Key rivals for the Bihar Assembly, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are neck and neck after two hours of counting for the 243-seat-Vidhan Sabha.
As per results announced by the Election Commission so far, the RJD is leading on 46 out of 152 seats counted till 10 a.m., while the ruling BJP is trailing by securing lead on 40 seats.
At 9 a.m., early trends had shown the BJP ahead on 8 out of 20 seats after counting began at 8 a.m.
The results are mostly from counting of the postal ballots and EVMs simultaneously at 1,06,515 polling stations across the state.
The Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal-United (JDU) is leading on 32 seats in the third position, followed by Congress (13), Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) (7), Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) (5), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) (3), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (2), and one each with Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Communist Party of India (CPI) and an Independent candidate.
Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son, Tej Pratap Yadav is trailing from Hasanpur assembly seat in Bihar. Tej Pratap was trailing against JDU’s Raj Kumar Ray after the first round by almost 1300 votes. Bankipur is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha seat in Magadh region and Patna district of Bihar. It shares inter-state border with Patna. Bankipur is part of 30. Patna Sahib Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency.
Nitin Nabin of BJP Leading from the seat, while Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv is trailing behind him.
The recent trend says that NDA leading with 122 seats while the grand alliance with 108.