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Bihar recorded the highest-ever voter turnout at 67.14 per cent in these assembly elections. Photo: PTI

Exit polls in charts: NDA has clear edge in Bihar elections

The state has recorded its highest-ever voter turnout of 67.14 per cent, provisionally, at the close of polling in the second and final phase of the high-stakes Assembly elections


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As polling came to a close in high-stakes Bihar, Exit Polls on Tuesday (November 11) predicted a big victory for the NDA with the Mahagathbandhan coming in a distant second. They also predicted a disappointing show by Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj in its debut outing, forecasting a range of 0-5 seats for it in the 243-member Assembly.

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The Bihar polls were conducted in two phases on November 6 and 11, and the results will be announced on November 14.

Exit poll projections are made by election survey agencies based on interviews of voters as they come out after casting their votes. These may vary widely from the actual results.

While the NDA, comprising the BJP, JD(U) and LJP (Ram Vilas) as the major alliance partners, is looking to return to power in Bihar, the opposition INDIA bloc, which has the RJD, the Congress and the Left parties as the main constituents, is looking to form the government with RJD's Tejashwi Yadav its chief ministerial face

Exit polls in chart

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