NDA to win Bihar with 147 seats, BJP to be largest party: opinion poll | Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Election News


NEW DELHI: The BJP-JD (U) alliance is projected to win a comfortable majority in Bihar with 147 seats in the 243-member assembly, according to an opinion poll published by Times Now-CVoter on Sunday.
The poll predicted that the BJP is likely to emerge as the largest party in the state with 77 seats, while its ally JD (U) is projected to win 66 seats.
The other NDA allies are projected to win 7 seats.

The RJD-Congress-led Mahagathbandan, on the other hand, is predicted to win 87 seats with the Tejashwi Yadav-led RJD gaining 60 seats and Congress claiming 16 seats. The other UPA allies are projected to rack up 11 seats at the polls.
The LJP, led by Chirag-Paswan, is expected to win 3 seats, while other parties will win 6, according to the poll.
According to the opinion poll, the RJD will get the highest vote share of 24.1% compared to 18.8% in 2015, while the BJP vote share in 2020 is projected to drop to 21.6% from 25% in 2015. The JD (U) will see a slight increase in its percentage of votes and will claim 18.3% of the votes in 2020 compared to 17.3% in 2015, according to the opinion poll.
A party or alliance needs 122 seats in the 243-seat assembly to secure a majority.
The Times Now-C-Voter opinion poll covered all segments of the Bihar assembly (243) and surveyed 30,678 people. The survey was conducted from October 1 to 23.
The election of the Bihar legislative assembly will take place in three phases from October 28 to November 7. Results will be announced on November 10.

The elections will be held amid the Covid-19 pandemic with the necessary guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India.
In the NDA, Janata Dal (United) will contest 115 seats, while the BJP has put forward candidates in 110 seats.
The Lok Janshakti Party, which is in alliance with the BJP in the Center but is contesting state elections alone, has given tickets to 143 candidates.
On the other hand, in the grand alliance, RJD will contest 144 seats and Congress has presented candidates in 70 seats.

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