Bihar Assembly Election Result 2020: Here is how BJP is faring
Bihar Assembly Election Results: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which contested 110 seats, is a part of the ruling NDA alliance led by Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United).
Early trends began to emerge as counting of votes in Bihar assembly election 2020 started across 55 polling stations at 8am on Tuesday. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is expected to announce the results of the three-phase election in which voting was held on October 28, November 3 and November 7, by Tuesday evening.
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Bihar elections were the first major elections to be held in India after the outbreak coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in March. To prevent the spread of Covid-19, the ECI issued guidelines for both voting and counting days. The number of vote-counting stations was increased from 38 to 55 to ensure social distancing.
According to the exit polls, which have been widely off the mark in the past, the ruling NDA alliance led by Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) was projected to fall short of a clear majority while the Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance led by Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was projected to win the Bihar elections.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which contested 110 seats, is a part of the ruling NDA alliance. The JD(U) contested on 115 seats, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) on 11 and 7 seats respectively.
Here are how the BJP leaders are doing in early trends:
BJP candidates have taken a lead in 73 seats out of the total 110 they are contesting on. Here is the list of all constituencies BJP candidates are leading in.
Tirhut
Ramnagar - BJP’s Bhagirathi Devi is leading.
Narkatiyaganj - Cong’s Vinay Varma is leading.
Chanpatia: Umakant Singh is leading
Lauriya - BJP’s Vinay Bihar is leading
Nautan- Narayan Prasad
Bagaha- BJP’s Ram Singh is leading
Bettiah - BJP’s Renu Devi is leading
Raxaul- Pramod Kumar Sinha
Govindganj - BJP’s Sunil Mani Tiwar is leading
Harsidhi- Karishnanandan Paswan
Pipra- Shyambabu Prasad Yadav
Motihari - Pramod Kumar
Madhuban- Rana Randhir
Parihar- Gaytri Devi
Riga - Moti Lal Prasad
Dhaka: Pawan Kumar Jaiswal
Bathnaha - Ani Kumar
Sitamarhi - Mithilesh Kumar
Aurai- Ram Surat Kumar
Kurhani - Kedar Prasad Gupta
Paroo - Ashok Kumar Singh
Hajipur - Awadhesh Singh
Lalganj: Sanjay Kumar Singh
Baruraj- Arun Kumar Singh
Patepur: Lakhendra Kumar Raushan
Saran
Barauli- Ram Pravesh Rai
Gopalganj- Subhash Singh
Siwan- Om Prakash Yadav
Goriyakothi- Devesh Kanth Singh
Taraiya- Janak Singh
Amnour- Krishan Kumar Mantoo
Sonepur: Vinay Kumar Singh
Patna
Buxar- Parshuram Chaubey
Digha- Sanjeev Chaurasia
Patna Sahib- Nand Kishor Yadav
Kumhrar- Arun Kumar Sinha
Bankipur- Nitin Nabin
Biharsharif- Dr Sunil Kumar
Darbhanga
Benipatti - Vinod Narayan Jha
Khajauli- Arun Shankar Prasad
Jhanjharpur - Nitish Mishra
Rajnagar- Dr Ramprit Paswan
Keoti - Murari Mohan Jha (Won)
Darbhanga - Sanjay Saraogi
Hayaghat- Ram Chandra Prasad (Won)
Jale - Dibesh Kumar
Rosera - Birendra Kumar
Magadh
Rajauli- Kanhaiya Kumar
Gaya Town- Prem Kumar
Bodhgaya- Hari Manjhi
Warsaliganj- Aruna Devi
Wazirnagar- Birendra Singh
Kosi
Chhatapur- Neeraj Kumar Singh
Saharsa- Alok Ranjan
Purnia
Narpatganj- Jai Prakash Yadav
Forbesganj - Vidya Sagar Keshari
Baisi- Vinod Kumar
Jokihat- Ranjit Yadav
Sikti- Vijay Kumar Mandal
Kishanganj- Sweety Singh
Purnia- Vijay Kumar Khemka
Banmankhi- Krishna Kumar Rishi
Pranpur- Nisha Singh
Korha - Kavita Devi
Bhagalpur
Bihpur- Kumar Shailendra
Banka- Ram Narayan Mandal
Munger
Lakhisarai- Vijay Kumar Sinha
Jamui- Shreyasi Singh
