Bihar Exit Polls 2020 Tejashwi People's Choice for CM, Says Exit Polls

Bihar Exit Polls 2020 Tejashwi People's Choice for CM, Says Exit Polls

Bihar Assembly elections 2020 has reached its final phase on Saturday. Around 7 crore voter exercised their voting rights in the three-phase Bihar Assembly elections 2020 amid coronavirus pandemic. Counting for the 243 constituencies will be on 10 November. The battle of Bihar is mainly between two stakeholders — National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comprising incumbent chief minister Nitish Kumar and Opposition's Mahagathbandhan comprising former chief minister Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress.

Numerous pollsters have started releasing their predictions. Times Now-CVoter said NDA to get 91-117 seats while Mahagathbandhan to win 118-138 seats in Bihar Assembly. Jan Ki Baat exit poll projects RJD to be the single-largest party in Bihar

The NDA comprises Janata Dal-United by Nitish Kumar (115 seats), the Bharatiya Janata Party (110 seats), Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) of Mukesh Sahani, popularly known as ‘Son of Mallah’ (11 seats), Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi (7 seats)

Mahagathbandhan includes Rashtriya Janata Dal led by former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav (144 seats) and the Congress (70 seats). Other allies are the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) or CPI(ML) (19 seats), Communist Party of India (CPI) (6 seats) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M)(4 seats).LM