Bihar Election Results 2020 LIVE: Results declared for 74 out of the total 243 seats

Bihar Elections Results 2020: Results declared for 74 out of the total 243 seats. BJP 22, RJD wins 20, JD(U) 13, Congress 7, CPI(M-L) 5, VIP 2 and AIMIM, CPI, CPI(M), HAM(S) & Independent 1. NDA leading on 126 seats Mahagathbandhan on 110 seats AIMIM on 5 seats BSP on 1 seats

3.40 crore votes have been counted till 8 pm. Around 4.10 crore votes were cast in Bihar Election: Election Commission of India

RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav wins from Hasanpur Assembly Constituency in Bihar Assembly Elections

RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav leading over JD(U)'s Raj Kumar Ray in Hasanpur Assembly Constituency, as per Election Commission trends.

Bihar Election 2020: Election Commission declares results for 20 out of 243 seats -BJP & RJD win 6 each, JD(U), Congress & Vikassheel Insaan Party 2 each, AIMIM & CPI(M) 1 each.

NDA leading on 123 seats

Mahagathbandhan on 112 seats

AIMIM on 5 seats

BSP on 1 seat

Independents on 2

Election Commission declares results for 14 out of the total 243 seats-BJP wins 6; RJD, JD(U) & Vikassheel Insaan Party 2 each, Congress & AIMIM 1 each

NDA leading on 123 seats

Mahagathbandhan on 112 seats

AIMIM on 5 seats

BSP on 1 seat

Independents on 2

Counting is going on smoothly, results may come late into the night, says Election Commission in second briefing of the day, reports NDTV.

Stiff fight on 20 seats, about 60% vote counted, reports News18

Bihar Election results 2020 :
NDA: 121

MGB: 113

LJP: 1

OTH: 8

Bihar Election2020: JD(U) wins two seats and leads on 42 seats as EC declares results of the assembly polls.

NDA leading on 129 seats

Mahagathbandhan on 103 seats

BSP on 2 seats

AIMIM on 4 seats

LJP on 2 seats

Independents on 3 seats

NDA leading on 123 seats, Grand Alliance on 10 in trends during counting of Bihar Assembly Election

NDA leading on 129 - BJP 73, JDU 49, VIP 5, HAM 2
Mahagathbandhan ahead on 103 - RJD 64 (1 seat won) Congress 20, Left 18
BSP leading on 2, AIMIM on 4, LJP on 1 & independents on 4

NDA leading on 119 seats, GA on 111 in trends during counting of Bihar Assembly Election

NDA leading on 128 seats - BJP 73, JDU 49, VIP 5, HAM 1
Mahagathbandhan ahead on 105 seats - RJD 67, Congress 20, Left 18
BSP leading on two, AIMIM on two, LJP on two & independents on four.

After four rounds of counting for the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly elections on Tuesday, 38 constituencies are witnessing a very close fight between the NDA and the Grand Alliance.

There is a gap of less than 1,000 votes between the leading and the first trailing candidate in these seats.

In some seats, the difference is less than 50 votes.

In such a situation, everyone is keenly watching the results of these seats.

In the Bihariganj Assembly seat, the Congress candidate is leading over the JD(U) candidate by just eight votes. Similarly, BJP's Mithilesh Tiwari was ahead by just 22 votes at the Baikunthpur Assembly seat. RJD candidate Ajay Yadav leads in the Atri Assembly seat by just 848 votes. While the JD(U) candidate from Bajpatti Assembly seat is trailing by 380 votes from the RJD candidate.

As per the Election Commission website, four rounds of counting have been done for the 243 seats.

According to trends so far, BJP was leading in 74 seats, the JD(U) on 48, the RJD on 66, and the Congress has made gains on 21 seats.

NDA leading on 126 seats, Grand Alliance on 104 seats in trends during counting of Bihar Assembly Election

It has been clarified time & again that EVMs are robust & tamper-proof. Supreme Court upheld integrity of EVMs more than once. EC had also offered EVM challenge in 2017. Integrity of EVMs is without any doubt & merits no further clarification: Dy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain

We will see you in a few hours and will prove that we did what we had said: Manoj Jha, RJD MP The RJD-led Mahagathbandhan is ahead on 103 seats, behind NDA which is leading on over 125 seats.

37 seats where margin of votes is less than 500
22 seats where margin of votes is 500-1000
2 seats where margin of votes is down to single digits

There were 63% more booths this time meaning more EVMs to be counted, counting tables limited, says Election Commission

Glitch-free counting in Bihar, 1 crore votes counted so far, significant ground left to be covered, says Election Commission in special briefing

NDA leading on 127 seats - BJP 74, JDU 48, VIP 4, HAM 1 Mahagathbandhan ahead on 106 seats - RJD 66, Congress 21, Left 19 BSP leading on two, AIMIM on three, LJP on one & independents on four

Eleven of the 13 Janata Dal-United and BJP Ministers in the poll fray in Bihar are leading in their respective Assembly constituencies while two from the BJP are trailing, according to the latest poll result trends of the Election Commission.

NDA: 126
Grand Alliance: 106
LJP: 02
Others: 09

Around 4.10 crore votes were cast, 92 lakh votes counted so far. Earlier there used to 25-26 rounds of counting, this time it went up to around 35 rounds. So the counting will continue till late evening: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar, HR Srinivas

NDA leading on 127 seats - BJP 73, JDU 47, Vikassheel Insaan Party 7 Mahagathbandhan ahead on 100 seats - RJD 61, Congress 20, Left 19 BSP leading on one, AIMIM on three, LJP on five & independents on seven

JDU supporters and workers celebrate at party office in Patna as trends show NDA leading.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief and Grand Alliance Chief Minister candidate Tejashwi Yadav is leading from his Raghopur Assembly seat while his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav is trailing from the Hasanpur Assembly seat.

Election Commission press conference to take place at 1.30 pm. Deputy Election Commissioners Sudeep Jain, Chandrabhushan Kumar, and Ashish Kundra to brief the media.

NDA crosses halfway mark as per EC trends for 238 of 243 seats, leading on 125 seats - BJP 70, JDU 48, VIP 6, HAM 1 Mahagathbandhan ahead on 101 seats - RJD 62, Congress 20, Left 19 BSP leads on 1, AIMIM on 2, LJP on 5 & independents also ahead on 4

NDA leading on 119 seats - BJP 61, JDU 51, Vikassheel Insaan Party 6, HAM-1 Mahagathbandhan ahead on 100 seats - RJD 62, Congress 20, Left 18 BSP and AIMIM have a lead on one seat each, LJP on five & independents on four

NDA: 121
Grand Alliance: 112
LJP: 02
Others: 08

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav leading from Raghopur seat, as per Election Commission trends

NDA leading on 117 seats - BJP 63, JDU 48, Vikassheel Insaan Party 5, HAM-1 Mahagathbandhan ahead on 95 seats - RJD 61, Congress 19, Left 15 BSP and AIMIM have a lead on one seat each, LJP on four & independents on five

NDA: 125
Grand Alliance: 109
LJP: 03
Others: 06

NDA leading on 102 seats - BJP 54, JDU-42, Vikassheel Insaan Party-5, HAM-1 Mahagathbandhan ahead on 88 seats - RJD 57, Congress 17, Left 14 BSP leading on one seat, LJP on 4, while AIMIM is ahead on 2 & independents on 3

NDA leading on 97 seats - BJP 53, JDU 39, Vikassheel Insaan Party 5 Mahagathbandhan ahead on 82 seats - RJD 54, Congress 14, Left 14 BSP has a lead on one seat, LJP on four, while AIMIM is ahead on 2 & independents on three

NDA leading on 81 seats - BJP 42, JDU 34, Vikassheel Insaan Party 5 Mahagathbandhan ahead on 75 seats - RJD 51, Congress 13, Left 11 BSP has a lead on one seat, LJP on two, while AIMIM and an independent ahead on one each

RJD's Tej Pratap Yadav trailing behind JDU's Raj Kumar Ray from Hasanpur seat

A year ago, RJD couldn't win a single seat in Lok Sabha polls. As per Lok Sabha results, JDU & allies were to win over 200 seats. In last one year, nothing has harmed brand Nitish or added to brand RJD, we're losing only due to COVID19 impact: Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi

Grand Alliance: 108
NDA: 108
LJP: 05
Others: 04

Election Commission trends for 78 of 243 seats: NDA leading on 41 seats - BJP 23, JDU 14, Vikassheel Insaan Party 4. Mahagathbandhan ahead on 34 seats - RJD 17, Congress 12, Left 5 Bahujan Samaj Party has a lead on two seats, Lok Jan Shakti Party on one

Election Commission trends: NDA leading on 32 seats - BJP 20, JDU 9, Vikassheel Insaan Party 3 Mahagathbandhan ahead on 21 seats - RJD 9, Congress 7, Left 5 Bahujan Samaj Party has a lead on one seat

Grand Alliance: 101
NDA: 95
LJP: 04
Others: 03

BJP ahead on 9, JDU and RJD leading on 5 seats each, Congress has a lead on 3, Vikassheel Insaan Party ahead on 1 seat, according to official Election Commission trends

BJP leading on 8 seats, JDU and RJD ahead on 3 seats each, Congress on 1, Vikassheel Insaan Party also ahead on one seat, according to ECI trends

According to official Election Commission trends, Bharatiya Janata Party leads on 5 seats, JD(U)-2 seats, RJD-1 seat, Congress-1 seat, Vikassheel Insaan Party-1 seat, and Bahujan Samaj Party-1 seat

Grand Alliance: 75
NDA: 74
LJP: 01
Others: 03

According to official Election Commission trends, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leads on Darbhanga assembly seat

Supporters of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav outside his residence as counting of votes for Bihar Election 2020 is underway

The opposition Grand alliance and the ruling NDA have 2 each

Counting of votes got under way Tuesday morning for the three-phase Bihar assembly elections that may herald a new era in state politics, with exit polls predicting a victory for the RJD-led Grand Alliance. The exercise will decide the electoral fate of over 3,700 candidates who are in the race to win the 243 seats of the state assembly.

Strong room established at Anugrah Narayan College being opened, as counting of votes for Bihar Assembly elections to begin at 8 am

The counting of votes for three-phase Bihar Assembly elections will begin on Tuesday at 8am.

The term of the 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly comes to an end on 29 November. Of the total strength, 38 seats are reserved for SCs and two for STs.

The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for counting, by setting up 55 counting centres in 38 districts across Bihar, with 414 counting halls set up.

Three counting centres each have been set up in four districts of East Champaran (which has 12 assembly constituencies), Gaya (10 seats), Siwan (eight constituencies) and Begusarai (seven constituencies).

In the first phase, 71 seats spread across 16 districts went to poll on 28 October (1,066 candidates), while in the second, voters in 94 seats of 17 districts exercised their franchise on 3 November ( 1,463 candidates). In the third phase, 78 seats spread in 15 districts went to polls on 7 November (1,204 candidates).

As per the guidelines set up the Election Commission due to the coronavirus pandemic, no more than 7 counting tables will be allowed in the counting halls, to maintain social distancing.

Face masks will be mandatory for entering into the counting centres besides sanitisers will be kept in adequate quantity there.

In the state capital Patna, votes for all the 14 Assembly constituencies will be counted at just one centre set up at AN College. The poll panel said it is readying 30 counting halls at the college.