Overview
- Preliminary trends indicate the BJP-led NDA is on track to cross the majority mark as counting continues for Bihar’s 243 seats.
- At a 1 pm snapshot reported by Times Now, the NDA led in about 197 seats versus roughly 40 for the Mahagathbandhan, with Jan Suraaj on zero.
- News18 reported RJD leading in around 32 constituencies and Congress in only four, a sharp drop from the 19 seats Congress won in 2020.
- Social media fixated on the overlap with Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday, sharing memes that lampoon Congress’s showing.
- Voting was held in two phases on November 6 and 11 with strong turnout reported around 65% and 68–69%, and media have cast the CM contest as Nitish Kumar versus Tejashwi Yadav.