Zoom News : Nov 10, 2020, 12:22 PM
Patna: After neck-and-neck competition between the Mahagathbandhan and the NDA, the Nitish Kumar-led alliance has crossed the halfway mark. As of 11:14 am, the NDA was leading in 130 seats, while the Grand Alliance was ahead in 102 seats. A close battle is on between the Mahagathbandhan and the NDA in the Bihar Assembly elections. As of 9:55 am, Tejashwi Yadav-led Mahagathbandhan is leading in 114 seats, while Nitish Kumar-led NDA is closely trailing with leads in 110 seats. About an hour ago, the Mahagathbandhan had widened the lead against Nitish Kumar-led NDA. As of 9:00 am, the Grand Alliance was leading in 94 seats, while the NDA was ahead in 77 seats. Early trends showed neck-and-neck competition between NDA and Mahagathbandhan. As of 8:37 am, the Mahagathbandhan was leading in 52 constituencies, while the NDA was leading in 43 seats. Most of the exit polls have predicted that Bihar might be on the cusp of a major generational shift in politics, with most pollsters predicting victory for the Grand Alliance led by young RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.The counting of votes of the Bihar election began at 8 am in 55 polling stations across 38 districts as per the Election Commission's Covid-19 guidelines.The state, which has 243 assembly constituencies, recorded 57.05 per cent turnout in the assembly elections this time, marginally higher than that of 2015 despite the Covid-19 pandemic, as per official data.