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Early trends in counting of votes in the Bihar Assembly elections on Friday showed the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) way past the halfway mark of 122, with the Mahagathbandhan lagging.

At 10:00 am, NDA was leading at 159 seats, with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s lead on 69 seats and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) ahead in 67 constituencies. Chirag Paswan’s LJP(RV) was leading on 14 seats, with a conversion rate of 53 per cent.

JD(U) has maintained a high conversion rate of 70 per cent, with the BJP at a 67 per cent conversion rate.

Mahagathbandhan was trailing behind, with a lead of just 76 seats. While Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was leading on 51 seats, maintaining a conversion rate of 38 per cent. RJD’s allies showed an un

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