Bihar Election Results Live: Despite Massive Setback, Tejashwi Yadav's RJD Gets More Votes Than BJP, JDU

As the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) appeared to retain the power in Bihar, the opposition party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which is likely to face its worst setback since 2010, has a reason to cheer -- maximum vote share.

The Tejashwi Yadav-led party has so far received a vote share of 22.79 per cent, 2.27 per cent more than the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and 3.8 per cent more than Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU), according to the latest trends on the website of the Election Commission.

The RJD, which contested 143 seats in the 243-member assembly, is currently leading in only 25 seats. These polls are also likely to be the RJD's second-worst performance in a Bihar election after 2010, when it had secured just 22 seats.

Tejashwi Yadav, the chief ministerial face of the Opposition Mahagathbandhan, is also currently trailing from his Raghopur seat. He has so far received 33,347 votes and is trailing BJP's Satish Kumar by 2,288 votes.

RJD's allies in the opposition bloc, Mahagathbandhan, were also way behind, with the Congress ahead in five seats, the CPIM(L) Liberation in two, and the CPI in zero.

On the other hand, the NDA is currently ahead in 204 seats, with the BJP leading in 92, the JDU in 84, Union Minister Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) in 19, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha in five, and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Morcha in four.

The Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party and Mukesh Sahani's Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) are trailing in all the seats they have contested.

Bihar voted in two phases -- November 6 and November 11 -- and recorded a voter turnout of over 66 per cent, the highest ever in the state since 1951.

The turnout among male voters was at 62.8 per cent, while it was 71.6 per cent among female voters.