Vote counting for Bihar Assembly Elections is underway and till now, NDA has taken lead over the Grand Alliance. But, the results might change its direction as the counting will unravel. According to the Election Commission, Bihar Assembly Elections Result is likely to be out at late night after 35 rounds of counting.
The Election Commission during a press conference said, "Earlier, the counting of the votes used to take place in 38 locations. Now, due to the coronavirus pandemic guidelines, it is taking place at 55 locations. This time, it will take 35 rounds per assembly constituency to get the Bihar election results."
Now going by the media reports, Tej Pratap Yadav, RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder son, who relinquished the Mahua constituency in Vaishali district, has won the Hasanpur seat in Samastipur district with an astounding 80,822 votes. JD(U)'s Raj Kumar Ray lost to Yadav and managed to bag 59783 votes.
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Tej Pratap secured 47.27 percent of the votes, while Ray got 34.93 percent. There were said to be fears in the RJD camp that Tej Pratap's bid to retain Mahua could be challenged by the NDA through his estranged wife Aishwarya Rai as its trump card.
Going by the recent trends, NDA is leading with 124 seats while Mahagathbandhan is trailing at 112 seats.