloc Trails With 59
INDIA bloc trails with 59 seats early trends show BJP and JD(U) dominating
PATNA, Nov 14: The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) surged ahead in the Bihar assembly elections, leading in 166 seats well above the majority mark of 122 according to early counting trends released by the Election Commission on Friday morning.
The opposition INDIA bloc lagged significantly, holding leads in only 59 of the 243 assembly seats, though the numbers may shift as multiple rounds of counting remain.
Among NDA constituents, the BJP was ahead in 72 seats, JD(U) in 71, LJP(RV) in 18, HAM (S) in four, and the RLM in one seat.
Within the INDIA bloc, the RJD was leading in 43 seats, the Congress in eight, CPI(ML) Liberation in six, and both CPI and CPI(M) in one seat each.
Newer entrants, including the Jan Suraaj Party led by Prashant Kishor and the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) headed by Mukesh Sahani, were trailing in all constituencies they contested.
Several high-profile contests saw mixed fortunes. RJD’s singer turned politician Khesari Lal Yadav trailed in Chhapra, while BJP’s singer-candidate Maithili Thakur held a lead in Alinagar. RJD’s Osama Shahab, son of the late Shahabuddin, led in Ragunathpur, and JD(U) minister Leshi Singh maintained an edge in Dhamdaha.
INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav was leading in Raghopur. Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary of the BJP led in Tarapur, while fellow Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha was ahead in Lakhisarai. JJD founder Tej Pratap Yadav slipped to fourth place in Mahua, where LJP(RV)’s Sanjay Kumar Singh was leading.
