Bihar Election: All Eyes On 71 Seats, 7 Ministers And RJD's Credentials In First Phase

by Ankush Choubey Oct 01, 2020 • 07:47 PM Views 1078

The nomination process for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections has started from Thursday. Out of the total 243 seats in Bihar, candidates will be able to file their nominations for the first phase of 71 assembly seats from October 1 to October 8, while withdrawing their names by October 12. In the first phase, the fate of 7 ministers of the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government will be decided. In this phase, the credibility of RJD is at stake, because in last election, of these 71 seats, RJD won 25 seats, JDU won 21 and BJP got 14 seats. The Congress had won 8, HAM, CPM and Independents won one seat each