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 »Bihar 2020 Election Results: 5 Reasons NDA Won |
NEW DELHI: Proving that almost all exit polls were wrong, the four-party NDA coalition achieved victory in the Bihar assembly elections, counting for which it was held until Tuesday night due to the increase in the number of EVMs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It wasn’t just the …
Read More »Bihar election results unlikely late into the night due to slow count
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 …
Read More »Dipankar Bhattacharya from CPI (ML): ’50 seats for Left, 50 for Cong would have been fairer ‘
Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: November 10, 2020 9:17:03 pm CPI (ML) Secretary General Dipankar Bhattacharya said the left played an important role in shaping the election agenda The CPI (ML) and the other left-wing parties – CPM and CPI – have performed very well in …
Read More »Bihar 2020 results: RJD’s Tej Pratap Yadav wins from Hasanpur seat
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 …
Read More »Bihar Election Results: Tej Pratap, Jitan Ram Manjhi Win; this is how heavyweights fare
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 10, 2020 8:08:42 pm RJD chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav and his older brother Tej Pratap are leading in their respective constituencies of Raghopur and Hasanpur. Grand Alliance Chief Ministerial Candidate Tejashwi Yadav leads from Raghopur Bastion RJD by a …
Read More »Bihar to begin counting votes as Tejashwi Yadav-led Grand Alliance is projected to win
Officials and volunteers will begin counting millions of votes in Bihar’s high-risk assembly elections for the 243-member chamber on Tuesday, with a coalition led by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav projecting have an advantage over Chief Minister Nitish. Kumar. These votes will be counted in 55 centers, …
Read More »Nitish Kumar or Tejashwi Yadav? Verdict day in Bihar
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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