Overview
- Live counting shows the BJP-led alliance comfortably past the 122-seat majority threshold, with reports noting NDA leads crossing 190 and in some tallies topping 200.
- Within the bloc, WION reported the BJP leading in 91 seats with 15 declared wins, JD(U) ahead in 84 with nine wins, and LJP (Ram Vilas) in 20, alongside smaller allies holding a few seats.
- The opposition Mahagathbandhan lagged far behind, with the RJD leading in about two dozen seats and Congress ahead in only a few after fielding 60 candidates.
- BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya circulated a viral graphic claiming Rahul Gandhi has chalked up 95 electoral defeats across two decades.
- Senior Congress figure Nikhil Kumar publicly faulted the party’s organisation and candidate selection, as BJP leaders such as Sudhanshu Trivedi taunted the opposition and Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj fell back after early leads.