The counting of votes for the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections is going on. As of 3 pm, after several rounds of counting, the NDA is leading in 204 seats, indicating the return of Nitish Kumar as CM. The Mahagathbandhan has a lead in just 32 seats now.
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According to several media reports, voting trends at 3.00 pm showed the NDA leading in 204 seats and the Mahagathbandhan in 32.
All 29 ministers of the incumbent cabinet under Nitish Kumar, 16 from BJP and 13 from JDU, are leading in their respective seats.
Congress Party, which contested in 61 seats, is leading in only 3 of them.
The BJP is emerging as the largest party, with leads in 95 seats, while its partner JDU is leading in 82 seats. From Patna’s 14 seats, NDA is leading in 10. Among 7 seats in Bhagalpur district, NDA is leading in 6. NDA is also leading in 8 out of 10 seats in Chhapra.
The RJD and Congress, major parties of the Mahagathbandhan, are leading in 28 and 4 seats respectively, as per latest reports.
The state registered a historic voter turnout of 67.13% in the two-phase elections to the 243-member assembly that was held on November 6 and 11. Most exit polls have predicted a clean sweep for the NDA, of which the JD(U) is a part.
