Bihar saw a 7-phase voting for 40 Lok Sabha seats. Times Now predicts an overwhelming victory for BJP & JDU with 30 seats and 10 seats.
Bihar- Total seats ( 40)
| Parties |
2019 Exit Polls |
2014 Tally |
| BJP & Alliance |
30 (BJP & JDU) |
22 (BJP) |
| LJP |
|
6 |
| RSLP |
|
3 |
| Congress |
|
2 |
| RJD |
|
4 |
| JDU |
|
2 |
In 2014, the BJP-LJP-RLSP combine won 31 Lok Sabha seats out of 40, RJD-Congress-NCP won seven and NDA's erstwhile ally JDU managed to bag only two. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won only four seats and the Congress two. The JD-U, which contested separately, won two seats.
The contest in Bihar is in contrast to the 2014 LS polls which saw Nitish as a vocal critic of
Narendra Modi. Nitish made it clear that his political role was limited to being a chief minister.
This election will be his first electoral test as an NDA ally after deserting the Grand Alliance. Nitish’s decision to declare Bihar a dry state will also face its first electoral test this time.