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Patna, November 8: All is set for Bihar Assembly Election Results 2015. The counting of votes for the 243-seats of Bihar Assembly will begin at 8 am. Most of the Bihar Exit Poll Results predicted victory of Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) of Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Congress in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2015, but the astrologers believed that Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would form government after Bihar Assembly Election Results 2015. (ALSO READ: Bihar Election 2015 Exit Poll Results: India.com exit poll predicts victory for Nitish Kumar & Lalu Prasad alliance)
Votes are locked in 62,780 EVMs which would be counted shortly. A total of 14,580 officials have been put on duty for the counting process in Patna and other districts. Fate of 3450 candidates, including 272 women, would be disclosed soon. The voter turnout increased in all five phases of voting which is believed to go in favour of NDA. The Bihar Assembly Elections 2015 witnessed 56.80 per cent voter turnout–the highest in assembly election in the state’s history.
Leaders of Both the major alliances (Grand Alliance, NDA) exuded confidence that tehir group would win in the Bihar polls. “We are going to win not less than 190 seats,” Lalu Prasad Yadav asserted while talking to reporters. “I am an Honours degree holder in political science,” he said to justify his calculation of 190 seats.
In the outgoing assembly, the JD(U) and BJP had contested elections together and won a massive majority. The JD(U) had won 115 seats and BJP 91. The RJD had won 22 and Congress 4 when they contested on their own. But, the scenario has changed altogether this time with JD(U) and BJP parting company and heading rival coalitions. JD(U) of Nitish Kumar teamed up with RJD and Congress in the grand secular alliance. BJP led a coalition with LJP, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Hindustani Awam Morcha.
From Secular alliance camp, JD(U) and RJD contested on 101 seats each while Congress fielded candidates on rest 41. In the NDA, BJP fought on 158 seats and gave 41 to LJP, 23 to RLSP and 21 to HAM. For BJP, the challenge is to maintain its landslide victory in general elections in which it had won 22 seats out a total of 40 in Bihar. Its allies LJP had won 6 and RLSP 3. RJD and JDU had fought separately and won four and two seats respectively. Congress, which contested in alliance with RJD, had also won two seats while NCP one.
A loose grouping of Samajwadi Party, Janadhikar Morcha of Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav and two others was counted as a challenge particularly to grand secular alliance but not much impact was visible except in Madhepura and Kosi area in the last phase. The six Left parties came together to form a separate Front but their chance is rated very low. AIMIM of Hyderabad MP Asauddin Owaisi fielded six candidates in muslims dominated Seemanchal area to test the poll water in Bihar. (With PTI inputs)
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