Nitish Kumar, NDA win Bihar elections 2020

PATNA: After 14 long hours of counting, many twists and turns and a see saw battle that saw both the NDA and Mahagathbandhan surging to leads several times, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was announced as the winner of the Bihar Assembly election on Wednesday.

According to reports, the NDA hit the majority mark of 122 at 2.57 AM.

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According to the Election Commission's website, the BJP won 72 seats, while Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JDU managed just 42.

The opposition, led by the RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, put up a strong fight. Interestingly, exit polls had predicted that the Grand Alliance would win the polls by a narrow margin. With 75 seats the RJD is the single-largest party. The Congress, viewed by many as the reason for the opposition's failure to go all the way, contested 70 seats but won only 19. Chirag Paswan's LJP, which was the source of much frustration for Nitish Kumar, won just only one seat.

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