Exit Polls 2020 LIVE updates: Setback for Nitish, Tejashwi-era in Bihar?

Bihar Election Result 2020 LIVE updates: Stay tuned for Bihar election exit polls and result 2020

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Polling concludes for Bihar assembly elections; counting of votes on November 10

5:34 PM

Bihar: ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) jawans carry elderly voters to a polling booth in Muzaffarpur

5:20 PM

Brother of RJD candidate gunned down in Purnea

A brother of RJD nominee Bittu Singh, who is in the poll fray from Damdaha Assembly constituency in Purnea district, was gunned down on Saturday by unidentified assailants, police said.

5:04 PM

No road, no vote: Locals in Simaria panchayat in Bihar boycott polling

Locals at the Simaria Panchayat of Triveniganj Assembly constituency, located in Supaul district boycotted polling on Saturday claiming that the road in their area has not been constructed for several years.

4:42 PM

Voting is on in Vaishali

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Bihar Election 2020: 45.85% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm in the third phase

45.85% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm in the third and final phase of Bihar assembly elections, says Election Commission of India

2:44 PM

Bihar assembly polls 2020: Residents built makeshift bridge for villagers to cast their votes

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Bihar Election 2020: 34.82 % voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in 3rd Phase

An estimated 34.82 per cent voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in the ongoing third and final phase of Bihar Elections 2020 where polling is underway on Saturday.

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Bihar election 2020 LIVE: 19.77% turnout till 11 am in 3rd phase of Bihar polls

An estimated 19.77 per cent of the total 2.35 crore electors exercised their franchise till 11 am in the 78 assembly seats of Bihar where polling is underway in the third and final phase of elections on Saturday.

 

The poll opened at 7 am in these seats spread across 15 districts of north Bihar.

 

According to the Election Commission, the polling percentage at 11 am was 19.77, which is higher than the corresponding figures for the first phase (18.48) and the second phase (19.26) of polls.

 

The maximum turnout of 24.87 per cent till 11 am has been recorded in the Araria district, and the minimum in Darbhanga (13.23).

1:05 PM

How exit polls failed to predict accurately in Bihar in 2015

A senior research associate went on leave and a junior failed to check the result template in his absence before announcing the predications. This was the explanation Today's Chanakya offered for getting the Bihar assembly elections wrong in its exit poll survey.

 

The market research firm, which has been in the poll forecast business for the last 18 years and attracted nationwide attention after its accurate prediction of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, had forecast 155 seats (with a margin of 11) for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies and 83 seats (with a margin of nine seats) for the grand alliance in the Bihar polls. Read on...
 

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Bihar election exit poll in 2015

In 2015, barring Axis APM, all the pollsters had failed to predict the outcome of Bihar Assembly elections. Today's Chanakya has forecast a two-thirds majority for the BJP-led NDA with 144-166 seats. NDTV, too, had predicted a BJP-led government in Bihar, the ABP-Nielsen exit poll had foreseen a Grand Alliance victory but failed to anticipate the extent of the success and the BJP’s reduced tally. The India Today-Cicero exit poll and two others had predicted a photo finish.