Click to play videoPatna: In one of the biggest victories in India's electoral history, the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-BJP alliance on Wednesday attained a landslide three-fourth majority in Bihar, bagging 206 of the 243-Assembly seats.
JD(U) on its own won 115 seats, while its electoral ally BJP snapped up 91 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 25 seats with RJD (22) and LJP (3). They together had 64 seats -- RJD (54) and LJP (10) last time.
Communist Party of India and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha won one each while others won 6.
To add to RJD's humiliation, former chief minister and Prasad's wife Rabri Devi lost from both the seats - Sonepur and Raghopur - she contested from.
The Congress suffered a major electoral setback as it won only 4 seats compared to 9 it held in 2005.
The CPI won one seat and Independents emerged victorious at three places.
Reacting to the people's verdict, Nitish said, "We have no magic wand, but people's trust. I will need to work harder than I did in the last five years and I will not hesitate to do it."
"The outcome of the elections also proves beyond doubt that it was a victory for development and for the people of the state," Nitish said.
The poll verdict, Nitish said, would disappoint those politicking on the basis of caste and the results would mark the beginning of a "new story" in Bihar and have effect outside the state.
Without naming RJD chief who had criticised the exit polls predicting victory for the NDA, Nitish said, "Media should not be criticised for its projection that NDA will pull off a landslide victory in Bihar.
"People should refrain from unnecessary criticism of the media... if you live up to the people's aspirations and expectations you will definitely be rewarded," he said.
"Now I feel that the people have thrust on my shoulder more responsibilities and I have to continue to make efforts with full dedication," Nitish said.
Lalu Yadav, who was the RJD-LJP chief ministerial candidate, gave credit of the victory to Nitish, but not the BJP.
He said he had accepted the defeat with humility.
"We will soon undertake a review to ascertain what went wrong leading to such astonishing victory for the NDA," Lalu said.
Congress, on its part, conceded that it lost the polls badly due to lack of organisational strength and absence of an influential local leader.
"We have lost the polls badly owing to organisational weakness as well as absence of a tall leader unlike other contenders," Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee spokesman P C Mishra told reporters.
Among the 25 ministers who contested the polls, 20 won and five lost. Among the 20 winners, 13 belonged to the JD(U) and the remaining to BJP.
Speaker Uday Narain Choudhury of JD(U) won from the Imamganj (SC) seat.
LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan's two brothers, Pasupati Kumar Paras, the state LJP president lost the Alauli seat and Ramchandra Paswan from Kusheshwar Asthan.
BPCC president Choudhury Mehmood Ali Qaiser lost from the Simri-Bakhtiarpur seat.
Rabri Devi's brother Sadhu Yadav, who contested on a Congress ticket lost from Gopalganj.
Other prominent Congress losers included Loveli Anand, wife of jailed politician Anand Mohan Singh, who contested from Alamnagar.
Papu Yadav's wife Ranjita Ranjan lost from Bihariganj on a Congress ticket. Yadav is serving a life sentence for the killing of CPI(M) MLA Ajit Sarkar.
Results:
Barachatti: Jyoti Devi of JD(U) defeated RJD candidate Samata Devi
Bodh Gaya: BJP's Shyamdev Paswan defeated LJP's Kumar Sarbajit
Gaya Town: Prem Kumar of BJP defeated CPI candidate Jalaluddin Ansari
Tekari: Anil Kumar of JD(U) defeated RJD's Baghi Kumar Verma
Belaganj: RJD's Surendra Prasad Yadav defeated JD(U)'s Md Amjad
Attri: JD(U) candidate Krishna Nandan Yadav defeated RJD Kunti Devi
Wazirganj: BJP's Birendra Singh defeated Congress Awadhesh Kumar Singh
Barhara: RJD's Raghvendra Pratap Singh defeated JD(U) Asha Devi
Ajiaon: BJP candidate Shives Kumar defeated RJD's Suresh Paswan
Gurua: BJP's Surendra P Sinha defeated RJD Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav
Sherghati: Binod Prasad Yadav of JD(U) defeated independent candidate Sushma Kumari
Imamganj: Uday Narain Choudhary of JD(U) defeated RJD Roshan Kumar.
Barauli: Rampravesh Rai (BJP) beat MD Nemtullah (RJD).
Gopalganj: Subhash Yadav (BJP) beat Reyajul Haque Raju (RJD).
Kuchaikot: Amrendra Kumar Pandey (JD-U) beat Aditya Narayan
Pandey (RJD).
Hathua: Ramsevak Singh (JD-U) beat Rajesh Kumar Singh (RJD).
Baikunthpur: Manjit Kumar Singh (JD-U) beat Devbrat Prasad (RJD).
Bhore: Indradeo Manjhi (BJP) beat Bachan Das (RJD).
Samastipur: Ram Nath Thakur of JD(U) defeated Akhtarul
Islam Shaheen of RJD
Kalyanpur: Ramsevak Hazari of JD(U) defeated LJP Vishwanath Paswan
Morwa: Baidya Nath Sahni of JD(U) defeated RJD Ashok Singh
Rosera: Manju Hazari of BJP defeated RJD Pitambar Paswan
Ara: Amrendra Singh of BJP defeated LJP Shrikumar Singh
Sarai Ranjan: Vijay Kumar Choudhary of JD(U) defeated RJD Ramashray Sahni
Harlakhi: Shaligram Yadav of JD(U) defeated CPI Ram Naresh Pandey
Banka: RJD candidate Jawaid Ekbal Ansari defeated BJP Ram Narain Mandal
Katoria: BJP candidate Sonelal Hembram defeated RJD Sukhlal Mishra
Ujiyarpur: Durga Prasad Singh of RJD defeated JD(U) Ramlakhan Mahto
Mohiuddinnagar: Rana Gangeshwar Singh of BJP defeated RJD's Ajay Kumar Bulganin
Hassanpur: Raj Kumar Rai of JD(U) defeated Sunil Kumar Pushpam of RJD
Bibhutipur: Ram Balak Singh JD(U) defeated Ram Dev Verma of CPM
Warisnagar: Ashok Kumar JD(U) defeated RJD candidate Gajendra Singh
Rajnagar : Ram Lakhan Ram Raman of RJD defeated BJP Rampreet Paswan
Babubarhi : RJD candidate Umakant Yadav defeated his nearest rival Kapildeo Kamat of JD(U)
Nawada : Purnima Yadav of JD(U) defeated Raj Ballabh Prasad of RJD
Jehanabad: Abhiram Sharma (JD-U) beat Sachidanand Yadav.
Ghosi: Rahul Kumar (JD-U) beat Kaushal Yadav (LJP).
Makhdumpur: Jitan Ram Manjhi (JD-U) beat Dharam Raj Paswan (RJD).
Garkha: Gyan Chand Manjhi (BJP) Munneshwar Choudhary (RJD).
Raj Panti: Ranju Gita of JD(U) defeated Anwarul Haque of RJD.
Kusheshwar Asthan: Shashi Bhushan Hazari of BJP defeated Ram Chandra Paswan (LJP).
Benipur: Gopalji Thakur of BJP defeated RJD's Hari Krishna Yadav.
Bahadurpur: Madan Sahni of JD(U) defeated Harinandan Yadav of RJD.
Keoti : Ashok Yadav (BJP) has defeated Faraz Fatmi of RJD.
Jale : Vijay Kumar Mishra of BJP has defeated Ram Niwas Prasad of RJD.
Aurangabad: Ramadhar Singh (BJP) beat Sunil Kumar (RJD)
Rafiganj: Ashok Kumar Singh (JD-U) beat Md Nehaluddin (RJD).
Navinagar: Virendra Kumar Singh (JD-U) beat Vijay Kumar Singh alias Dabloo Singh (LJP).
Kutumba: Lalan Ram (JD-U) beat Suresh Paswan (RJD).
Rajauli : Kanhaiya Rajwar (BJP) beat Prakash Vir (RJD).
Hisua: Anil Singh (BJP) beat Anil Mehta (LJP).
Tarapur: Nita Choudhary (JD-U) beat Shakuni Choudhary (RJD).
Munger: Anant Kumar Satyarthi (JD-U) beat Shabnam Praveen (RJD).
Jamalpur: Shailesh Kumar (JD-U) beat Sadhna Devi (LJP).
Laukaha: Hariprasad Singh (JD-U) beat Chitranjan Prasad Yadav (RJD).
Runni Sayedpur: Guddi Choudhary (JD-U) beat Shatrughan Rai (RJD).
Kishanganj: Javed Azad (INC) beat Sweeti Singh (BJP).
Bahadurganj: Saufique Alam (INC) beat Musabir Alam (JD-U).
Thakurganj: Naushad Alam (LJP) beat Naushad Alam (LJP).
Chenari: Shyam Bihari Ram (JD-U) beat RJD candidate.
Kargahar: Ramdhani Singh (JD-U) beat LJP candidate.
Dehri: Jyoti Rashmi (Independent) beat Iliyas Hussain (RJD).
Dinara: Jai Kumar Singh (JD-U) beat RJD.
Karakat: Rajeshwar Raj (JD-U) beat RJD.
Bhagalpur: Ashwini Choubey (BJP) beat Ajit Sharma (INC).
Jhajha: Damodar Raut (JD-U) beat RJD.
Kasba: Ashfaque Alam (INC) beat Pradip Das (BJP).
Alinagar: Abdul Bari Siddiqui (RJD) beat JD-U
Belsand: Sunita Singh Chouhan (JD-U) beat Sanjay Gupta (RJD)
Narpatganj: Devanti Yadav (BJP) beat Anil Yadav (LJP)
Baniapur: Kedar Nath Singh (RJD) beat JD-U.
Amnaur: Krishna Kumar Singh Mantoo (JD-U) beat LJP's Shailendra Prasad.
Ekma: Manoranjan Singh Dhumal (JD-U) beat RJD
Parsa: Chhotelal Rai (JD-U) beat RJD.
Govindpur: Kaushal Yadav (JD-U) beats K B Prasad (LJP).
Sitamarhi: Sunil Kumar Pintoo (BJP) defeats Raghvendra Singh Kushwaha (LJP).
Nathnagar: Ajay Mandal (JD-U) beats Abu Kaiser (RJD).
Kahalgaon: Sadanand Singh (INC) beats Kaksa Praveen (JD-U).
Mahishi: Abdul Gafoor (RJD) beat Raj Kumar Sah (JD-U).
Amour: Saba Zaffar (BJP) beat Zalil Mastan (INC).
Jehanabad: Abhiram Sharma (JD-U) beat S N Yadav (RJD).
Gaura Bauram: Izhar Ahmed (JD-U) beat Mahavir Prasad (RJD).
Kochadhaman: Akhtarul Iman (RJD) beat JDU's Muzahir Alam.
Pirpainti: Aman Kumar (BJP) beat RJD's Ramvilas Paswan.
Gopalpur: Gopal Mandal (JD-U) beat Amit Rana (RJD).
Bihapur : Shailendra (BJP) beat R K Rana (RJD).
Baisi: Santosh Kushwaha (BJP) beat Nisar Ahmed (INC).
Chhapra: Janardan Singh Sigriwal (BJP) beat PR Singh (RJD).
Warsaliganj: Pradip Kumar (JD-U) beat Aruna Devi (INC).
Hayaghat: Amarnath Gami (BJP) beats Shahnawaz Ahmed (LJP).
Darbhanga Rural: Lalit Yadav (RJD) defeats Asraf Hussain (JD-U).
Islampur: Rajiv Ranjan (JD-U) beat Virendra Gope (RJD).
Harnaut: Harinarayan Singh (JD-U) beat Arun Kumar Bind (LJP).
Cheria Bariarpur: Manju Verma (JD-U) beat LJP's Anil Choudhary.
Teghra: Lalan Kumar (BJP) beat Rambhajan Singh (CPI).
Bachwara: Awadhesh Rai (CPI) beat Arvind Singh (Ind).
Sahebpur Kamal: Praveen Amanullah (JD-U) beat SN Yadav (RJD).
Banmankhi: Krishna Kumar Rishi (BJP) beat Saligram Rishideo (INC).
Tarari: Narendra Kumar Pandey alias Sunil Pandey (JD-U) beats Adib Rizbi (RJD).
Jhanjharpur: Nitish Mishra (JD-U) defeats H P Singh (RJD).
Fulparas: Guljar Devi (JD-U) beats Virendra Choudhary (RJD).
Rupauli: Bima Bharati (JD-U) beats Shankar Singh (LJP).
Dhamdaha: Lessi Singh (JD-U) defeats Dilip Yadav (RJD).
Kesaria: Sacchindra Prasad Singh (BJP) beats Ramsharan Prasad Yadav (CPI).
Valmikinagar: Rajesh Singh (JD-U) defeats his nearest rival Deep Narain Mahato by around 14,000 votes.
Nutan: JD(U)'s Manorama Prasad beat Galu Choudhary (CPI) by around 6000 votes.
Bettiah: BJP Minister Renu Devi beats Congress nominee Madan Mohan Tiwari by around 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 around 20,000 votes.
Lauria: Vinay Bihari (Independent) beats Pradip Singh (JD-U) by over 5,000 votes.
Asthwana: Jitendra Kumar (JD-I) beats Kapildeo Singh (LJP) by 10,000 votes.
Narkatiaganj: Satish Chandra Dubey (BJP) beats Om Verma (INC) by around 10,000 votes.
Sikta: Dilip Verma (Independent) defeats Fakruddin (Independent) by over 5000 votes.
Raxaul: Ajay Kumar Singh (BJP) beats Rajnanadan Rai (LJP) by around 6,000 votes.
Ramnagar: Bhagirathi Devi (BJP) beats Naresh Ram (Congress) by around 15,000 votes.
Darbhanga Town: Sanjay Saraogi (BJP) beats Sultan Ahmed (RJD).
Nalanda: Shravan Kumar (JD-U) defeats Arun Kumar (RJD).
Rajgir (SC): Satyadeo Narayan Arya (BJP) beats Dhananjay Kumar (LJP).
Biharsharief: Sunil Kumar (JD-U) defeats RJD's Afrin Sultana.
Sheohar: Md Sarfuddin (JD-U) beats Pratima Devi (BSP).
Islampur: Rajiv Ranjan (JD-U) beats Virendra Gope (RJD).
Harnaut: Harinarayan Singh (JD-U) defeats Arun Kumar Bind (LJP)
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