40% of New Bihar MLAs have No College Degree

New Delhi ~ Around 12 per cent of the newly elected MLAs in Bihar are women, a marginal increase from the last polls, while around 40 per cent members in the new assembly do not have college degrees, according to a report by think-tank PRS Legislative Research.

The report also showed that the number of MLAs aged more than 55 years has increased following the Bihar assembly elections.

The ruling NDA decimated the Mahagathbandhan by winning 202 seats in the 243-member House to retain power in Bihar. The scale of the victory of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) can be gauged from the fact that its two main constituents– BJP and JD(U) — clocked a nearly 85 per cent strike rate in 101 seats each they had contested.

An analysis of the results by PRS Legislative Research showed the 243