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Live Bihar Election Results: NDA Crosses 200-Mark

Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary wins Tarapur seat by 45,843 votes

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary of the BJP won Tarapur assembly seat by a margin of 45,843 votes.

Sapkal attributes Bihar results to electoral malpractices, blames EC

Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Friday alleged that the NDA's impressive performance in the Bihar assembly elections was due to "malpractices", and blamed the Election Commission.

NDA heading for landslide win in Bihar, with nearly 95 per cent strike rate by BJP; Mahagathbandhan less than 35-seat mark

The NDA was set to sweep the Bihar assembly polls, surging ahead in close to 200 out of 243 seats on Friday with the BJP emerging as single largest party with nearly 95 per cent strike rate, reaffirming the popularity and campaign clout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the face of the ruling alliance through the poll battle in the highly sensitive political state.

The Mahagathbandhan, which includes the RJD, the Congress and three Left parties, seemed to be poised for a crushing defeat, notwithstanding surveys and opinion polls showing its Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav as the most preferred leader for the top post. The Opposition alliance was struggling to cross the 35-seat mark.

AIMIM leads in 5 seats in Bihar

The Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM was leading in five seats as counting was underway for the Bihar assembly polls on Friday, according to the Election Commission.

NDA's cash pitch to women swung Bihar polls, says VIP chief after party draws a blank

Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) founder Mukesh Sahani on Friday attributed his party's rout in the Bihar assembly polls to NDA's aggressive cash outreach to women voters, as the INDIA bloc ally failed to take a lead in any of the 12 seats it contested.

Power in hands of those not in touch with ground reality: Ahmed Patel's daughter on Cong drubbing

After the Congress' worst-ever drubbing in the Bihar polls, party stalwart late Ahmed Patel's daughter Mumtaz Patel on Friday alleged that the party's failures are due to the concentration of power in the hands of a few leaders who are totally disconnected from the ground reality.

In a post on X, she said it is time to look within and accept the reality. She asked how long the loyal party workers have to wait to witness success.

PM Modi thanks Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and NDA 'family members' Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha for Bihar poll win.

Nitish Kumar will remain Bihar CM, says Chirag Paswan

Riding on the clear trends of Bihar Assembly polls which pointed towards a landslide victory of the NDA alliance over the Mahagathbandhan, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan said on Friday that he firmly believed that Nitish Kumar would continue to remain the state's chief minister.

Sena (UBT) leader targets ally Cong, says it committed same mistake in Bihar after Maharashtra

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve on Friday criticised ally Congress, saying the party committed the same mistake in Bihar as it did in Maharashtra, where it did not favour having Uddhav Thackeray as the MVA's chief ministerial candidate in the 2024 assembly polls.He also alleged that the Congress seeks a large number of seats during seat-sharing talks with allies, but fails to win most of them, which ultimately impacts the overall performance of the alliance.

Thank every NDA worker who worked tirelessly, took development agenda to people, countered every lie of Opposition: PM Modi on Bihar polls win.