BJP National President JP Nadda with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and other leaders.
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The two-phase voting in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 has come to an end with the second phase seeing a record 67.14 per cent voter turnout on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the first phase was held on November 6, which had also seen a record voter turnout of about 65 per cent.
The result for the 243-seat Sssembly will be out on November 14.
NDA, led by Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and BJP along with other parties, is being challenged by the Mahaghatbandhan of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress among other parties.
Giving the two alliances a competition is Prashant Kishor's newly formed Jan Suraaj.
While Nitish Kumar will continue to be the Chief Ministerial face for the NDA, the I.N.D.I.A. bloc announced that Tejashwi Yadav will be at the helm if they win.
With the end of the polling, several analysts have begun with the exit polls, predicting the outcome of the election in advance.
Bihar election 2025: What the Exit Polls say?
People's Insight
NDA: 133-148
I.N.D.I.A: 87-102
JSP: 0-2
Other: 3-6
Dainik Bhaskar
NDA: 145-160
I.N.D.I.A.: 73-91
JSP: 0-0
Others: 5-10
People's Pulse
NDA: 133-159
I.N.D.I.A.: 75-101
JSP: 0-5
Others: 2-8
Matrize
NDA: 147-167
I.N.D.I.A.: 70-90
JSP: 0-2
Others: 2-8
Chanakya Strategies
NDA: 130-138
I.N.D.I.A.: 100-108
JSP: 0-0
Others: 3-5
JVC Poll
NDA: 135-150
I.N.D.I.A.: 88-103
JSP: 0-1
Others: 3-6
Praja Poll Analytics
NDA: 184-209
I.N.D.I.A.: 32-49
JSP: 0-0
Others: 1-5
TIF Research
NDA: 145-163
I.N.D.IA.: 76-95
JSP: 0-0
Others: 3-6
How accurate were exit polls in 2020?
During the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, most exit polls had predicted a narrow victory for the RJD-led alliance.
However, the final results swung the other way as the NDA secured 125 seats to cross the halfway mark, while the Mahagathbandhan managed 110.