The initial trends of the election clearly indicate that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win a majority. The NDA is leading in 190 seats out of the total 243 seats.
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The contest between the ruling NDA and the opposition grand alliance in Bihar was expected to be fierce. The grand alliance candidates seemed to have good support from the people during the election campaign. But the results were different at the ballot box.
The initial trends of the election clearly show that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win the majority. The NDA is leading in 190 seats out of the total 243 seats so far.
Among the components of the ruling NDA coalition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in 83 seats, the Janata Dal United (JDU) in 79 seats and the Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas is leading in 22 seats. The opposition grand alliance is leading in 49 seats. The main components of this coalition are the Rashtriya Janata Janata Party (RJD) in 32 seats, the Congress in 6 seats and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) in 6 seats. While in the previous election, the RJD had become the largest party by winning 75 seats. Votes of women and the elderly
This time, a large number of women and the elderly voted in the election. Of the total votes, 71.6 percent were women and 62.8 percent were men. The government had just sent Rs 10,000 directly to the accounts of 14 million women just before the election. This amount, sent under the Chief Minister's Women Employment Scheme, is considered a women's empowerment and welfare scheme. It aims to create women entrepreneurs and the money was sent to the accounts in a transparent manner. However, the effect of the government distributing money on the eve of the election is visible on the ballot paper. The opposition grand alliance opposed the act of sending money on the eve of the election, but could not stop it. On the other hand, it had also announced that it would introduce various schemes if it won. Tejashwi Yadav of the grand alliance, who was being touted as the future chief minister's candidate, had announced that he would give Rs 2500 per month as an allowance to women if he won. But the people did not seem to believe him. Similarly, he had also announced that a bill to provide employment to at least one person from each household would be introduced in the House within 20 days of the formation of the new government.
Increasing the senior citizen allowance from Rs 400 to Rs 1,100 was another success of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The social security allowance of widows, disabled persons and the state was also increased. A total of 19 million people were directly benefited from this. A large number of senior citizens were seen at the rally in support of Nitish Kumar this time. Free electricity The NDA alliance's announcement to provide up to 125 units of electricity for free became another game changer. The government had come up with such a plan to show that it was with the people in their happiness and sorrow.
The popularity of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also helped bring a wave of people in favor of the NDA. JDU workers had portrayed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the messiah of Bihar's development. They had given the slogan 'NDA government for good governance and development'. Now, joy has begun in the offices of BJP and JDU. JDU workers have raised the slogan 'Phir Ek Baar Nitish Sarkar'.
