Bihar Election Result 2020 LIVE Updates: NDA Leads the Race as BJP Overtakes RJD as Single-Largest Party

Bihar: In a dramatic turn of events, the National Democratic Alliance is leading the race with the BJP overtaking Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD as the single-largest party. Despite being part of the NDA, Nitish Kumar’s JD-U has “conceded” the election as per reports quoting party leader KC Tyagi.

The majority mark in the 243-seat Bihar assembly is 122. Counting of votes is underway amid strict Covid-19 measures across 243 assembly constituencies to decide the fate of the Nitish Kumar government which has governed the state for 15 years.

According to the Bihar State Election Commission, three counting centres each in East Champaran, Siwan, Begusarai and Gaya, and two each in Nalanda, Banka, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gopalganj and Saharsa have been set up. Currently, the NDA is leading in 119 seats and Mahagathbandhan is leading on 114 seats.

In as many as 27 seats the margin of vote difference between the leading candidates is less than 1000. Multiple rounds of counting is still left as only 5-6 rounds of counting is complete.