Even though the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) looks close to a majority in the early trends in the counting of Bihar assembly elections, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which is in the Grand Alliance, has not given up hope. Exuding confidence, RJD spokesman Manoj Jha said that the exit poll will be converted into an actual vote.
Talking to the reporters, Jha said that these are just initial trends and the Grand Alliance will go above 122 seats.
The RJD MP also said that there will be a young Chief Minister in Bihar, adding that everything will be clear by 7-8 pm.
Counting of votes for the 243 seats of Bihar Legislative Assembly is underway, in which the NDA is leading in 130 seats while the Mahagathbandhan is ahead in 102 seats.
38 Vidhan Sabha constituencies face stiff, less than a thousand votes difference
Counting of four rounds has been completed for a total of 243 seats in Bihar assembly elections. In the 38 assembly seats of the state, there is a fierce competition between the NDA and the Grand Alliance. In some seats, there is a difference of fewer than one thousand votes between the first and second candidates. In a few seats, the difference is even smaller of less than 50 votes. In such a situation, everyone is following the results of these seats.
NDA gains in trends
The NDA (NDA) is leading in 131 seats out of 243 seats in the state assembly and according to the trends of counting of votes for the Bihar assembly elections on Tuesday, the BJP seems to be doing better than its ally Nitish Kumar led JDU in the alliance.
According to Election Commission of India data, the opposition Grand Alliance is leading in 102 seats. In the counting trends, the BJP was leading in 74 seats while its ally JDU was leading in 48 seats, Ham Party 1 and VIP Party in 4 seats.
The RJD is leading in 66 seats from the Grand Alliance, while the Congress is leading in 20 seats, CPI-Male 13 seats, CPI and CPI in three seats.
According to the Commission, Bahujan Samaj Party was leading in two seats. Asaduddin Owaisi's party is leading in AIMIM 3 seat. Independents are leading in 4 seats.
Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party, which contested from the NDA, is leading in only two seats. LJP had fielded its candidates in comparison to JDU candidates.