Bihar Results : NDA marks comeback with 125 seats, Grand Alliance fails

Union ministers including Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ashwini Kumar Choubey credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the electoral victory that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) pulled off in a closely fought Bihar elections, reports ANI.

Results for all seats announced. NDA wins 125 seats (BJP 74, JDU 43, VIP 4, HAM 4). Mahagathbandhan wins 110 seats (RJD 75, Congress 19, Left 16) and

AIMIM wins 5, BSP wins 1, LJP wins 1 & Independent wins 1

With counting of votes running till early Wednesday, coalition of NDA comfortably secured the mandate to form a government in Bihar with 126 seats, according to EC's website at 4 am.

Results for 223 seats in Bihar have been declared, where as the counting for 20 constituencies is still on, the Election Commission of India said during its press briefing at 1 am.

"VVPAT of 5 booths that are to be taken up for counting, those exercises are going. We hope these will be completed soon," Deputy Election Commissioner Chandrabhushan Kumar said.

The EC further said that the results for Bihar Assembly Election 2020 will most likely be announced in next one hour.

Today is a historic day that NDA has won again the extraordinary trust of the people of Bihar. They trusted PM Modi's leadership whose commitment resonated with them that without development of Bihar, development of India will remain incomplete: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

"Every section of Bihar has once again waved the NDA's developmentism by rejecting hollow politics, casteism and appeasement politics.

This is the victory of the hopes and aspirations of every Bihar," Amit Shah tweeted in Hindi

With votes still being counted in Bihar polls, Election Commission to hold press briefing post midnight.

Existing instruction states 'where margin of victory is less than number of postal ballot papers rejected as invalid at time of counting, rejected postal ballot papers will be mandatorily reverified by returning officer before declaration of result', says Election Commission

"Whenever such verification is done, the entire proceeding should be videographed as per instructions of Election Commission of India (ECI)", says Deputy Election Commissioner Chandrabhushan Kumar.

If needed, we will hold a briefing again around midnight for final updates: Deputy Election Commissioner Chandrabhushan Kumar.

"Election Commission has never worked under anybody's pressure. All officials and machinery are working sincerely for declaration of Bihar Election Results 2020," says Umesh Sinha, Secretary-General, ECI.

"Everything is live on the website. One can see results on our website, as we are sure that most people already are," says Election Commission of India on RJD's list of 119 seats and allegations.

"About an hour ago, there was a post by a party on social media claiming that their party has won 119 seats. It is to clearly state that all results are on our portal, total results declared as of now are of 146 seats, that is the factual situation," says Dy Election Commissioner.

Election Commission of India addresses media on election 2020 result updates.

ये उन 119 सीटों की सूची है जहाँ गिनती संपूर्ण होने के बाद महागठबंधन के उम्मीदवार जीत चुके है। रिटर्निंग ऑफ़िसर ने उन्हें जीत की बधाई दी लेकिन अब सर्टिफ़िकेट नहीं दे रहे है कह रहे है कि आप हार गए है। ECI की वेबसाइट पर भी इन्हें जीता हुआ दिखाया गया। जनतंत्र में ऐसी लूट नहीं चलेगी। pic.twitter.com/puUvIagyDz

— Rashtriya Janata Dal (@RJDforIndia) November 10, 2020

"It's a great moment for us as people of Bihar have honoured us with so many votes. Our leaders and workers have put a lot of efforts into strengthening our party in Bihar. We will try our best to fulfil the promises made by us," Asaduddin Owaisi said.