Bihar Election Results 2015
LIVE updates as results are announced for the Bihar assembly election, in a vote being viewed as a referendum on Narendra Modi's premiership in India.
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Is it revival for Congress or just another flash in the pan? -
Here's the latest Reuters update - Modi suffers defeat in Bihar -
It's a wrap: Modi badly beaten in #BattleForBihar .
Grand Alliance 179 - BJP+ 58.
reut.rs/1OwIIWK by @andymacaskill and @rupamjnby Douglas Busvine via twitter 11/8/2015 12:24:34 PM -
Women turned up in large numbers to vote. The beneficiary was obvious. How did pollsters goof up by giving a hotchpotch prediction?by Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 12:28:13 PM -
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OFFICIAL RESULT - ALINAGAR
Incumbent MLA Abdul Bari Siddiqui of the Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated Mishri Lal Yadav of the BJP by 13,460 votes. -
On the 5th, I stuck my neck out and said that the grand alliance would bag more than 120 seats. I couldn't fathom it would cross 180by Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 12:45:50 PM
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OFFICIAL RESULT - KAHALGAON
Incumbent MLA Sadanand Singh of the Congress defeated Niraj Kumar Mandal of the Lok Janshakti Party by 21,229 votes. -
OFFICIAL RESULT - NOKHA
Anita Devi of the Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated four-time MLA Rameshwar Prasad of the BJP by 22,998 votes. -
A supporter of the Janata Dal (United) dances as he celebrates inside the residence of party leader Sharad Yadav in New Delhi, India, November 8, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee
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So Prashant Kishore, who incidentally belongs to Bihar, helped @NitishKumar do a Modi on Modi. Right?by Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 12:54:25 PM
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Here's a slideshow of celebrations after the Grand Alliance won a majority in the Bihar election
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Around this time 25 years ago, @laluprasadrjd arrested L K Advani. Today along with @NitishKumar he stopped the Modi juggernaut.by Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 1:05:04 PM
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Jitan Ram Manjhi proved to be an albatross around the BJP's neck by managing to secure only one seat.by Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 1:16:40 PM
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OFFICIAL RESULT - JHANJHARPUR
Gulab Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated three-time MLA Nitish Mishra of the BJP by 834 votes. Mishra, the son of former chief minister Jagannath Mishra, had previously won Jhanjharpur on a Janata Dal (United) ticket. -
OFFICIAL RESULT - DARAUNDHA
Incumbent MLA Kavita Singh of the Janata Dal (United) defeated Jitendra Swami of the BJP by 13,222 votes. -
A girl dances as she takes part in celebrations at the residence of Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav in New Delhi, November 8, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee
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OFFICIAL RESULT - GOVINDGANJ
Raju Tiwari of the Lok Janshakti Party defeated Brajesh Kumar of the Congress by 27,920 votes. Tiwari had lost the last three elections in Govindganj to a Janata Dal (United) candidate -
The Congresss is on a comeback trail. An emboldened @OfficeOfRG asks @narendramodi to focus on governanceby Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 1:33:07 PM
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I come from Bihar's Mithilanchal region where the BJP was supposed to do reasonably well. It's been a drubbing for the saffron brigade thereby Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 1:39:13 PM
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A shrill, in-your-face campaign proved to be the BJP's achilles heel. Should have known that everything is so subtle & understated there.by Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 2:00:48 PM
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Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav gesture after addressing a news conference in Patna, November 8, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
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In 2013, @JoWDelhi and I travelled to Patna to cover Bihar's broken food welfare programme. Lo and behold, @NitishKumar had quietly fixed itby Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 2:26:37 PM
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So almost the entire rural Bihar has voted for @NitishKumarby Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 2:27:27 PM
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Writing was on the wall - BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha to reporters on the NDA's defeat.
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Stock market expert Ambareesh Baliga expects the markets to open gap down on Monday after the Bihar election results. More from his weekahead column.
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I had been to Bihar a few weks ago to find the offices of the BJP & JD(U) in stark contrast. While one looked boisterous the other was staidby Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 3:03:12 PM
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READER COMMENT
Mother of all shockers is going to come from Gujarat if ruling party is going to be "so tolerant towards so intolerant elements of the party and associates" -
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Perhaps both were in consonance with the personalities of their leaders.by Mayank Bhardwaj via twitter 11/8/2015 3:05:33 PM
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READER COMMENT
The result of Bihar poll shows that the people of India want peaceful life with democratic rights of free expression and to dissent. Nobody owns this country except for the PEOPLE OF INDIA -
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