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Patna: 
The Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-BJP alliance today attained a three-fourth majority in Bihar, bagging 183 of the 243-Assembly seats while still leading in 23 places.
The Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-BJP alliance today attained a three-fourth majority in Bihar, bagging 183 of the 243-Assembly seats while still leading in 23 places.JD(U) on its own won 99 seats, while its electoral ally BJP snapped up 84 of the 141 and 102 seats, they contested respectively.
Reducing the opposition to tatters, the NDA partners improved their performance considerably compared to the last elections in 2005, when they together won 143 seats.
The RJD-LJP alliance steered by Lalu Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan, both of whom did not contest, ate humble pie and secured just 22 seats with RJD (18)and LJP (4) while leading in two other places. They together had 64 seats — RJD (54) and LJP (10) last time.
To add to RJD’s humiliation, former chief minister and Prasad’s wife Rabri Devi lost at Sonepur in Saran district to nearest BJP rival.
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