The Election Commission site indicates that NDA comprising he Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal United, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) by winning 125 seats in all, has crossed the mark of 122 seats in the 243 legislative assembly of Bihar. With this small margin victory, the NDA has returned to power in the state.
The BJP emerged as the biggest party in the NDA with 74 seats while the JD(U) managed to win on 43 seats. Smaller allies, the HAM and the VIP won four seats each.
The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) ended up winning one seat. The LJP had quit the NDA in the state in the run-up to the October-November elections.
The Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) won 110 seats, with the Rashtriya Janata Dal winning 75 seats, the Congress 19 and the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (Liberation) winning 12.
The Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India-Marxist won two seats each.
The remaining seats were divided among Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM which won five, while the Bahujan Samaj Party won one. One Independent was also elected.
