Edited excerpts: This is the best BJP performance in Bihar. Do you think this is a one-time political event or is it the new normal where the BJP will help its alliance partners win even the state assembly elections? I don’t think this is a one-time incident, it is the …
Read More »RJD considers Bihar survey results a legal challenge, EC says election was transparent
Top leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) led by Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Friday met with around 30 party candidates who lost by narrow margins and assured them that the party would pose a legal challenge against the election results in various districts. electoral votes of the assembly. The …
Read More »NDA meets Sunday to elect its leader in Bihar, says Nitish Kumar
Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday that the NDA will meet on Sunday to formally elect its leader in Bihar. The meeting will take place at 12:30 pm, said Kumar, who will likely be sworn in for a fourth consecutive term in Bihar. Following the poor performance of …
Read More »Bihar 2020 Assembly Election Result: “ We were with Nitish Kumar, we will stay with him ”: Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM – bihar’s election
The Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) party of former Bihar Prime Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi clarified on Friday that it will continue to support the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the state led by Prime Minister and President of Janata Dal (United), Nitish Kumar. “We want to make it clear that …
Read More »What does the caste profile of the MLA in Bihar tell us about politics? – bihar’s choice
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 …
Read More »How Bihar voted – Times of India
The exit polls also failed this time. They seem to have been through what happened in the first phase of voting. Axis’ Pradeep Gupta tweeted: “Predictions … went wrong for phase two and phase three.” NDA’s biggest winnings came in the finals, while RJD did best in central Bihar, the …
Read More »Bihar Assembly 2020 Election Result: Were These the Closest Bihar Polls in 43 Years? – bihar’s choice
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 …
Read More »Bihar 2020 Election Result: Nitish Gets Modi’s Seal Of Approval, Slated For His Fourth Term
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 …
Read More »Bihar 2020 Election Results – Chirag Paswan Lok Janshakti Party Misled NDA, Caused Confusion: Bihar BJP Chief Bhupender Yadav
Bihar 2020 election result: Chirag Paswan’s LJP somehow misled the NDA, said Bhupender Yadav (FILE) New Delhi: A day after the BJP-JD (U) alliance won the assembly elections in Bihar, the BJP general secretary and state-in-charge Bhupender Yadav said on Wednesday that the NDA was misled by their former LJP …
Read More »Bihar voters made it clear that development is their only aspiration and priority, says Prime Minister Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked the people of Bihar for voting for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to return to power in the state. His tweets came even as the count continued, slowed down by the coronavirus protocol. However, trends showed that the JDU-BJP combination gained 125 seats, …
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