Bihar Elections

New Delhi, Nov 8:  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday conceded defeat in the Bihar elections. “BJP lost only because of alliance arithmetic,” union minister Prakash Javadekar told the media. BJP vice president Prabhat Jha added:…

New Delhi, Nov 8: The Janata Dal-United on Sunday expressed hope that it will form the next government in Bihar. "Be it Patna region, Bhagalpur or any other region, we will soon pick up leads and results would be in our favour as the…

New Delhi, Nov 8: The Grand Alliance of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar forged ahead in the battle for the 243-seat Bihar assembly, latest trends from the vote count showed. After trailing to the BJP-led combine initially, Nitish…

New Delhi, Nov 8: Two hours into counting of votes on Bihar, different TV channels showed different leads of the vote count in Bihar on Sunday, triggering confusion. There was also confusion with the spokespersons of the BJP as well as…

New Delhi, Nov 8: The Grand Alliance was poised to win the battle for the Bihar assembly, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav said on Sunday. “We will get about 150 seats,” Yadav told the media as officials counted the votes…

Patna, Nov 8: Both of RJD chief Lalu Prasad's sons - Tej Pratap and Tejaswi Yadav - trailed as counting of votes was under way in Bihar on Sunday, officials said. Tej Pratap and Tejaswi Yadav trailed from Mahua and Raghopur assembly…

Patna, Nov 8: The BJP-led combine and the Grand Alliance were in a close contest on Sunday in Bihar in the battle for the 243-member assembly election, officials counting the millions of votes said. The four-party alliance led by the…

Patna, Nov 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was no doubt the BJP's face in the Bihar battle, but its micro management lay with BJP president Amit Shah and the IT cell in the Prime Minister's Office, with dedicated party activists promised…

All records were shattered during the 5th and final phase polling in Bihar, thanks to massive polarisation in Muslim-dominated underdeveloped areas. The final voter turnout was recorded at 59.46%. Polling was held in 57 seats in 9 districts…

New Delhi, Nov 4: Once again it's ‘beef’ the core issue which dominated Bihar politics. Bihar is all set to go for fifth and final phase of polling on Thursday. Amid the high voltage campaign, BJP has issued a new advertisement on ‘holy…