Bihar Election Result 2020

The results of the Bihar assembly elections, counting for which began on Tuesday, were completed early on Wednesday. In what was an extremely close race, the National Democratic Alliance which was always in the lead, no matter how slim, emerged winner with 125 seats, with BJP winning 74 of these, the Janata Dal (United) of Nitish Kumar with 43, the Vikassheel Insaan Party 4 and Hindustan Awaam Party (Secular) 4 This puts NDA just above the requisite 122 majority mark needed to form the government.

Key Highlights

• According to the Election commission of India, BJP won 72 seats, the JDU won 42 and the RJD had won 75 seats.
• Congress contested in 70 constituencies and won in 19.
• The LJP party of Chirag Paswan won just one seat.
• Chirag Paswan is the son of Ram Vilas Paswan, Ram Vilas Paswan was the former minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He recently passed away due to health issues.

Formation of Government

• The BJP and JDU are to form the Government.
• RJD being the single largest party is to play the role of opposition. For a party to get recognised as opposition, it should have won at least 10% of the total strength of the house.