The NDA has returned to power in Bihar, though by the slimmest of margins, as results on the Election Commission site indicated that it crossed the majority mark of 122 seats in the 243-member house as the NDA comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal United, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) winning 125 seats in all.
The BJP emerged victorious on as many as 74 seats while the JD(U) managed to win on 43 seats. Smaller allies, the HAM and the VIP won four seats each.
The Lok Janshakti Party, which had quit the NDA in the state in the run-up to the October-November elections, ended up with one seat.
Now, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has responded for the first time after winning the elections. He took to Twitter and wrote, "जनता मालिक है। उन्होंने NDA को जो बहुमत प्रदान किया, उसके लिए जनता-जनार्दन को नमन है। मैं पीएम श्री @narendramodi जी को मिल रहे उनके सहयोग के लिए धन्यवाद करता हूँ। (The public is the owner. Grateful for the majority provided by Janta-Janardan to the NDA. I thank PM Shri Narendra Modi for the cooperation we are getting.)
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जनता मालिक है। उन्होंने NDA को जो बहुमत प्रदान किया, उसके लिए जनता-जनार्दन को नमन है। मैं पीएम श्री @narendramodi जी को मिल रहे उनके सहयोग के लिए धन्यवाद करता हूँ।
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) November 11, 2020