Bihar Election Results 2015

Nitish Kumar looks set to return as chief minister of Bihar (for a sixth time) despite his party's shoddy performance in the election; the Janata Dal United's (JDU) went from 71 seats in 2015 to 43 this year - a fall triggered, many say, because of the LJP

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has dismissed exit polls aired on Thursday, all of which have predicted that the BJP will be the number one party in Uttar Pradesh, with the Samajwadi Party - Congress alliance trailing in second place. Votes will be counted tomorrow in UP and four other states.

Union Minister and Lok Jan Shakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan today came to the defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in the wake of NDA debacle in Bihar.

Shatrughan Sinha, the BJP's rebellious actor turned lawmaker, has followed up a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a series of tweets overnight attacking the party leadership over the debacle in the Bihar elections.

The demand for early elevation of Rahul Gandhi as Congress President grew louder today with the party's Rajasthan unit chief Sachin Pilot saying the time is right for the transition as the party needs to gear up for Assembly elections due next year.

The big defeat of the BJP in the Bihar Assembly poll might have resulted in the cancellation of party president Amit Shah's much-touted rally in Bengal, but the party's state leadership asserted that the drubbing would only have a 'temporary' impact.

The Bihar government is expected to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior union ministers like Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley for the event.

With Prashant Kishor emerging as a key architect of the spectacular victory of Nitish-Lalu duo in Bihar, politics has become a new hunting ground for the communications experts who have been so far largely focused on the world of business.

Amid indication that Congress is likely to participate in the Grand Alliance government in Bihar, party vice president Rahul Gandhi today met party general secretary CP Joshi and state unit chief Ashok Choudhary as a precursor to his proposed confabulations with newly-elected party legislators on November 19.

Janadhikar Party (JAP) chief and lawmaker, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav today tendered an apology for making "undignified" claims of leaving politics in case the two sons of Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad won the Bihar assembly elections.

Anant Singh, one of Bihar's new lawmakers, did not campaign for a day, but won from Mokama by more than 18,000 votes. Mr Singh is in jail - he faces five cases of murder, six of attempt to murder and others of abduction and extortion. A total 16.

The results of the Bihar elections show that no lesson has been learnt from the fiasco in Delhi.

The Bihar Assembly election results was a "wakeup call" for the Centre, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said today, while expressing doubts whether the BJP-led NDA government would change its functioning after the drubbing it got.

Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, two prominent Dalit leaders on whom BJP was banking to bring home for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nearly 16 per cent votes of schedule castes, failed to deliver in the Bihar elections, as reflected in the results.

As the BJP introspects on its Bihar defeat, another parliamentarian from the state has come out with a scathing critique, not sparing even Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi and other leaders had made unseemly comments during the campaign, said Bhola Singh.

Nitish Kumar looks set to return as chief minister of Bihar (for a sixth time) despite his party's shoddy performance in the election; the Janata Dal United's (JDU) went from 71 seats in 2015 to 43 this year - a fall triggered, many say, because of the LJP

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has dismissed exit polls aired on Thursday, all of which have predicted that the BJP will be the number one party in Uttar Pradesh, with the Samajwadi Party - Congress alliance trailing in second place. Votes will be counted tomorrow in UP and four other states.

Union Minister and Lok Jan Shakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan today came to the defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in the wake of NDA debacle in Bihar.

Shatrughan Sinha, the BJP's rebellious actor turned lawmaker, has followed up a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a series of tweets overnight attacking the party leadership over the debacle in the Bihar elections.

The demand for early elevation of Rahul Gandhi as Congress President grew louder today with the party's Rajasthan unit chief Sachin Pilot saying the time is right for the transition as the party needs to gear up for Assembly elections due next year.

The big defeat of the BJP in the Bihar Assembly poll might have resulted in the cancellation of party president Amit Shah's much-touted rally in Bengal, but the party's state leadership asserted that the drubbing would only have a 'temporary' impact.

The Bihar government is expected to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior union ministers like Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley for the event.

With Prashant Kishor emerging as a key architect of the spectacular victory of Nitish-Lalu duo in Bihar, politics has become a new hunting ground for the communications experts who have been so far largely focused on the world of business.

Amid indication that Congress is likely to participate in the Grand Alliance government in Bihar, party vice president Rahul Gandhi today met party general secretary CP Joshi and state unit chief Ashok Choudhary as a precursor to his proposed confabulations with newly-elected party legislators on November 19.

Janadhikar Party (JAP) chief and lawmaker, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav today tendered an apology for making "undignified" claims of leaving politics in case the two sons of Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad won the Bihar assembly elections.

Anant Singh, one of Bihar's new lawmakers, did not campaign for a day, but won from Mokama by more than 18,000 votes. Mr Singh is in jail - he faces five cases of murder, six of attempt to murder and others of abduction and extortion. A total 16.

The results of the Bihar elections show that no lesson has been learnt from the fiasco in Delhi.

The Bihar Assembly election results was a "wakeup call" for the Centre, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said today, while expressing doubts whether the BJP-led NDA government would change its functioning after the drubbing it got.

Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, two prominent Dalit leaders on whom BJP was banking to bring home for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nearly 16 per cent votes of schedule castes, failed to deliver in the Bihar elections, as reflected in the results.

As the BJP introspects on its Bihar defeat, another parliamentarian from the state has come out with a scathing critique, not sparing even Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi and other leaders had made unseemly comments during the campaign, said Bhola Singh.