NDA crosses majority with 128 seats in trends, but RJD said - Government of Mahagathbandhan decided in Bihar

NDA has crossed the majority in Bihar trends. By 3 pm, out of 4.10 crore votes, 1.8 crore i.e. around 44% of the votes have been completed. However, the RJD has claimed that Bihar has made a change and is set to form the government of the Mahagathbandhan.

RJD said that information received from all the districts is in our favor. The counting of votes will be held late at night until all candidates and agents are counted in the counting hall.

Great Bihar, two governments in an hour

Earlier, when trends started coming on Tuesday morning, the Mahagathbandhan of Tejashwi Yadav was ahead. By 9 in the morning, he had achieved such an edge that the government could be easily formed, but after an hour the picture changed and Nitish Kumar overturned. The NDA appeared to be approaching 120 seats and within the next half hour, it touched a majority figure in the trends. The BJP also emerged as the largest party. Only Bhaskar's exit poll seems to prove to be correct, in which we had told that the NDA can get 120 to 127 seats.

Updates related to trends

3:00 PM: NDA 128 and Mahagathbandhan 105 seats ahead. BJP 73, JDU 49, RJD 66, Congress 21, Left 18 seats ahead.

2:00 PM: NDA 134 and Mahagathbandhan 98. BJP 76, JDU 52, RJD 61, Congress 18, Left 19 seats ahead.

1.00 PM: NDA leads in 127 and Mahagathbandhan 105 seats.

12.30 PM: The NDA is seen taking the lead in 129 and the Mahagathbandhan 103 seats.

Noon: NDA 129 and Mahagathbandhan came to 100 seats.

11.30 AM: NDA 131 and Mahagathbandhan 101 seats lead.

11 AM: NDA comes on 130 and Mahagathbandhan 97.

10.30 AM: NDA reaches 125 and Mahagathbandhan reaches 109.

10 AM: The NDA was up at 119 and the Mahagathbandhan was reduced to 114.

9.00 AM: The Mahagathbandhan was ahead in 120 seats, NDA was leading in 90+ seats.

8.30 AM: In trends, the Mahagathbandhan was at 60+ and NDA at 40+.

Updates related to big faces

Lalu Yadav's younger son Tejaswi is ahead of Raghopur. The eldest son Tej Pratap was defeated by the Hasanpur seat after 10 pm, he has again been ahead.

Pappu Yadav, a candidate from Madhepura, is running at number three.

Sharad Yadav's daughter Subhashini is running in second place from Bihariganj seat.

Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv Sinha is trailing from Bankipur.

From Parsa, JDU's Chandrika Rai, and Imamganj, we are trailing Jitan Ram Manjhi.

VIP's Mukesh Sahni is leading in Simri Bakhtiyarpur's seat.

Shreyasi Singh of BJP is leading from Jamui.

Sushant Singh Rajput's brother Neeraj Singh Bablu is leading from Umburpur seat.

Counting updates

63% more use of EVM in Bihar: Counting for Bihar elections is likely to last till late night. The Election Commission said that 63% more EVMs were used at extra polling booths built this time due to the Covid protocol. This time the votes of 1.06 lakh EVM machines are to be counted in Bihar.

22% Counting till One and a half: Bihar's Chief Electoral Officer HR Srinivas told the media at half-past one in the afternoon that 4.10 crore votes were cast in the state. Out of these only 92 lakh votes have been counted. Counting usually takes place in 25 to 26 rounds. This time we have to count for 35 rounds. Therefore the counting will last till night.

How counting of seats: There is a difference of 1000 votes in 55 seats, while there is a margin of less than 500 votes in 35 seats.

Staff arrived late: Counting was to start from 8 am, but even after half an hour had passed from the capital Patna, no update could come. Staff arrived late at the counting center. Many people had brought mobiles. Then there was a delay in having breakfast. Even after 40 minutes in the morning, no trend was given.

55 Counting Centers: Two counties each have been established at East Champaran, Siwan, Begusarai, and Gaya, three each at Nalanda, Banka, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gopalganj, Saharsa. 414 halls were constructed in 55 counting centers.

Statements related updates

Pushpam Priya accused of EVM hacking: Pushpal Priya Chaudhary of Plurals Party wrote on Facebook at 2 pm that EVM was hacked in Bihar. The plurals stole votes and the votes were transferred to the NDA at each booth. Data is clean. We did not have a majority, but the NDA also did not have a majority. Plurals' theft of votes made their work.

RJD confident of victory: RJD MP Manoj Jha told the media at half-past one in the afternoon that we will meet you in a few hours and will prove that we have done what we said.

If JDU loses, it is due to Corona: Janata Dal-United leader KC Tyagi said at 10 am that RJD did not get a single seat in Lok Sabha elections a year ago. According to the Lok Sabha elections, JDU and allies had to get more than 200 seats. In a year, the brand Nitish has not suffered. If we are losing, it's just because of Corona.

NDA was ahead in 223 assembly seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, NDA got 39 seats out of 40 in Bihar. The Congress candidate won only one seat. If you look at the results of the Lok Sabha according to the constituency, the NDA had an edge over 223 seats. Out of these, BJP was ahead in 92 seats and JDU in 96 seats. The LJP was ahead in 35 seats.

The Mahagathbandhan, which won one seat, was ahead of the assembly in 17 seats. Of these, RJD on 9 seats, Congress on 5, Ham on two (Secular) which is now a part of NDA, and RLSP had an edge in one seat. Other parties were ahead of AIMIM and CPI-ML in two constituencies.

RJD and JDU fought together in 2015

In the 2015 elections, the RJD, JDU, and Congress formed a Mahagathbandhan together. The alliance won 178 seats. But, after a year and a half, Nitish broke away from the Mahagathbandhan and moved to the NDA. In this election, NDA has JDU along with BJP, VIP, and Ham (Secular). At the same time, the NDA, which was part of the NDA in the last election, is with the RLSP and the LJP.