Bihar Lok Sabha Election Results: Ravishankar Prasad Wins Patna Sahib, Defeats Congress's Shatrughan Sinha
According to the latest available data, there are a total of 7,07,43,593 eligible voters in Bihar, of which 3,74,41,954 are male, 3,32,99,233 female and 2,406 voters of the Third Gender. The state went to polls in seven phases.
Election Results in Bihar, An Acid Test for Nitish Kumar as BJP Looks to Consolidate (Image: PTI)
With Ravishankar Prasad defeating Congress' Shatrughan Sinha in Patna Sahib, the NDA's seat tally in Bihar has gone up to 25 parliamentary constuencies. Of these, BJP has won 13 while rest are secured by the JD(U) and LJP.
For Nitish Kumar, the Election Results in Bihar are perhaps the most important in his life. Not just one of the 626 candidates contesting across 40 parliamentary seats, this will also be the first major election for Nitish Kumar after he pulled out of the 'mahagathbandhan' government in July 2017. While JD(U) and LJP are contesting on 17 and 6 seats respectively, the BJP, which had won 22 seats on its own in 2014, has fielded candidates in the remaining 17 constituencies.
As the election results have lead to a BJP rout, as predicted by the exit polls, experts argue that Nitish Kumar's own stature within his alliance with the BJP would reduce. On the other side of the spectrum is the 'mahagathbandhan' of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RJD), Congress, Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtirya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), Jitan Manjhi's Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM), Mukesh Sahni's Vikasshil Insan Party (VIP), and Sharad Yadav's Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD). The state went to polls in seven phases. Over the last five Lok Sabha elections between 1998 and 2014, RJD has been the most successful party in the state in terms of Vote-share, getting the highest number of votes in three of them – 1998, 1999, and 2004.
Top Developments:
1. BJP has already won seven seats out of its quota of 17 seats and is also leading on the remaining 10 that it is contesting in the state.
2. BJP has till now won Paschim Champaran, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Begusarai and Sasaram.
3. JD(U) on the other hand has secured six of the 17 seats it contested and is leading on 10 others. Apart from this, Paswan's LJP has bagged three of the six seats it is contesting.
4. The seats won by JD(U) include Valmiki Nagar, Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Purnia, Gopalganj, and Gaya.
5. Misa Bharti, who lead after early trends, is now trailing in Pataliputra, the only seat that the RJD is leading on is Jahanabad where Surendra Prasad Yadav is JD(U)'s Chandeshwar Prasad.
6. Meera Kumar from Sasaram, Kanhaiya Kumar from Begusarai have lost their seats.
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For Nitish Kumar, the Election Results in Bihar are perhaps the most important in his life. Not just one of the 626 candidates contesting across 40 parliamentary seats, this will also be the first major election for Nitish Kumar after he pulled out of the 'mahagathbandhan' government in July 2017. While JD(U) and LJP are contesting on 17 and 6 seats respectively, the BJP, which had won 22 seats on its own in 2014, has fielded candidates in the remaining 17 constituencies.
As the election results have lead to a BJP rout, as predicted by the exit polls, experts argue that Nitish Kumar's own stature within his alliance with the BJP would reduce. On the other side of the spectrum is the 'mahagathbandhan' of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RJD), Congress, Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtirya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), Jitan Manjhi's Hindustan Awam Morcha (HAM), Mukesh Sahni's Vikasshil Insan Party (VIP), and Sharad Yadav's Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD). The state went to polls in seven phases. Over the last five Lok Sabha elections between 1998 and 2014, RJD has been the most successful party in the state in terms of Vote-share, getting the highest number of votes in three of them – 1998, 1999, and 2004.
Top Developments:
1. BJP has already won seven seats out of its quota of 17 seats and is also leading on the remaining 10 that it is contesting in the state.
2. BJP has till now won Paschim Champaran, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Begusarai and Sasaram.
3. JD(U) on the other hand has secured six of the 17 seats it contested and is leading on 10 others. Apart from this, Paswan's LJP has bagged three of the six seats it is contesting.
4. The seats won by JD(U) include Valmiki Nagar, Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Purnia, Gopalganj, and Gaya.
5. Misa Bharti, who lead after early trends, is now trailing in Pataliputra, the only seat that the RJD is leading on is Jahanabad where Surendra Prasad Yadav is JD(U)'s Chandeshwar Prasad.
6. Meera Kumar from Sasaram, Kanhaiya Kumar from Begusarai have lost their seats.
(Get detailed and live results of each and every seat in the Lok Sabha elections and state Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim to know which candidate/party is leading or trailing and to know who has won and who has lost and by what margin. Our one-of-its-kind Election Analytics Centre lets you don a psephologist’s hat and turn into an election expert. Know interesting facts and trivia about the elections and see our informative graphics. Elections = News18)