Bihar Election Results: PM Modi Credits 'New MY Factor' As NDA Ends Up Winning 202 Of 243 Seats — Highlights

• The counting of votes has concluded in Bihar, with the NDA officially emerging as the winner. The ruling alliance has won 202 out of the 243 seats contested. The BJP tops the list with 89 wins, followed by the JD(U) at 85.

• In terms of vote share, the BJP has secured 20.08% of the votes, and JD(U) 19.25%. On the other hand, the RJD emerged as the party with the highest vote share of 23%. However, in terms of seats, it could win only 25.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address on Friday evening, credited the NDA's landslide win to the "new MY factor", which comprises Mahila (women) and Yuva (youth).

• This differs from the Opposition's "MY factor", which was aimed at "appeasement", he added.

• The landside victory of the BJP-JD(U-led NDA has now shifted focus on who will be the next chief minister of Bihar. There was no official announcement before the elections that Nitish Kumar will continue as the chief minister, though BJP and JD(U) leaders reiterated that the elections were fought under his leadership.

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Mahagathbandhan's hopes of a comeback in Bihar took a nosedive, as the BJP-JD(U)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) retained power with a landslide mandate. The coalition has won 202 out of the 243 seats.

The Mahagathbandhan, on the other hand, has been restricted to only 35 seats. This marks a dramatic fall from the 2020 election, when the opposition alliance had won 114 seats.

The extent of the RJD’s setback is particularly stark. The party has won only 25 seats, which is only a third as compared to the 75 seats it won in 2020.

The Congress, too, has delivered one of its weakest performances in the state. Contesting 61 seats this time, the party won only six. Its performance had been poorer than 2020, when it won 19 of the 70 seats allotted to it.

"I express my heartfelt gratitude to those millions of voters in Bihar who expressed their trust in the Mahagathbandhan. This result in Bihar is truly surprising. We could not achieve victory in an election that was not fair from the very beginning," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said.

"This fight is for the protection of the Constitution and democracy. The Congress party and the INDIA alliance will deeply review this result and make their efforts to save democracy even more effective," he added.

Telangana-based All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen or AIMIM has exceeded expectations in Bihar legislative assembly elections after bagging five seats in the Seemanchal region of the state.

In 2020 elections as well, the party had won five seats. After their 2020 victory, four out of the five elected MLAs had defected to the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Only state President of the party, Akhtarul Iman stayed in AIMIM. However, none of the sitting MLAs were given tickets by the RJD.

These consecutive victories in the Seemanchal region for a party, that hails from Hyderabad and is essentially alien to much of the Hindi heartland, signify its appeal to the local Muslim population.

The Election Commission officially declared AIMIM as victorious in five constituencies, which is almost neck-and-neck with the tally of Congress, which has won five seats and is ahead in another.

"The Bihar elections have proven another thing. Now, the country's voters, especially our young voters, take voter list purification very seriously. The youth of Bihar have also overwhelmingly supported voter list purification. And I believe that for the sanctity of democracy, every voter has their importance and rights," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

"Now, it is the responsibility of every party to activate their parties at the polling booths and enthusiastically participate in the voter list purification work. Contribute 100%, so that voter lists can be fully purified in other places as well," he added.