"Clearly visible...going to win": Shahnawaz Hussain reacts to early counting trends

New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI) As the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 results began to take shape, political leaders reacted swiftly to the early trends of vote counting.
Senior BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain commented on the initial trends, expressing confidence in the party's performance, citing the people's faith in PM Modi, Nitish Kumar, and the NDA.
Hussain said, "The result is clearly visible. We are going to win. The people of Bihar have faith in PM Modi, Nitish Kumar and the NDA. The people have voted in favour of the 20 years of government..."
The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has crossed the halfway mark of 122, while the Opposition's Mahagathbandhan is trailing behind, according to the Election Commission of India.
According to the leads on 229 seats, the NDA was leading with 167 seats, with the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead by 71 seats and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) leading in 72 constituencies. Chirag Paswan's LJP(RV) was leading on 18 seats. The BJP and the JD(U) have maintained a high conversion rate of 67% and 64%, respectively.
Mahagathbandhan was trailing behind, with a lead of just 60 seats. While Tejashwi Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was leading on 43 seats, its allies were showing an underwhelming performance according to the early trends. Congress was leading in 8 seats, while the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation was leading in 6 seats.
Meanwhile, AIMIM is ahead in two seats. Among prominent faces, Deputy CMs Vijay Kumar Sinha and Samrat Choudhary were leading on the Lakhisarai and Tarapur seats, respectively. BJP's Mangal Pandey was leading in Siwan, while Mahagathbandhan's CM face Tejashwi Yadav was ahead in Raghopur.
Counting of votes for all 243 constituencies began at 8 am amid tight security. Officials began tallying postal ballots, with the counting of EVM votes scheduled to start at 8:30 am.
Elaborate security arrangements are in place, with 4,372 counting tables and over 18,000 counting agents overseeing the process. Most exit polls predict a comfortable victory for the NDA, with some projecting the Mahagathbandhan to win.
According to the ECI's official press note, 2,616 candidates and 12 recognised political parties participated in the two-phase polls on November 6 and 11, and none requested repolling in any constituency. (ANI)