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  Nitish Kumar set to become longest serving Chief Minister of Bihar, swearing-in next week

  November 12, 2020 8:39 IST

  Nitish Kumar will take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time in 15 years. In the just held Assembly elections, the NDA won 125 seats, three more than halfway mark of 122 in the 243-chair Assembly.

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  Nitish Kumar thanks PM Modi, people of Bihar for election win

  November 11, 2020 21:04 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday thanked PM Modi's leadership and the people of Bihar for voting NDA to power once again.

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  Bihar Election 2020: 81% winning candidates are crorepatis, says ADR

  November 11, 2020 19:51 IST

  A detailed analysis of affidavits of 241 winning candidates in Bihar Assembly elections shows that 194 (81 per cent) of them have assets in crores.

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  Over 7 lakh Bihar voters opted for NOTA option

  November 11, 2020 14:44 IST

  ​A little over seven lakh voters in Bihar used the 'none of the above' or NOTA option in the assembly elections, according to the Election Commission. Nitish Kumar-led NDA was back in power in Bihar on Wednesday with a slender majority.

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  'Biggest enemy': JD(U), BJP blast Chirag Paswan after LJP emerges as big disrupter

  November 11, 2020 14:47 IST

  According to India TV's analysis, had the LJP contested elections with the NDA, the alliance would have secured more than 160 seats. The LJP emerged as a vote cutter party at 37 seats, thus hurting the JDU candidates the most.

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  Bihar Results: Stellar show by BJP with highest strike rate, RJD slips to fourth

  November 11, 2020 14:30 IST

  Bihar ElectionResult: The BJP won 74 seats and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) secured 43 seats. Other NDA partners Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) won four seats each.

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  12 billionaires among Pakistan's National Assembly members

  November 11, 2020 14:03 IST

  ​There are 12 billionaires in Pakistan's National Assembly while most of the other lawmakers were also wealthy, possessing large properties in the country and abroad and massive investments in stocks, according to a media report on Wednesday. 

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  Bihar poll boost: AIMIM plans to contest in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

  November 11, 2020 13:46 IST

  ​Buoyed by the results of Bihar assembly elections, the AIMIM which bagged five seats is now looking to spread its wings to states such as Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. 

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  Giriraj Singh as Bihar CM in future? Here's what the BJP firebrand leader said

  November 11, 2020 13:40 IST

  In the just held Assembly elections, the BJP has won 74 seats and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) has secured 43 seats. There were talks doing the rounds that the BJP should stake claim over the CM's chair since it has more MLAs than the JDU.

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  'LJP showed courage', didn't stoop low for power': Chirag Paswan's assessment of Bihar verdict

  November 11, 2020 13:33 IST

  The LJP of Chirag Paswan has won just one seat of the 149 it contested in the Bihar Assembly elections. It emerged as a vote cutter party for the JDU on 37 seats. The LJP received 5.68 per cent of votes.

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  Nitish Kumar will be CM, Bihar BJP chief says as 'big brother' tag sets off speculation

  November 11, 2020 11:40 IST

  Nitish Kumar will be the chief minister of Bihar, state party chief Sanjay Jaiswal said on Wednesday amid speculation of change in CM face, owing to BJP's new "big brother" tag.

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  Nitish should thank Shiv Sena for getting CM post again: Uddhav Thackeray's party

  November 11, 2020 11:08 IST

  Bihar results: The Shiv Sena said that Amit had to declare well ahead of the elections that Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister irrespective of the numbers. It added that Shah had made a similar promise to the Shiv Sena in 2019.

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  Aided by BJP, Nitish keeps Bihar; JD-U chief to take oath as CM for 7th time in 15 years

  November 11, 2020 11:01 IST

  With a slender majority in Bihar, Nitish Kumar is now headed to become the 23rd Chief Minister of the state. He will take oath for the seventh time in 15 years.

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  Bihar Election 2020: Nitish Kumar's JD-U wins this assembly seat by just 12 votes

  November 11, 2020 10:02 IST

  According to the results updated on the Election Commission website late Tuesday night, JD(U)'s Krishnamurari Sharan alias Prem Mukhiya has polled 61,848 votes, while the RJD's Atri Muni alias Shakti Singh Yadav has got 61,836 votes.

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  LJP wins one seat by just 333 votes. List of seats with winning margin of about 500 votes

  November 11, 2020 10:33 IST

  Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party, which pulled out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and contested nearly 150 seats, managed to win just one.

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  Bihar Results: Nitish Kumar readies for another term, what worked for him

  November 12, 2020 8:34 IST

  Bihar Election Result: Nitish Kumar-led NDA secured a win in Bihar with a slender majority. The ruling alliance won 125 seats in the 243-member Legislative Assembly against 110 clinched by the RJD-led grand alliance.

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  Historic day, NDA won again extraordinary trust of Bihar: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  November 11, 2020 9:03 IST

  Union Ministers including Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ashwini Kumar Choubey credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the electoral victory that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) pulled off in a closely fought Bihar elections.

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  A damp squib: Pushpam Priya Choudhary loses in Bankipur, Bisfi

  November 11, 2020 8:48 IST

  Plurals Party Chief Pushpam Priya Choudhary suffered a blow on Tuesday as she lost in both seats she contested in Bihar assembly elections. The London-returned new entrant faced defeat in Bankipur and Bisfi seat much to the cheer of the BJP candidates who won both the spots.  

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  A BJP sweep in bypolls, crucial gains in MP secure its govt

  November 11, 2020 8:30 IST

  Overall, the Congress, which had sitting MLAs in more than 40 seats, won 11 seats and was leading in one, while two seats were won by the BJD. One seat each was won by the Samajwadi Party, the JMM and the NDPP, and two by Independents, according to the Election Commission data at around midnight.

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  Madhya Pradesh bypolls: BJP registers win in 19 out of 28 seats, Congress settles at 9

  November 11, 2020 7:06 IST

  BJP registered a crucial victory in the bitterly contested Madhya Pradesh bypolls winning by 19 seats and decimating the Congress that managed to secure just 9 seats. 

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  NDA gets absolute majority in Bihar assembly; BJP comes out with flying colours

  November 11, 2020 7:11 IST

  Nitish Kumar-led was back in power in Bihar on Wednesday with a slender majority, surmounting anti-incumbency of 15 years, a mutinous former ally, and a spirited challenge from a resurgent opposition that rose from its ashes like proverbial phoenix after the 2019 Lok Sabha poll debacle.

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  After losing Bihar, RJD-Cong question results, EC clarifies not under anyone's pressure

  November 11, 2020 3:26 IST

  As the counting of votes for the Bihar assembly polls continued well past midnight, the Election Commission on Tuesday rejected allegations of any pressure and asserted that all due diligence was followed.

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  Victory of PM Modi: Chirag Paswan on Bihar election result

  November 11, 2020 1:43 IST

  Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan described the Bihar polls results as a "victory" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying THE people have shown their trust in him.

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  MP bypolls results 2020: BJP's Imarti Devi loses to Congress' Suresh Raje

  November 10, 2020 23:55 IST

  In a setback to the BJP, its woman minister in Madhya Pradesh Imarti Devi lost bypoll from the Dabra assembly seat on Tuesday, an election official said. Congress candidate Suresh Raje defeated Imarti Devi, considered a loyalist of BJP Rajya Sabha member JyotiradityaScindia, by a margin of 7,633 votes.

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  How AIMIM played spoilsport for RJD in Seemanchal

  November 11, 2020 10:20 IST

  Bihar Assembly Election Result: Seemanchal has a sizeable Muslim population and is considered an RJD-Congress stronghold. But this election, AIMIM of Asaduddin Owaisi has ended up dividing the Muslims votes and hurting the prospects of RJD.

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  Congress needs new revival plan for elections

  November 10, 2020 22:49 IST

  Despite all the factors favouring the Grand Alliance in Bihar, the Congress is unlikely to repeat its 2015 numbers in the state as per the trends coming in.

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  Those calling us vote-cutter have got 'befitting' reply: AIMIM on Bihar results

  November 10, 2020 22:41 IST

  Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, which was given tags like 'vote cutter' and spoiler in the Bihar assembly polls, appeared set to win five Muslim-dominated seats on Tuesday and said its critics have got a befitting reply from the people.

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  Bihar Election Results 2020: AIMIM wins 3 seats, leads on 2; celebrations outside Owaisi's house

  November 10, 2020 22:35 IST

  Firecrackers and celebrations hit All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi's house in Hyderabad as the party won three assembly seats in Bihar elections 2020.