NOTA’s share up from 2020
PATNA, Nov 14: The share of none of the above (NOTA) option went up marginally this time in the Bihar assembly polls as compared to the last elections but is still much lower than 2015, data shared by the Election Commission shows.After two-phased election held on November 6 and 11, votes are being counted on Friday. The NDA was set to sweep the Bihar assembly polls, surging ahead in close to 200 out of the total 243 seats, with the BJP emerging as the single largest party with nearly 95 per cent strike rate.The Mahagathbandhan, which includes the RJD, the Congress and three Left parties, was struggling to cross the 35-seat mark.According to the latest figures, 1.81 per cent or 6,65,870 of the total votes polled went to the NOTA option on electronic voting machines (EVMs) when voting took place for the 243-member House. (PTI)
Shahabuddin’s son wins from Raghunathpur
PATNA, Nov 14: Osama Shahab, son of deceased gangster-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin, who was a several-term MP from Siwan, won from the Raghunathpur assembly seat in Bihar.According to the EC website, RJD candidate Osama Shahab defeated his nearest rival, Vikas Kumar Singh of the JD(U), by a margin of 9,248 votes. Shahab bagged 88,278 votes, while Singh secured 79,030 votes.Top NDA leaders had criticised the RJD’s move to field Osama in the assembly polls and alleged that the decision to nominate him indicated the “return of jungle raj”. (PTI)
RJD with 22.85% largest party in terms of vote pc
PATNA, Nov 14: While the Mahagathbandhan has fallen to a mere 34, although the voting percentage of RJD is leading the tally.According to the Election Commission’s latest trends (6.34 p.m.), the vote percentage of RJD stands at 22.85 per cent, making it the biggest party in terms of the vote percentage.Similarly, the percentage of the BJP stands at 20.28 per cent, JDU (19.14 per cent), Congress (8.78 per cent), LJP-Ram Vilas (5.04 per cent), CPI (ML) (2.90 per cent), AIMIM (1.92 per cent), NOTA (1.81 per cent), and others. (IANS)
JD(U)’s ‘Bahubali’ Anant Singh wins Mokama seat
MOKAMA, Nov 14: Janata Dal (United) stalwart and political heavyweight Anant Singh has registered his victory from the Mokama Assembly constituency of Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Friday. According to the Election Commission’s official website, Singh has defeated his main rival, Veena Devi of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), by a margin of over 28,000.Veena Devi, the wife of Surajbhan Singh, another prominent political figure and rival ‘bahubali’ of Anant Singh, has been defeated.Anant Singh, who is presently in jail following his arrest in connection with the murder of a JSP supporter, continues to command significant support in his constituency. (IANS)
Most exit polls get direction right but scale wrong
NEW DELHI, Nov 14: Most exit polls got the direction of the Bihar assembly polls right but could not predict its scale with only one calling the results correctly for the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan.The little-known ‘Poll Diary’ was the only pollster which had predicted that the NDA would win over 200 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan would fall below 50. It had predicted that the NDA would get between 184-209, and the Mahagathbandhan 32-49.While the NDA won or was leading in over 200 seats, the Mahagathbandhan was poised to get around 35 seats.Exit polls on Tuesday had predicted a return of the NDA government in Bihar with a big victory over the Mahagathbandhan, and a disappointing show by Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj in its debut outing. (PTI)
No re-poll, violence in Bihar elections; a first for state
NEW DELHI/PATNA, Nov 14: In a first, the Bihar assembly polls this time saw no voting day deaths and no re-polling being ordered in any constituency.In the past assembly polls, the state witnessed violence, deaths and re-election, official data shows.Addressing party workers and supporters at the BJP headquarters here, PM Narendra Modi said gone are the days when elections in the state witnessed violence, booth capturing and repolls due to malpractices.He noted that this time there were no incidents of violence in the state during polls, and the Election Commission did not have to order any repoll in any of the polling stations. In the 1985 elections, 63 deaths were reported, and re-polling was ordered in 156 booths, the data showed. During the 1990 elections, 87 people died in poll-related violence. In 2005, re-polling was held in 660 booths due to violence and malpractices, according to the data. (PTI)
