Much has been said about the role caste plays, or not, in Bihar’s electoral politics. Among those who claim that Bihar politics is determined entirely by caste and those who argue that the alignments of caste and party have now become fluid and thus have made caste irrelevant to other …
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About a dozen perceived non-party candidates received congressional tickets in the recently concluded assembly elections in Bihar, a move that angered loyalists who refused to campaign at the polls, people familiar with the matter said. And all of these “outside” candidates failed to win their elections, lowering the congressional count …
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The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has managed to secure a majority of 125 in Bihar’s 243-member assembly. The percentage of votes for the two alliances is almost identical: 37.3% for the NDA and 37.2% for Mahagathbandhan (MGB). This is the smallest majority for a ruling alliance since the October 2005 …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly endorsed Nitish Kumar as leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar on Wednesday, ending speculation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would push its own candidate for the highest post of the been after winning a narrow victory in the recently concluded assembly …
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The counting process in the Bihar assembly elections is proving to be a slow process: at 4pm, only about 42% of the votes had been counted. With Covid restrictions in place and the number of voters limited to 1,000 per seat, this time 63% more EVM was used. According to …
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Tej Pratap Yadav, eldest son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) boss Lalu Prasad and former health minister, won the Hasanpur constituency on Tuesday, according to the Election Commission of India, by defeating Janata Dal (United) sitting in the MLA Raj Kumar Ray. Tej Pratap won by a margin of 21,139 …
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The count is scheduled for Tuesday in the country’s first mass elections during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the results are expected to determine the fate of Bihar, possibly setting the agenda for the evolution of “social justice” policy, and they may herald the emergence of a new generation of leaders …
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