Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulates Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his success.
The CPI(M) today said it was disappointed by the Bihar Assembly poll results. "Our number of seats have gone down in Bihar Assembly...Naturally we are disappointed," CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat said.
State Cong chief Mehboob Ali Qaiser trounced in Simri Bakhtiarpur
Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi defeated in Raghopur
Sonia Gandhi congratulates Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on good performance in the Bihar polls.
Congress has to start from scratch in Bihar: Sonia
Bettiah: BJP Minister Renu Devi beats Congress nominee Madan Mohan Tiwari by about 15,000 votes.
Chanpatia: Chandramohan Rai (BJP) beats BSP's Ejaj Hussain by over 13,000 votes.
Bagha: Prabhat Ranjan Singh JD(U) defeats BSP's Md Kamran by about 20,000 votes.
Rabri Devi trails in both seats: Raghopur and Sonepur
Valmikinagar: Rajesh Singh (JD-U) defeats his nearest rival Deep Narain Mahato by around 14,000 votes.
Ramnagar: Bhagirathi Devi (BJP) beats Naresh Ram (Congress) by around 15,000 votes. BJP nominee Chandramohan Rai leads over his nearest LJP rival Seikh Sarfuddin in Chanpatia constituency
Top RJD leaders Shakil Ahmad Khan, Abdul Bari Siddiqui and Kanti Singh trailing.
Nitish Kumar-led NDA ahead in 98 of 243 Assembly constituencies of Bihar
BJP leads in Bettiah, Chanpatia, Sikta, Bhagalpur, Ramnagar, and Benipatti; JD(U) ahead of RJD in Balmikinagar, Mahisi, Jhanjharpur and Bagha.
BSP leads in Sheohar and CPI in Harlakhi
Rabri Devi trails in Raghopur leads from Sonepur
Counting for Bihar polls begins BPCC chief Mahboob Ali Qaisar trails from Slmri Bakhtiarpur