Overview
- Election Commission is submitting results to the Governor today to notify the 18th Assembly and lift the Model Code of Conduct.
- Nitish Kumar has called a Monday cabinet meeting to dissolve the outgoing House and is likely to resign before NDA legislators choose their leader.
- Swearing-in preparations at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan are underway, with the ceremony expected on November 19 or 20 subject to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s schedule.
- Reports indicate a power-sharing plan of roughly one minister for every six MLAs, with BJP expected to get 15–16 berths, JD(U) about 14, LJP(RV) around three, and HAM and RLM one each.
- The NDA won about 202 of 243 seats (BJP 89, JD(U) 85, LJP 19, HAM 5, RLM 4) as the opposition fell to roughly 35, and analysts say RJD’s Rajya Sabha tally is likely to shrink in upcoming biennial polls.