Bihar Assembly Election 2020 Live Updates: Latest trend shows NDA majority, MGB crosses 100-mark

NDA currently leads in 132 seats, RJD ahead in 101 seats

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen - 2

Bahujan Samaj Party - 2

Bharatiya Janata Party - 74

Communist Party of India - 3

Communist Party of India (Marxist) - 3

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) - 12

Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) - 1

Independent - 5

Indian National Congress - 19

Janata Dal (United) - 47

Lok Jan Shakti Party - 2

Rashtriya Janata Dal - 67

Vikassheel Insaan Party - 6

Total - 243

Mahagathbandhan (RJD + Congress + CPI-ML + CPI + CPIM): 104

NDA (BJP + JDU + HAM + VIP): 128

Grand Democratic Secular Front (AIMIM + RLSP + BSP): 4

Manoj Jha says we are 100% confident, we are leading on 124 seats

Just over 1 crore of total votes counted

We hope to finish the counting of votes by tonight

Around 4.10 crore votes were cast, 92 lakh votes counted so far. Earlier there used to be 25-26 rounds of counting, this time it went up to around 35 rounds. So the counting will continue till late evening: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar, HR Srinivas

In some Assembly Constituencies (ACs) there are fewer polling stations, counting will conclude in 24-25 rounds. But we also have some ACs, where there will be 50-51 rounds. On average, we'll have 30-35 rounds of counting per AC: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar, HR Srinivas

JDU spokesperson Ajay Alok says NDA will cross 150 plus seats. "We know people of Bihar support Nitish Kumar"

Mahagathbandhan (RJD + Congress + CPI-ML + CPI + CPIM): 99

NDA (BJP + JDU + HAM + VIP): 128

Grand Democratic Secular Front (AIMIM + RLSP + BSP): 5

Press Conference by ECI: Deputy Election Commissioners Sudeep Jain, Chandrabhushan Kumar and Ashish Kundra to address media at 1.30 PM.

NDA: 129

MGB: 97

Others: 16

Mahagathbandhan (RJD + Congress + CPI-ML + CPI + CPIM): 89

NDA (BJP + JDU + HAM + VIP): 112

Grand Democratic Secular Front (AIMIM + RLSP + BSP): 3

LJP: 5

NDA: 119

MGB: 150

Others: 18

NDA: 119

MGB: 150

Others: 18

NDA: 113

MGB: 110

Others: 18

Mahagathbandhan (RJD + Congress + CPI-ML + CPI + CPIM): 79

NDA (BJP + JDU + HAM + VIP): 84

Grand Democratic Secular Front (AIMIM + RLSP + BSP): 2

LJP: 3

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen - 1

Bahujan Samaj Party - 1

Bharatiya Janata Party - 42

Communist Party of India - 1

Communist Party of India (Marxist) - 2

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) - 8

Independent - 1

Indian National Congress - 13

Janata Dal (United) - 34

Lok Jan Shakti Party - 2

Rashtriya Janata Dal - 51

Vikassheel Insaan Party - 5

Total - 161

NDA: 107

MGB: 109

Others: 18

JD(U) spokesperson KC Tyagi concedes defeat in conversation with NDTV

Bahujan Samaj Party - 2

Bharatiya Janata Party - 23

Communist Party of India (Marxist) - 1

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) - 4

Indian National Congress - 12

Janata Dal (United) - 14

Lok Jan Shakti Party - 1

Rashtriya Janata Dal - 17

Vikassheel Insaan Party - 4

Total - 78

NDA: 71

MGB: 95

Others: 10

Bahujan Samaj Party - 1

Bharatiya Janata Party - 8

Indian National Congress - 1

Janata Dal (United) - 3

Rashtriya Janata Dal - 3

Vikassheel Insaan Party 0 - 1

Total - 17

According to official Election Commission trends, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leads on Darbhanga assembly seat

Mahagathbandhan: 67

NDA: 36

Others: 04

BJP leading on one seat

Postal ballots are counted first before EVMs are opened

India Today trends:

RJD+ : 50

NDA: 23

Others: 02

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The counting will begin at 8 AM as per the Election Commission's COVID-19 guidelines which restrict the number of people who can be present in the counting halls, officials said, adding extensive measures have been taken to ensure social distancing.

Counting of votes in the Bihar polls will begin at 8 am on November 10. Almost all the exit polls have predicted a win for the RJD-led Grand Alliance, which has projected Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate.

Bihar recorded 57.05% turnout in the assembly elections this time, marginally higher than that of 2015 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, as per official data.

The voter turnout in the elections held in 2015 was 56.66%, the Election Commission data showed. Female voter turnout this year was 59.69%, higher than that of the male voters -- 54.68%.

Multiple exit polls released Saturday evening predicted the Mahagathbandhan to win a majority in the 243- strong Bihar assembly.

Most of the exit polls also predicted RJD to again emerge as the single largest party in the 243-member assembly along with a clear dip in the seat tally of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U).

In the last assembly elections held in 2015, the RJD had won 80 seats with a vote share of 18 per cent, while JD(U) won 71 seats with vote share of 11 per cent. The BJP had won 53 seats with 24 per cent vote share and Congress had 27 seats and seven per cent votes.

At that time, the JD(U) had fought the election in alliance with RJD and Congress among other parties, while LJP was in the BJP-led NDA alliance. LJP had got two seats with five per cent vote share.

This time, JD(U) is back in the NDA, while LJP fought the election alone. During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when both JD(U) and LJP were in the NDA, the alliance had won 39 out of 40 seats in the state.

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